Mom of a Critch Claire Rankin

Mom of a Critch Claire Rankin

Author: Bill Brioux February 17, 2025 Duration: 1:05:07
Send us Fan Mail Claire Rankin says she's waited "a really long time...to land something like this." The PEI native is talking about her role as Mary on Son of a Critch. How she landed the role -- after one of those remote zoom call auditions -- is just one of the stories she shares on this hour-long podcast. Season Four finds Mary -- and Rankin -- out of the kitchen and in the thick of it. On this Tuesday's episode (CBC, CBCGem), Mary has a mid-life crisis. In a few weeks, she's going ...

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Charles Martin Smith [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Hugh Dillon on Mayor of Kingstown S3 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Previewing Allan Hawco's Saint-Pierre [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:36
Send us Fan Mail Here is another conversation I had in May at the CBC Media Upfront on Toronto. Allan Hawco and Josephine Jobert -- stars of the upcoming CBC series Saint-Pierre -- talk about shooting the series, which w…
CBC Media Upfront 2024-25 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:43
Send us Fan Mail One of the new shows on CBC's 2024-25 schedule is called Small Achievable Goals. It is a scripted comedy about female podcasters going through menopause. Those three words, however, coulld also describe,…
When Calls the Heart's Ben Rosenbaum [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:26
Send us Fan Mail Attention Hearties! And especially Hickies! Yes, this week's episode of brioux.tv: the podcast features Ben Rosenbaum. For over a decade, he's played Mike Hickam on When Calls the Heart, the longest-runn…
Evanka Osmak's Hoop dreams [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:45
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More Tripping with Mitch Azaria [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:18
Send us Fan Mail As briouxtv listeners know, executive producer Mitch Azaria loves to go Tripping. These past five years, he has taken us by mahogany lake boat up the Rideau Canal, sailing along the tip of The Bruce Peni…
Dave Thomas remembers Joe Flaherty [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:16:01
Send us Fan Mail Stop doing whatever you are doing right now and listen to this podcast episode with Dave Thomas. The SCTV writer-producer-player looks back on his years working with the late, great, Joe Flaherty, who pa…
Bill Vigars on Terry Fox 44 Years Later [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 56:58
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Murdoch Mysteries' Daniel Maslany [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:32
Send us Fan Mail Gotta sing! Gotta dance! Gotta watch the cast of Murdoch Mysteries do what no other scripted, dramatic Canadian TV series has done before -- present a full-blown musical episode. It happens Monday, March…