OUR FAVOURITES
Our Favourite Canadian TV Programs
Little Mosque on the Prairie is a Canadian sitcom on CBC Television, created by Zarqa Nawaz and produced by WestWind Pictures. It is shot in Toronto and Regina. The show premiered on January 9, 2007 and is currently in its third season. The series focuses on the Muslim community in the fictional prairie town of Mercy, Saskatchewan (population 14,000). The primary institutions of the community are the local mosque, presided over by imam Amaar Rashid and located in the rented parish hall of the town’s Anglican church, and Fatima’s Café, a downtown diner run by Fatima Dinssa. The community patriarchs are Yasir Hamoudi, a construction contractor who originally fronted the money to establish the mosque under the pretense that he was renting office space for his business, and Baber Siddiqui, a college economics professor who served as the mosque’s temporary imam until Amaar was hired.The town of Mercy is governed by Mayor Ann Popowicz. Sarah Hamoudi, Yasir’s wife, works as a public relations officer in Popowicz’s office.
Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom series created by Brent Butt. It airs on CTV in Canada, WGN America in the United States, and SBS in Australia. Deriving its name from the roadside gas station in the fictional town of Dog River, Saskatchewan. Corner Gas is the only gas station for 60 kilometres (37 miles) in any direction. Brent Leroy (Brent Butt) is the proprietor of the station and Wanda Dollard (Nancy Robertson) works at the station’s convenience store as a retail assistant. An adjoining coffee shop, The Ruby, is owned by Lacey Burrows (Gabrielle Miller) who inherited it from her Aunt Ruby. The series completed its run following broadcast of its sixth season on April 13, 2009, with a total of 107 episodes. The show became an instant hit, averaging a million viewers per episode. Corner Gas has been the recipient of six Gemini awards, and has been nominated almost 70 times for various awards.On April 6, 2009, Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall signed a proclamation that declared April 13, 2009 (and the same day every year after), “Corner Gas Day” in Saskatchewan.
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency is a series of ten novels by British author Alexander McCall Smith. You may wonder why this TV show is listed as a Canadian favourite. (There is a special connection between British author Alexander McCall Smith and Canada. His sister and brother-in-law lives in Canada). We just love this show and we strongly believe you will love it too!!!!! The agency is located in Gaborone, capital of Botswana. Its founder is a Motswana woman, Mma Precious Ramotswe, who features as the stories’ protagonist and main detective. The episodic novels are as much about the adventures and foibles of different characters as they are about solving mysteries. Each book in the series follows on from the previous book. They have been adapted for radio and television.