Spring into entertainment with these vibrant shows on CBC
Whether you're in the mood for laughs, a thought-provoking podcast, or learning a new dish, CBC's got you covered in May.
CBC's Top 5 | May 2024
For culinary lovers, it's time to elevate your meals from ordinary to extraordinary with Nadiya's Simple Spices. Join the Animal Control crew for a new season as they investigate an exotic animal ring, while juggling office romances. Is the world of sport ready for change? Ness Murby: Transcending follows the world's first openly trans man on his journey to the Paralympic Games. Explore the most shocking scandal to sweep the curling community in the new podcast Broomgate. Spring cleaning gets a serious makeover in the new lifestyle series Sort Out Your Life. All this and more in CBC's Top 5 for May.
In this latest series, New York Times best-selling author Nadiya Hussain sets out to demystify cooking with spices, showing just how versatile, inexpensive and easy it can be to elevate ordinary dishes to extraordinary. Focusing on just eight spices — cumin, turmeric, chili, curry powder, cardamom, fennel, cinnamon and bay — Nadiya creates mouth-watering meals for every occasion, from the delicious Bangladeshi dishes of her childhood, to British classics with a spicy twist and of course, her trademark tasty mash-ups. Showcasing spice for not just flavour, but fragrance and colour too, and whether used singly or in cunning combinations, she'll show us how to make scrummy spiced breakfasts, speedy one-pan lunches, warming dinners and delicious desserts for every event.
A group of local animal control workers' lives are complicated by the fact that animals are simple, but humans are not. Leading the crew is Frank, an opinionated, eccentric animal control officer who may not have gone to college but is still the most well-read person in the room. In his past life as a cop, Frank tried to expose corruption in his department, but his efforts got him fired, leaving him cynical and curmudgeonly. Despite his rough exterior, he is blessed with an almost superhuman ability to understand animals.
The six-part documentary series follows groundbreaking Paralympian Ness Murby as he trains and vies to become the world's first openly trans man to compete at a Paralympic Games. This intimate and unflinching series follows Ness and his family as they navigate the emotional and physical challenges of gender transition, juggle the stresses of first-time parenthood, and break down barriers in the world of sport. Since completely losing his sight as a teenager, Ness is no stranger to adversity, but in this series, he will be pushed to his limit. Battling social stigma, discrimination and the physical limitations of his transitioning body, Ness bravely attempts to carve a new space for himself in the men's discus division on the national team and pave the way for trans acceptance in elite sport. But is the world and sports system ready to embrace this change?
Curling's biggest scandal has never been told, until now. In 2015 the curling community was almost destroyed…by a broom. A broom that was just too powerful. For years players have been afraid to talk about it. But now, the truth is coming out. Over the course of six episodes, semi-professional curler and fully professional comedian John Cullen (Blocked Party) is exposing the unbelievable, never-before-told scandal that rocked the sport of curling. Yes, curling.
Attention all organization lovers! The average family home contains thousands of items that are not really needed, and living in all the clutter is making us miserable. But imagine if every single item in your home were laid out before you, so you could decide what to keep and what to lose. Tidying guru extraordinaire Stacey Solomon has put together a crack team of organizing fanatics who will help a family transform their messy home through a life-changing declutter and a budget-friendly makeover. After spending far too long in our houses, it's time for a supersized spring clean!
Still looking for more great entertainment? We've got thousands of titles just waiting to be discovered. Check out the Oscar-winning films BOYHOOD and PARASITE, with more to explore in The Asian Excellence Collection on CBC Gem. Want to take your entertainment on the go? Find your new favourite podcast or playlist on CBC Listen.
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