Sports on Fire
| Sports on Fire | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sports documentary |
| Created by | Pete McCormack |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Pete McCormack Andrew Barnsley Jeff Aghassi Kimberly Arnott Kevin Foley |
| Production company(s) |
Project 10 Productions Two 4 The Money Media |
| Release | |
| Original network | HBO Canada |
| Original release | January 9 – February 13, 2015 |
Sports on Fire is a Canadian television documentary series, which aired on HBO Canada in 2015.[1] Created and produced by Pete McCormack,[2] the six-episode series explored the historical, political and social context of several important moments in sports history.[2]
The series garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Sports Program or Series at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016.[3]
Episodes
| # | Title | Directed by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "A Cold War" | Pete McCormack | 9 January 2015 |
| 1972 Summit Series | |||
| 2 | "Born on the Bottle" | Pete McCormack | 16 January 2015 |
| How running moonshine led to NASCAR | |||
| 3 | "Terrorlympics" | Pete McCormack | 23 January 2015 |
| 1972 Munich Massacre | |||
| 4 | "She Runs Like a Man" | Pete McCormack | 30 January 2015 |
| Gender testing of female athletes | |||
| 5 | "The Race for Race" | Pete McCormack | 6 February 2015 |
| Jesse Owens at the 1936 Summer Olympics | |||
| 6 | "All the Rage" | Pete McCormack | 13 February 2015 |
| The hypocrisy around Steroids is elite sport | |||
References
- ↑ "Vancouver's Pete McCormack combines sports, history in new series Sports on Fire". Metro, January 8, 2015.
- 1 2 "Sports on Fire from Peter McCormack coming to TMN". Toronto Star, December 20, 2013.
- ↑ "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". ET Canada, January 19, 2016.
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