Back Story

Series produced by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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Go behind the scenes with journalists and correspondents, as they peel the curtain and take you inside the stories they've covered.

Go behind the scenes with journalists and correspondents, as they peel the curtain and take you inside the stories they've covered.


19 Pieces

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Back Story: The boy on the beach: Gillian Findlay, 2015
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Back Story
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The photo seen around the world, and the family left mourning. From Istanbul, Gillian Findlay's Back Story "The boy on the beach".

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 13:25
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Back Story: From hero to zero in 9.79 seconds: Scott Russell and the 1988 Seoul Olympics
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Scott Russell's Back Story on the Ben Johnson doping scandal and the dirtiest race in history.

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 14:46
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Back Story: Cremations and Car Batteries. Adrienne Arsenault, Nepal 2015
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Back Story
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Adrienne Arsenault travels to Nepal in the wake of the worst earthquake that country has seen in more than 80 years.

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 17:53
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Back Story: The Stolen Game: Karina LeBlanc, Soccer and the 2012 Olympics
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Back Story
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Heartbreak, a questionable call and what some call a stolen game. Canada's longest serving female soccer player takes you back to the field and the...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 14:59
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Back Story: Secrets in Sport: Mark Tewksbury and the 1992 Olympics
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Back Story
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Mark Tewksbury on gold medals and gay athletes.

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2020
  • Length: 18:01
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Back Story: Keith Boag: Tear Gas and "The Talk". Ferguson 2014
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Keith Boag is there as tempers flare and tear gas flies in Ferguson, Missouri over the killing of an unarmed black teenager.

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2020
  • Length: 11:01
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Back Story- Inside the Munich Massacre- Byron MacDonald and the 1972 Olympics
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Back Story
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Inside the Munich Massacre and one of the worst terrorist attacks in Olympic history.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2020
  • Length: 13:30
Back Story: From Tragedy to Champion- Chantal Petitclerc and the 2008 Paralympics
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Back Story
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From a childhood accident to a Paralympic champion, and one of Canada's most decorated athletes.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2020
  • Length: 14:45
Back Story: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, Mark Lee and Muhammed Ali 1987
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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The champ. The great one. Mark Lee's Back Story on his exclusive interview with Muhammad Ali.

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  • Added: Jan 21, 2020
  • Length: 17:25
  • Purchases: 1
Back Story: Escape from Egypt: Mohamed Fahmy, 2013
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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After spending more than 400 days in an Egyptian prison, this is Mohamed Fahmy's Back Story.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 10:33
Back Story: The Power of the Pope: Steven D'Souza and the papal conclave, 2013
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Back Story
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Steven D'Souza was there as thousands cheered, white smoke bellowed and a new pope was chosen.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 10:25
Connie Walker and the first­hand legacy of residential schools.
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Back Story
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Connie Walker has reported extensively on Canada's residential schools, but she's also seen the effects on her family first hand.

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 13:54
  • Purchases: 1
Back Story: Benazir Bhutto: Over the decades. Carol Off, 1986
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Back Story
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In 1986, Carol Off sold most of her belongings to buy a plane ticket to Pakistan with the hope of interviewing future Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 17:14
Back Story: Airstrikes, bank robbers and a golden toilet: David Common and the Iraq Invasion, 2003
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Back Story
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As coalition troops marched into Iraq, and Saddam Hussein fell from power, the CBC's David Common was there.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 15:17
Back Story: The earthquake and the aftermath: David Gutnick, Haiti, 2010
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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The earthquake in Haiti killed thousands of people, turned buildings to rubble and made David Gutnick question the role of a journalist.

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 17:16
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Back Story: A sea of oil: Paul Hunter and the BP oil spill, 2010
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Back Story
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The BP oil spill is the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. The CBC's Paul Hunter was there when black tar balls started dotting white sa...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 15:14
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Back Story: Walking Across a Continent: Nahlah Ayed and The Refugee Crisis, 2015
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Back Story
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Nahlah Ayed was on the front lines of the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War.

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 15:14
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Back Story: A Town Forever Changed: Stephen Puddicombe in Lac Mégantic 2013
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Back Story
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What's it like to report from one of the worst rail disasters in Canadian history? Raw emotion and stories that never made it to air. Stephen Puddi...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 14:34
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Back Story: Back to Zero: Curt Petrovich, Typhoon Haiyan, The Philippines 2013
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Back Story
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It was two years ago that Typhoon Haiyan killed thousands of people in the Philippines, but it still haunts the CBC's Curt Petrovich today.

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 16:47
  • Purchases: 1