The 100 Mile Challenge is a Canadian reality television series produced by Paperny Entertainment and aired on Food Network Canada. The series follows the lives and eating habits of six families living in Mission, British Columbia who, for a period of 100 days, agreed to only consume food and drink that has been grown, raised and produced within a 100-mile radius from Mission. The series is based on the concept of local food consumption as described in the book The 100-Mile Diet authored by J.B. MacKinnon and Alisa Smith where the two authors describe their experience of eating locally for one full year. To coincide with the premiere of the series, FoodTV.ca launched a companion website that Canwest described as "the largest, most innovative and interactive companion website to a series to date".
After the series' initial run was concluded, it was announced that the global distribution rights to both the format and the program were acquired by the British company Passion Distribution after which Discovery Communica
Secrets & Mysteries was a television series which originally aired in syndication from 1988 to 1989. It was hosted by Edward Mulhare and dealt with topics of a paranormal nature, as well as mysterious historical events. It was similar to the 1970s/1980s series In Search of....
"Secrets of the Unknown invites you into the world of the bizarre, strange, and unusual. From ninjas who are said to transform into panthers, to the peculiar myths and rituals surrounding King Tut's tomb, to Hitler's occult connections, these documentaries provide a rich visual showcase for unexplained phenomena."
The series consisted of 26 episodes, written by Erik Nelson and produced by Craig Haffner. It was released on home video in the late 1980s to the early 2000s under the title Secrets of the Unknown.
On The Cover is a game show that premiered on PAX TV on May 17, 2004. It was hosted by Mark L. Walberg, who previously hosted Russian Roulette, and the announcer was Mitch Lewis.
Three contestants competed in a game of identifying people, places and things on covers of magazines, CDs, DVDs and other items, and answering pop culture questions.
Nicholas is a 1958 Brazilian telenovela adapted from A. J. Cronin's 1950 novel, The Spanish Gardener. The series was directed by Julio Gouveia, the head of The Theatre School of São Paulo. It starred Ricardinho as Nicholas, and Roberto de Cleto as the gardener. The British film adaptation was released in 1956, and TV Tupi broadcast another Brazilian adaptation of Cronin's novel in 1967.
Fresh with Anna Olson is an award-winning cooking show presented by Anna Olson from her home in the Niagara region of Ontario. The series is a joint production between Food Network Canada and Peace Point Entertainment Group. The third season is currently airing on Food Network Canada.
The premise of the show has presenter Anna Olson cooking three dishes for either a special occasion or a community event. On each episode, she will visit a local grocer in the Niagara region to pick out one or several key ingredients for her meal. On the official website, it states that she creates these meals while using her mantra, "eat fresh, eat local"; hence the show title.
ASBO Teen to Beauty Queen was a reality television about nine teenagers from Manchester, who were trained by Michelle Fryatt, a former American beauty queen, to compete in the Miss Teen International 2006 beauty pageant in Chicago. Each week, the participants faced a series of tasks designed to prepare them to compete in the pageant and at the end of each episode, girls were eliminated from the series. In the last programme, the final three girls flew to Chicago and one was selected as the first Miss Teen England International to enter the pageant. The series was produced for Five by North One Television and has been syndicated on the Swedish Channel TV400 as "Från värsting till skönhetsdrottning".
The nine participants were listed in the Daily Star:
⁕Ashlie Robinson
⁕Elena Demetri
⁕Ellen Murphy
⁕Kerry Turner
⁕Laura Wilde
⁕Neisha Berryman
⁕Pavia Ward
⁕Rachel Stewart
⁕Sarah Snabities
Only one of the nine girls was actually the subject of an ASBO case.