Breakrough Entertainment s the Great War Tour-wi Norm Christie Launches On TVO beginning Monday April 6 and Knowledge Network Beginning Monday May 8

The Canadian War Museum To Host Special Screening To Commemorate Launch Of The Eagerly-Anticipated, Multi-Part Documentary TV and Online Series

Series Host and Celebrated Military Historian Norm Christie And Minister Of Industry James Moore Featured Speakers For The Screening Event To Take Place March 24th

For Immediate Release:

TORONTO (March 23, 1015) - The Breakthrough Entertainment-presented multi-part documentary series The Great War Tour with Norm Christie will make its debut on TVO beginning April 6 and Knowledge Network beginning Monday May 18.

Additional airdates on TVO for the series include April 13th, April 20th and April 27, 2015. Additional dates for airings on Knowledge Network are May 25, June 1 and June 8.

The Great War Tour with Norm Christie commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Great War, and is hosted by noted military historian Christie, who takes audiences on a pilgrimage to significant Great War sites - some famous, others almost totally unknown. Christie shares the stories of Canadian men and women whose skills and courage turned Canada into a force on the world stage.

Ottawa's celebrated Canadian War Museum will host a special screening of the The Missing episode of the series, which solves a 90-year mystery behind the Battle of Vimy Ridge - and answers what happened to 44 men of the Canadian Scottish Regiment whose graves were lost after the battle. Scheduled for March 24th, the screening begins with a reception from 6-7:30pm followed by the screening of The Missing episode at 7:30pm. Series co-creator and host Norm Christie and Minister of Industry James Moore will both speak at the event.

We are privileged to join with TVO and Knowledge Network to bring The Great War Tour to Canadian audiences. By commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Great War we recognize the achievements, bravery and sacrifice of more than 600,000 Canadians who served in the war and the 60,000 who died, said Peter Williamson, Executive Producer and co-creator of the series.

Additional episodes in the series include:

ARTHUR CURRIE: MASTER OF WAR:

General Sir Arthur Currie led the Canadian Corps to a series of spectacular victories hastening the end of the Great War. Norm Christie retraces Currie's rise from amateur soldier to the most successful Allied general. He asks why Currie was feted throughout Europe and the Empire yet maligned by enemies and forgotten at home.

SACRED PLACES:

Norm Christie takes us to the Western Front battlefields - where the real war is in the cemeteries' - to discover how these faraway, exquisitely designed and little visited burial grounds, with their thousands of Canadian dead, are truly our sacred places'.

THE VIMY PILGRIMAGE:

Norm Christie reveals the extraordinary story of the largest peacetime armada in Canadian history - the spectacular 1936 Vimy Pilgrimage to Europe - to honor the 60,000 dead of the Great War - and to unveil Canadas magnificent war memorial at Vimy Ridge.

About Breakthrough Entertainment

Headquartered in Toronto, Breakthrough Entertainment Inc. (BEI) is a world class studio, being a leading global producer and distributor of acclaimed primetime comedy and drama series, as well as factual entertainment, documentaries, television movies, feature films, family entertainment and children's animation. As one of Canada's largest television production and distribution companies, BEI has licensed programs to major broadcasters in over 200 territories. With a catalogue of over 3000 half-hours of programming, the company handles distribution as well as worldwide pre-sales, co-productions and third-party acquisitions. In addition to its dedicated program development, production and distribution divisions, Breakthrough's digital media division ranks among one of the industry's most respected producers of high quality digital entertainment including ebooks, webisodes and online and mobile games. www.breakthroughentertainment.com. Follow us on Twitter @breakthru_ent.

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