Life and Times was a series of biographical documentary films broadcast by CBC Television, CBC Country Canada and CBC Newsworld. It was hosted by Ann-Marie MacDonald and first appeared in 1996, ending in 2007. The show won many awards during its run, including Gemini Awards and Leo Awards.
Roberta bondar
The life and times of sarah mclachlan
The life and times of christopher plummer
The life and times of knowlton nash
The life and times of sarah mclachlan (2003)
A moment in time
Birute galdikas: the third angel
Season 1, episode 8
Peter lougheed: a western legacy
Robertson davies
Season 1, episode 11
Farley mowat
Season 1, episode 13
Karen kain: just little 'ol me from hamilton
Season 1, episode 15
Christopher and mary pratt
Tom jackson
Norman jewison
Season 1, episode 19
No time to wave: ben wicks
Queen of the blades: barbara ann scott
Sandy hawley
Mordecai richler
Tomson highway
Burton cummings
A woman of all sorts: emily carr
Peter gzowski: the writer on the radio
Season 2, episode 4
Martha henry
The roots boys: michael budman and don green
Season 2, episode 7
Villeneuve: a legend, a champion: gilles and jacques villeneuve
Jennifer and cynthia dale
Ed mirvish
David suzuki
Ice man: captain bob bartlett
Royal canadian air farce
These crazy canucks
Susan aglukark: polarities
Lynn johnston
Glenn gould
W.o. mitchell
Full circle: the untold story of the dionne quintuplets
Season 3, episode 2
Season 3, episode 3
Passion before reason: margaret trudeau
Season 3, episode 5
Queen of the silent screen: mary pickford
Season 3, episode 7
Lorne greene
June callwood
Guy lombardo: when we danced
Pierre berton: canada's arrogant icon
Liona boyd: romancing the guitar
The poet and the bandit: susan musgrave and stephen reid
Wild bill lishman
Season 3, episode 15
Season 3, episode 16
The weider brothers: men of iron
Season 3, episode 18
The follows family: sharing the stage
Season 3, episode 20
Joey smallwood: between scoundrels and saints
Today is a good day: remembering chief dan george
Mary walsh: princess warrior
Brothers: the phil and tony esposito story
Season 4, episode 3
Season 4, episode 4
At home in the universe: the life and times of william shatner
Season 4, episode 6
Dr. henry morgentaler
Vicki gabereau
Out of orbit: marshall mcluhan
Timothy findley
Tall tales from the long dorner: ronnie hawkins
Frank stronach: the world according to frank
Season 4, episode 13
Ms. much: denise donlon
Tommy douglas: the fight of a lifetime
Sylvie frechette: against all odds
Season 4, episode 17
Stephen leacock: sunshine and sadness
Leslie nielsen: the last laugh
Jim carrey: somebody stop me
Rising stars: wesley chu, alexandre despatie and estella warren
Jacqueline susann
Yousuf karsh: a moment in time
Silken laumann: flying on water
Maureen forrester: the diva in winter
Buzz hargrove: labour of love
Season 5, episode 5
Robert munsch
Gordon pinsent
Silver lining: the brian orser story
Road songs: a portrait of robbie robertson
Gentleman jean: jean beliveau
The devil you know: inside the mind of todd mdfarlane
Renaissance woman: veronica tennant
Sit down, shut up, don messer's on!
Tim horton: the perfect husband
Chris hadfield: cornfield to cosmos
Growing up canadian: mr. dressup, the friendly giant and fred penner
Carol shields
Reflections: the trudeau legacy
Tales from the tickle trunk: ernie coombs
Intollerance: toller cranston
Immovable maude: maude barlow
I'm knowlton nash
Thomas and sonja bata
The lewis family
My beat: bruce cockburn
The bare naked truth: barenaked ladies
Season 6, episode 10
Happily ever after...: elizabeth manley
One more time: the mario lemieux story
The making of ivan reitman
Wade davis: the explorer
Moe norman: the king of swing
Season 7, episode 1
Season 7, episode 2
Wayne & shuster
Season 7, episode 4
The recipe for success: jean pare
Season 7, episode 6
Season 7, episode 7
Season 7, episode 8
A man for all stages: christopher plummer
Season 7, episode 10
Season 7, episode 11
Season 7, episode 12
Destiny: paul anka
Season 8, episode 1
Season 8, episode 2
I will remember you: sarah mclachlan
Season 8, episode 4
Keeping the groove alive: oscar peterson
Season 8, episode 6
Season 8, episode 7
Season 8, episode 8
Season 8, episode 9
Takin' care of business: randy bachman
Season 8, episode 11
Season 8, episode 12
Season 8, episode 13
Season 8, episode 14
Wrestling with destiny: daniel igali
Season 8, episode 16
Season 8, episode 17
Season 8, episode 18
Madiba: nelson mandela
Season 9, episode 1
A criminal mind: edward greenspan
Season 9, episode 3
Umberto menghi
Season 9, episode 5
Me, myself & the devil: ashley macisaac
Season 10, episode 1
Season 10, episode 2
Leading man: william hutt
Season 10, episode 4
Satisfaction: michael cohl
Season 10, episode 6
Evelyn hart
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