[Dr.Dave]

This thread will discuss the schedule updates for the Blue Ant Media Specialty Channels for the 2021-22 broadcast year, including A.Side, BBC Earth, BBC First, Cottage Life, Love Nature, Makeful TV, Smithsonian Channel and T+E.

I post schedule updates, series premieres and specials based on press releases as well as series renewals and cancellations as they are announced. I don't usually post on-going episode information, repeats or program descriptions so if you want more info, you can click on the associated link in the post.

 

[Dr.Dave]

Impossible Repairs (6×60’) will debut day-and-date on Smithsonian Channel in Canada and the U.S. on Sunday, September 19 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. See the Blue Ant Press Release for episode details.

 

[Dr.Dave]

Love Nature announced today that Sean Bean has signed on to narrate its latest original documentary, Osprey: Sea Raptor (1×60’; 4K and HDR). The documentary, a co-production between Love Nature and The WNET Group (PBS Nature), will roll out on Love Nature’s linear and streaming platforms, outside of the U.S. and UK, beginning this fall. Osprey: Sea Raptor will also roll out on Sky Nature in the UK. (Blue Ant Press Release)

 

[Dr.Dave]

Blue Ant Media Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary with 10 New and Returning Original Productions for Its Canadian Broadcast Channels | Blue Ant Media .

COTTAGE LIFE
Life Below Zero: Canada (Season 2; 8×60’; HD) spring 2022
Merchants of the Wild, Season 4 (13×30’; HD) spring 2022
Ice Vikings, Season 3 (8×60’; HD) spring 2022

T+E
Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life (8×60’; HD) fall 2021
The Lost Colony of Roanoke (1×90’; HD) spring 2022

BBC FIRST
Griff’s Great Canadian Adventure (6×60’; HD) spring 2022

BBC EARTH
The Digital Divide (working title) (1×60’; HD) spring 2022, also on MobileSyrup website.
Strange Creatures (working title) (1×60’; HD) spring 2022

SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL
History by the Numbers (20×60’; HD) spring 2022
World’s Most Scenic River Journeys, Season 2 (10×60’; HD) spring 2022

Additional original commissions will be announced by Blue Ant Media in the coming months.

Nationwide free previews: SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL winter 2022; COTTAGE LIFE, T+E and BBC EARTH spring 2022.

 

[Dr.Dave]

Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life premieres on Friday, October 15 at 10 p.m. ET/PT during T+E’s Creep Week Halloween event from Saturday, October 9 to Sunday, October 17. The series is produced by Toronto-based Cream Productions and is a Blue Ant Media and discovery+ co-production. (Blue Ant Press Release)

Here's some info from T+E’s Creep Week hub.
BATHSHEBA PREMIERES MON OCT 11 9PM et/pt
PROOF PREMIERES WED OCT 13 10PM et/pt

 

[Dr.Dave]

Creep Week Programming Highlights
Saturday, October 9 to Sunday, October 17

MONDAY THEME: “HAUNTED HOUSES”

• My Paranormal Nightmare: Be Very Afraid October 11 at 1 – 7 p.m. ET/PT (marathon)
• Help! My House is Haunted October 11 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
• NEW: Bathsheba: Search For Evil (2×60’; HD) October 11 at 9 p.m. ET/PT

TUESDAY THEME: “CONSPIRACIES”

• Unexplained: Caught on Camera October 12 at 11 a.m. ET/PT
• Strange Evidence (10×60’; HD) October 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT (back-to-back episodes)
• Conspiracies Decoded October 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

WEDNESDAY THEME: “HAUNTINGS OUTSIDE THE HOUSE”

• Haunted Hospitals October 13 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
• NEW: Proof (13×30’; HD) October 13 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

THURSDAY THEME: “PARANORMAL PHENOMENON”

• Believers October 14 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
• Paranormal: Caught on Camera (Best Of) October 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT

FRIDAY THEME: “PREMIUM SCARES”

• Hotel Paranormal October 15 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
• NEW: Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life (8×60’; HD) October 15 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

See also: World Broadcast Premiere: T+E’s Bathsheba Tells the Unbelievable True Story of the Perron Family, Who Lived in the World’s Most Famous Haunted House that Inspired the Horror Film, The Conjuring - Blue Ant Media

 

[Dr.Dave]

The Canadian broadcast premiere of British competitive jewelry making series All That Glitters (6×60’), airs Monday, October 18 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Makeful TV. (Blue Ant Press Release)

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Deep Water Salvage (10 x 60’; HD) will return for Season 2 to The Weather Channel in the U.S. and Blue Ant Media’s Cottage Life channel in Canada. On Cottage Life, the series is broadcast with the title Extreme Weather Salvage. (Blue Ant Press Release)

 

[Dr.Dave]

Producer-distributor BBC Studios revealed pre-sales of Sir David Attenborough’s The Green Planet to networks worldwide, including BBC Earth channels across Africa, Asia, MENA and Canada and also Radio-Canada. The program will launch on BBC1 later this year and is co-produced with PBS and other European networks.

 

[Dr.Dave]

The Canadian broadcast premiere of Serengeti II airs Sunday, October 31 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, exclusively on BBC Earth. Lupita Nyong’o will once again narrate the 6×60’ docu-series. (Blue Ant Press Release)

 

[dm_4u]

The Canadian broadcast premiere of Serengeti II airs Sunday, October 31 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, exclusively on BBC Earth. Lupita Nyong’o will once again narrate the 6×60’ docu-series. (Blue Ant Press Release)

Still can't find this in the Shaw guide.

 

[Dr.Dave]

Serengeti II isn't on the schedule on the BBC Earth site either, but that's just a customized view of the Zap2it data. I would suggest either setting a manual timer, or checking again next week to see if BBC Earth has updated the guide data. One other note: Zap2it lists the episodes as Serengeti Season 2.

 

[Dr.Dave]

BBC Earth just updated their schedule, but it may take a day or 2 to reach your PVR.
Serengeti SEASON 2, EPISODE 1 "Intrigue" Sunday, October 31 at 8:00 PM ET.

They will show an afternoon marathon of season 1 on October 30 and repeated on October 31.

 

[Dr.Dave]

The Canadian broadcast premiere of Time airs Monday, November 15 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, exclusively on BBC First, during the channel’s nationwide free preview event running from Nov. 1 until Jan. 2. (Blue Ant Press Release)

 

[Dr.Dave]

The Canadian broadcast premiere of Universe airs Sunday, November 21 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on BBC Earth. Professor Brian Cox narrates this five-part series, a sequel to the The Planets. See the Blue Ant Press Release for more info.

 

[Dr.Dave]

Love Nature’s linear television channel now in free preview across Canada until January 2, 2022. For Love Nature’s full programming line-up, visit the website here. See the Blue Ant Press Release for program descriptions.

Free Preview Programming Highlights

• Shadowlands (3×60’; 4K) December 5 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
• Natural World: Owls Behind the Magic (1×60’; HD) December 11 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
• Natural World: Pangolins – The World’s Most Wanted Animal (1×60’; HD) December 11 at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT
• Natural World: Supercharged Otters (1×60’; HD) December 16 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
• Animals and Love (2×60’; HD) December 18 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
• Natural World: Fishing Leopards (1×60’; HD) December 28 at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT

 

[Dr.Dave]

Love Nature is greenlighting a second, five-part season of New Kids in the Wild, which will premiere worldwide on its branded linear and streaming platforms and on Sky Nature in the UK, Germany and Italy in Spring 2023. (Blue Ant Press Release)

Where does Love Nature content air in the US now?

They've added more choices since you asked a similar question 9 months ago. To see the current list, go to Get Love Nature - Love Nature and choose WAYS TO WATCH > Global > The Americas > USA.

 

[Dr.Dave]

Sean Bean will narrate the one-hour special, Osprey: Sea Raptor (1×60’; 4K and HDR), slated to air on Love Nature in Canada Wednesday, January 12 at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT. (Blue Ant Press Release)

 

[Dr.Dave]

Love Nature announced the greenlight and production of Ningaloo with Tim Winton (w/t) (3×50’; 4K and HDR). The three-part natural history series will roll out on Love Nature’s global linear and streaming platforms and on Sky Nature in the UK, Germany and Italy later this year. ABC will premiere the series in Australia.

 

[Dr.Dave]

One Thousand Years of Slavery – The Untold Story is set to premiere on Monday, February 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Smithsonian Channel in Canada and the U.S. to kick-off Black History Month. (Blue Ant Press Release)

 

[Dr.Dave]

The Canadian broadcast premiere of The Jay’s Yorkshire Workshop airs Wednesday, February 2 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Makeful TV, during the channel’s eight-week nationwide free preview event running from January 31 to April 3. (Blue Ant Press Release)