The Life-Sized City
The Life-Sized City is a Canadian television documentary series, which premiered on TVOntario in 2017.[1] Hosted by Mikael Colville-Andersen, the series visits various world cities, where it profiles innovative local urban development and improvement projects that are changing and revitalizing city life.[2]
The series received five Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards, and two at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards.[3]
The series has been rebroadcast by Knowledge Network in British Columbia,[4] as well as internationally on Finland's Yle (as Ihmisen Kaupunki),[5] Denmark's DR (as Det fantastiske byliv),[6] Austria's ServusTV, Belgium's VRT,[7], Poland's TVN24, Italy's LaEffe (as Racconti dalle citta del futuro),[8] and France's Planète+ (as Des villes à hauteur d'hommes).
Episodes
Season 1
# | Title | Original air date |
---|---|---|
1 | "Medellín" | September 16, 2017 |
2 | "Toronto" | September 23, 2017 |
3 | "Paris" | September 30, 2017 |
4 | "Bangkok" | October 7, 2017 |
5 | "Tel Aviv" | October 14, 2017 |
6 | "Tokyo" | October 21, 2017 |
Season 2
# | Title | Original air date |
---|---|---|
7 | "Cape Town" | November 10, 2018 |
8 | "Mexico City" | November 17, 2018 |
9 | "Copenhagen" | November 24, 2018 |
10 | "Milan" | December 1, 2018 |
11 | "Detroit and Windsor" | December 8, 2018 |
12 | "Montreal" | December 15, 2018 |
References
- "Seeing Medellín Through the Eyes of a Copenhagener". CityLab, September 9, 2017.
- "TVO show The Life-Sized City to spotlight Detroit-Windsor urban renewal". Kingston Whig-Standard, November 23, 2018.
- "The Life-Sized City". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, February 7, 2019.
- "The Life-Sized City". Knowledge Network, September 22, 2019.
- "Ihmisen kaupunki". Yle, September 22, 2019.
- "Det fantastiske byliv". DR, September 22, 2019.
- "The Life-Sized City". Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie, September 22, 2019.
- "Racconti dalle citta del futuro". LaEffe, September 22, 2019.