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CTV’s W5 Takes Viewers INSIDE WUHAN, This Saturday, March 7 on CTV

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– In association with White Pine Pictures and Ballinran Entertainment production, W5 presents a first-person account from a Canadian who has been living inside Wuhan, China during the coronavirus lockdown –

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TORONTO (March 4, 2020) –The epidemic COVID-19 virus has caused international apprehension for everyday life, but in Wuhan, China, the initial location of the outbreak, the city on lockdown has become eerily empty. W5, Canada’s most-watched documentary series and North America’s longest-running investigative series, presents a rare, first-person account from one Canadian quarantined in the disease’s epicenter this Saturday with INSIDE WUHAN. Produced by Ballinran Entertainment’s Craig Thompson, in association with White Pine Pictures’ Peter Raymont and W5, the special report airs this Saturday, March 7 at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CTV, the CTV and CTV News apps, and CTVNews.ca. After receiving notice that his apartment building was about to be placed into lockdown, C.R. Holmes, took to the streets – avoiding authorities, living in his car and in hotel rooms for days on end, and uploading the footage of the ghost city back to Canada. Scenes include driving down the city’s busiest streets, now deserted at what would normally be rush hour. Police check-points line the roads and one apartment complex has been placed entirely behind six-foot-high walls to prevent residents from leaving or anyone from entering. Told as a first-person account, Holmes explores how the residents continue to get food and, at the city’s main train station, finds its vast concourse completely abandoned. While seemingly draconian the Chinese authorities’ quarantine of the city of 11 million is being credited for slowing and possibly containing the spread of the deadly virus. In recent days the numbers of new cases have been declining in China, but the lockdowns continue. There are warnings everywhere – on one street he notes signs proclaiming “don’t spread rumours.” “At a time when the entire world is asking questions about these extreme measures, we are compelled to help uncover answers through this powerful, first-person storytelling,” said Anton Koschany, Executive Producer, W5. “Along with our partners at Ballinran Entertainment and White Pine Pictures, we believe viewers will find this personal account to be compelling and informative – continuing W5’s tradition of unparalleled investigative storytelling.” In addition to airing Saturdays at 7 p.m. ET on CTV, W5 also airs Saturdays at 10 p.m. on CTV2 and Sundays (see local listings). W5 is also available on demand at CTVNews.ca/W5, and on the CTV and CTV News apps. Presented by CTV’s W5, INSIDE WUHAN is a production of Ballinran Entertainment and produced by Craig Thompson, in association with White Pine Pictures. Executive Producer of White Pine Pictures is Peter Raymont. Executive producer of W5 is Anton Koschany. President of CTV News is Wendy Freeman.

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About W5
With an ongoing commitment to covering tough, relevant stories with fair and responsible reporting, W5 is in its 54th season of investigative journalism. W5 is the most-watched documentary program in Canada, and the winner of several awards including the prestigious Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism. Anton Koschany is Executive Producer of W5. Brett Mitchell is Senior Producer. Wendy Freeman is President, CTV News.

About CTV
CTV is Canada’s #1 television brand. CTV provides unparalleled entertainment programming across two broadcast television networks; a powerful suite of specialty channels including CTV Comedy Channel, CTV Drama Channel, CTV Life Channel, and CTV Sci-Fi Channel; and digital platforms CTV.ca, CTV Throwback, CTV Movies, and the CTV app. CTV has been Canada’s most-watched television network for the past 18 years in a row and features a wide range of sports and information programming, including CTV News, Canada’s highest-rated national and local newscasts. CTV comes from Bell Media, Canada’s premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio, digital, and out-of-home advertising.

About White Pine Pictures
Founded 40 years ago by Emmy-Award filmmaker, Peter Raymont, White Pine Pictures is a Toronto-based film and television production company. Its documentary feature films include the Emmy and Sundance award-winning Shake Hands with the Devil and the Oscar short-listed Genius Within: Glenn Gould and A Promise to the Dead. White Pine Pictures recently produced the TIFF 2019 Opening Night Gala Film, Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, season two of In the Making, a series on contemporary artists for CBC and several other productions. The Corporate Coup d’État, co-produced with Superchannel and ZDF-ARTE premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam. White Pine also produced the widely broadcast TV drama series The Border & Cracked.


About Ballinran Entertainment
Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2020, Ballinran Entertainment is a film and television production studio based in the arts and culture hub of Stratford, Ontario. For the last two decades, under the leadership of Craig Thompson, Ballinran has created a wealth of lifestyle, documentary and factual entertainment programming for television audiences all over the world. Ballinran has been recognized with numerous film and television industry awards and accolades.

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