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Genre Documentary Country of origin Canada No. of episodes 4 First episode date 13 March 2014 Created by Jeff Turner | 8.5/10 IMDb No. of seasons 1 Final episode date 3 April 2014 Executive producers Jeff Turner, Brian Leith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominations Canadian Screen Award for Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series Similar Firsthand, The Nature of Things, This Life, Shoot the Messenger, The Romeo Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wild Canada is a Canadian documentary television miniseries, which aired in 2014 on CBC Television as part of its The Nature of Things series. Created by documentarians Jeff and Sue Turner, the series profiles the natural environment of Canada through high-definition video footage. The Turners were both contributors to the similar BBC series Planet Earth and Frozen Planet.
The series garnered several Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Nature or Nature Documentary Program or Series, Best Direction in a Documentary or Factual Series, Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Factual Series and Best Original Music for a Non-Fiction Program or Series, and its companion digital media application for smartphones and tablets was nominated for Best Cross-Platform Project, Non-Fiction. Jeff Turner won the award for Best Direction in a Documentary or Factual Series, for the episode "The Eternal Frontier".
