Canada’s CBC is the newest community to provide a greenlight to distinctive interview format The Meeting, because the pubcaster rolled out its 2025/26 slate.

The Canadian model of the present, which started life on France 2 in 2022, will run to 6 elements and comes from Small Military Leisure. In every episode, one in all Canada’s hottest celebrities and public figures will face a bunch of 30 atypical interviewers, all on the autism spectrum.

Jann Arden, Allan Hawco, Howie Mandel, and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan will all face the music within the collection, with extra names to be introduced.

That is the newest model of French collection Les Rencontres du Papotin, which launched in 2022 on France 2 with friends together with Killing Eve star Camille Cottin and President Emmanuel Macron. Additional worldwide variations have since featured the likes of Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen and Sam Nei.

Govt producers for CBC’s present are Sean De Vries and Stephen Sawchuk.

In the meantime, Radio-Canada, the French aspect of Canada’s public broadcasting system, has additionally greenlit a brand new French-language adaptation of the format, Factueur A, premiering in 2025-26.

Different new unscripted reveals are Locals Welcome, which is from one of many producers of Anthony Bourdain: Components Unknown. Hosted and govt produced by meals author and professional Suresh Doss, it celebrates lesser-known meals locations that make up the material of Canada’s communities. Artifactual Media is producing the 10-part present for the autumn.

Should Love Canines is billed as a “heartwarming” collection following the lives of CFL All-Star and two-time Gray Cup winner Brady Oliveira and realtor-rescue influencer Alex Blumberg, who along with the devoted volunteers of K9 Advocacy, rescue and discover ceaselessly properties for canines in want throughout Manitoba. 

Omnifilm Leisure is the manufacturing home. Govt producers are Brian Hamilton, Gabriela Schonbach, Cathy Schoch, Daniel Wan, John Corridor, Kayvon Saremi and Farzin Toussi, and collection producer is Cheryl Binning. 

Returners embody Dragon’s Den, Household Feud Canada, The Nice Canadian Baking Present and Nonetheless Standing.

CBC and its streamer, CBC Gem, have acquired a number of worldwide reveals for the brand new season, together with Beta Movie-sold Rise of the Ravens, which is an motion drama in regards to the Battle of Belgrade, the conflict that ended the Ottoman Empire’s invasion of Europe; Season 2 of sitcom Colin From Accounts; and Season 2 of BBC Brink’s-Mat theft drama The Gold.

We revealed final month that CBC was renewing its key drama slate – Allegiance, Saint-Pierre, Murdoch Mysteries, Heartland, Wild Playing cards and Plan B. Earlier as we speak, we introduced you a primary take a look at Saint-Pierre Season 2, which is now taking pictures.

On the comedy entrance, there are returners similar to Netflix and APTN co-production North of North, Small Achievable Targets and Son of a Critch, and longer operating reveals similar to This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Simply For Laughs.

New docs embody Pixcom’s four-parter Diamonds & Plastics, Cineflix Productions’ Cirque Life and Muse Leisure and Campside Media’s Operating Smoke.

“For generations, CBC has been right here for Canada – woven into the very cloth of our lives, our tradition and the moments that matter most – and proper now, being there for Canada has by no means been extra necessary,” mentioned Barbara Williams, Govt Vice-President, CBC.

“Our new slate of storytelling throughout information and leisure showcases an unimaginable vary of individuals and views from communities throughout Canada, as we deepen our dedication to attach with audiences who haven’t all the time been mirrored by conventional media.”