Comedy NORTH OF NORTH To Premiere On APTN & CBC

CBC and APTN announced that the highly anticipated new comedy series North of North will premiere in Canada on CBC Gem, CBC TV and APTN on Tuesday 7 January 2025.

The premiere will be the first two episodes back-to-back, followed by weekly episodes. New episodes will be available to stream in Canada weekly on Tuesdays on CBC Gem starting at 9 a.m. ET. Episodes will also be broadcast on CBC TV at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) local time and 9 p.m. ET on APTN. After its world premiere in Canada, it will then launch globally on Netflix in the Spring of 2025.

Filmed in Iqaluit, Nunavut, North of North is created, executive produced and written by Inuk writer and producer Stacey Aglok MacDonald (Qanurli, The Grizzlies) and Inuk filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril (Angry Inuk, The Grizzlies).

The series stars Inuk actor Anna Lambe (True Detective) as lead character Siaja. She is a young Inuk woman who dreams of reinventing herself. Unfortunately she finds herself in her tiny Arctic community of Ice Cove, where everybody knows your business. After a spontaneous — and extremely public — exit from her marriage. Siaja finds herself navigating the unpredictable, and often hilarious, highs and lows that come with relationships, motherhood, a new job, and finding your way.

The eight episode, half hour comedy filmed in Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut. Filming ran from 14 March 2024 through to 18 June 2024. Aglok MacDonald and Arnaquq-Baril are co-showrunners on the project.

North of North also stars Maika Harper, Keira Belle Cooper, Kelly William, Braeden Clarke, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jay Ryan, Zorga Qaunaq, Bailey Poching and Nutaaq Doreen Simmonds.

SOURCE: aptn.ca