Terminal City (TV series) explained

Runtime:50 mins.
Creator:Angus Fraser
Executive Producer:Angus Fraser
Jayme Pfahl
Gordon Mark (producer)
Harold Lee Tichenor (consulting)
Starring:Gil Bellows
Paul Soles
Jane McLean
Bill Mondy
Michael Eklund
Katie Boland
Adam Butcher
Ross Birchall
Nico McEown
Maria del Mar
Nakul Kapoor
Andrew McIlroy
Country:Canada
Location:Victoria, British Columbia
Network:The Movie Network
Movie Central
Num Episodes:10

Terminal City is a Canadian miniseries about a woman (Maria del Mar) diagnosed with breast cancer. She's brought in to star on a failing reality television show, turning it into a hit as her life and body begin to change.

Production

Angus Fraser, a native of Vancouver, was the director-creator, with Rachel Talalay also brought in as a director. As the writer, Fraser was partly inspired by a close call his mother had with cancer, and his own near-death experience when he was stabbed in the heart as a bouncer. Originally conceived as a feature film, Terminal City was filmed in Victoria, British Columbia in 76 days and won 11 Leo Awards plus 2 nominations.

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Plot

Fraser's plot follows a family woman who finds she has cancer and becomes the star of a reality show simultaneously.

Critical reviews

Timeout says the show "prominently counts reality TV among its subjects, but its chief concerns—marriage, family and mortality—are timeless ones that are given fresh urgency by the way screenwriter Angus Fraser approaches them from odd angles."

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