Canal Plus, a French pay television service, has become the first international network to buy the CBC-TV series Little Mosque on the Prairie.Other broadcasters in the U.S. and Europe are also looking at the sitcom about a Muslim community in a small Prairie town.
The French broadcaster plans to unscramble the show, allowing it to be widely accessible to viewers at no charge. France has suffered tensions in the past few years between predominantly Muslim immigrants and other citizens.
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Congratulations!
I loved the show,unfortunately I missed some episodes.Will you play them again soon? Can I buy a C.D.?
Good questions, both. I think a lot of us would be interested in the answers.
I liked it too, but was disappointed that it seemed to get bounced around a lot and the same episodes got replayed a lot.
Episodes were played alot because there were only eight made. They’re currently shooting 20 new eps for 2nd season and the show will return in the fall.
I don’t understand why this is getting such big press. The CBC has made foreign sales before. I saw an episode of the Newsroom on PBS in California a few months ago… Twitch City airs in Australia. Why is everyone pretending like Little Mosque is going places that no Canadian show has gone before?
Gord, where is it getting a lot of press? Let me know cause I didnt hear about it until I came to this website. Obviously, since this is the LMOTP page, the news will be displayed here.
Anyways congratulations to everyone involved with the show, this is great news!And if it can ease tensions between groups of people then all the more reason for it to succeed.
Will you be doing re runs of “the Mosque” before the new episodes air?
I also enjoyed”Nothing too good for a Cowboy”could you tell me when I can see this series repeated,or is is available on C.D. already?
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there are dozens more, just do a search for ‘little mosque’ in google news, and i think it proves my point.
why are they making this seem like uncharted territory?
i’m not saying this isn’t good news, i’m just saying, it’s not really that newsworthy when cbc shows have aired around the world for years.