Highlights of programs new to CBC Gem this June:
- From the National Film Board of Canada, the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Tributes 2026 (June 6) honour this year’s laureates, the recipients of the country’s highest distinction in the performing arts.
- New titles joining the Indigenous Stories Collection on June 1 include documentary Channel Originals Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising, from Shane Belcourt and Tanya Talaga, and chronicling the 1974 Anishinaabe land-back occupation, with both English and Anishinaabemowin versions available, and Rising Through the Fray, following roller derby team Indigenous Rising as it welcomes a new generation of players set on changing the face of the sport. Archival feature doc The Stand recreates a historic Haida Nation protest.
- Also joining the Indigenous Stories Collection are the docuseries Treaty Road (June 1), a moving journey across treaty territories that unearths untold truths and brings Indigenous voices to the forefront; roundtable series Rematriate the Lens (June 1), amplifying the voices of 16 Indigenous women in film and television, including Maika Harper, Devery Jacobs, Anna Lambe, and Jennifer and Tamara Podemski; and the exclusive Canadian premiere of Australian miniseries Goolagong (June 12), celebrating the life of world champion tennis icon Evonne Goolagong.
- New films joining the Indigenous Stories Collection include horror-comedy Seeds (June 5) from first-time feature director Kaniehtiio Horn; and New Zealand period drama We Were Dangerous (June 5), about three rebellious girls who bond together when sent to an island institution.
- Celebrating Pride Month, the Watch With Pride Collection includes Season 5 of CBC Arts’ Canadian Screen Award-winning interview series Here & Queer (June 1), hosted by Peter Knegt and featuring guests including John Early, Mae Martin and Priyanka; the BAFTA-Award winning UK drama It's A Sin (June 5), Russell T Davies’ (Queer As Folk) poignant story of five friends living and loving fiercely in the shadow of the 1980s AIDS crisis; UK lifestyle series Banjo & Ro’s Grand Island Hotel (June 19), following interior designer Banjo Beale and his husband Ro as they restore a crumbling Scottish mansion; and horror/fantasy film I Saw the TV Glow (June 12), following a teenager whose reality cracks after discovering a mysterious, late-night TV show.
- Acclaimed sci-fi drama Orphan Black (June 19 for Season 1 and June 26 for Season 2) stars Emmy Award-winner Tatiana Maslany as a street-smart con artist who is pulled into a conspiracy when she discovers that she’s a clone.
- International series arriving in June include the second season of Mad Men (June 12), which finds Don Draper balancing a crumbling personal life and his top position at Sterling Cooper during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and The Bold Type Season 3 (June 19) returns with new romance and professional shake-ups for Jane, Kat, and Sutton.
- Lifestyle programming highlights include CBC Life’s On the Inside (June 5), which tours the must-see homes of creative Canadians; the return of Junior Baking Show Season 11 (June 5), as host Harry Hill joins judges Liam Charles and Ravneet Gill for the tough task of finding Britain's best junior baker, and Grand Designs Australia Season 12 (June 12), following more brave home builders taking on the challenge of a lifetime.
- New documentaries arriving in June include documentary Channel Original Prophet of Ecstasy (June 8), the story of how a would-be priest introduced MDMA to the world.
- CBC Kids series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Season 1 (June 5) follows the adventures of two teenagers in Paris who become superheroes.
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INDIGENOUS STORIES COLLECTION
Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising
(90min, Documentary, directed by Shane Belcourt, Canada) *a documentary Channel Original*
English and Anishinaabemowin versions begin streaming Monday, June 1
Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising explores a courageous stand taken in 1974 by a charismatic young revolutionary, Louis Cameron, and a group of Anishinabeg youth at Anicinabe Park in Kenora, Ontario. The 38-day land-back occupation included members of the American Indian Movement, who travelled with warriors from Cache Creek, B.C. as part of the Native Caravan, which ended on Parliament Hill after police violently moved to end their peaceful demonstration. There is only eight minutes of footage from this occupation, June but Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising unearths this buried history. The documentary feature made its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in 2025. The film is written and directed by award-winning Métis filmmaker Shane Belcourt and written and produced by acclaimed journalist and author Tanya Talaga, whose four part docuseries The Knowing, debuted at TIFF in 2024.
Rematriate the Lens
(4x30, Factual, The Shine Network Institute, Canada)
Begins streaming Monday, June 1
Rematriate the Lens is a groundbreaking four-episode roundtable series amplifying the voices of 16 Indigenous women in film and television. Through raw, inspiring, and candid conversations, these women share their journeys, challenges, and triumphs in the entertainment industry. This series is about more than visibility—it’s about sovereignty and taking back the narrative. By centering Indigenous women’s voices, Rematriate the Lens highlights the barriers they face and the transformative power of their stories in reshaping the industry.
Rising Through the Fray
(90min, Documentary, directed by Courtney Montour, Canada) *a documentary Channel original*
Begins streaming Monday, June 1
Indigenous Rising is the first team in roller derby history to break the barriers of representing a single country at the Roller Derby World Cup – igniting a movement that pulsates throughout the sport and within each other. Rising Through the Fray follows the team as it welcomes a new generation of players set on changing the face of roller derby – a sport that champions female empowerment and inclusivity but lacks diversity.
The Stand
(94min, Documentary, National Film Board of Canada, Canada)
Begins streaming Monday, June 1
In the fall of 1985, a small group of Haida people stood on a muddy logging road on Lyell Island—and refused to move. What followed was a landmark act of peaceful resistance that helped spark a nationwide reckoning around land, sovereignty and environmental justice. Drawing from over a hundred hours of electrifying archival footage, The Stand immerses us in the tension, courage and quiet humanity of that moment. Directed by Christopher Auchter (Now Is the Time), the film honours the Elders, activists and supernatural spirits who helped shape a new future for the Haida Nation—and for all of Canada.
Treaty Road
(6x60, Documentary Series, directed by Saxon de Cocq, Canada)
Begins streaming Monday, June 1
While exploring his Métis ancestry, writer/director Saxon de Cocq discovered that his great grandfather (x3) was the Honorable James McKay, a prominent Métis from the Red River area. McKay was involved in many of the Numbered Treaty negotiations, eventually becoming a Treaty Commissioner. With mixed feelings, Saxon is driven to learn more... what was McKay’s involvement, his motivations for playing a pivotal role in this part of history? Saxon enlists the help of his friend Erin Goodpipe, a community educator and researcher with knowledge in treaty rights and together they travel to the location of the treaty signings and meet with the people who hold the knowledge on Treaty.
Seeds
(82 min, Horror/Comedy, directed by Kaniehtiio Horn, Canada)
Begins streaming Friday, June 5
Ziggy is offered her first gig as an online influencer, promoting for Nature’s Oath, a seed and fertilizer company. When her cousin summons her back to the rez, she is forced into a battle to save her people’s legacy, finding her power along the way.
We Were Dangerous
(82min, Period Drama, directed by Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, New Zealand)
Begins streaming Friday, June 5
In 1954 New Zealand, rebellious teens Nellie (Erana James) and Daisy (Manaia Hall) make a
daring escape from an institution for delinquent girls—only to be caught and sent to an even more remote facility on an isolated island. There, they are joined by Lou (Nathalie Morris), a well-to-do newcomer, and together they navigate a harsh new world under the strict rule of a devout and domineering Matron (Rima Te Wiata). Resistant to authority, the trio form an unbreakable bond, rejecting the institution’s rigid expectations and finding solace in their friendship. But as night falls, the island reveals its darker secrets—where reformation takes a sinister turn. When experimental punishments threaten to break their spirits, Nellie and Daisy plot rebellion, only to find themselves at odds with Lou, who fears the consequences of defiance. As tensions rise, the girls must choose between survival and resistance in a place designed to erase them.
Goolagong
(3x60, Period Drama/Biography, Werner Film Productions, part of BBC Studios, Australia)
Begins streaming Friday, June 12
*Exclusive Canadian Premiere*
Starring Lila McGuire (The Twelve) as Evonne Goolagong, the tennis ace who won seven single majors tournaments during the 1970s and early 1980s. It details her Aboriginal upbringing and the obstacles she overcame to achieve sporting stardom and national hero status Down Under.
WATCH WITH PRIDE COLLECTION
Here & Queer Season 5
(15x10, Talk Series, CBC Arts)
Begins streaming Monday, June 1
The Canadian Screen Award-winning talk series returns for a fifth season, with guests including Harrison Browne, John Early, Mae Martin, Jeremy O. Harris and Priyanka.
It's A Sin
(5x60, Period Drama, Red Production Company, UK)
Begins streaming Friday, June 5
It’s 1981, the start of a new decade and Ritchie, Roscoe and Colin begin a new life in London. Strangers at first, these young gay lads, and their best friend Jill, find themselves thrown together, and soon share each other’s adventures. But a new virus is on the rise, and soon their lives will be tested in ways they never imagined. As the decade passes, and they grow up in the shadow of AIDS, they’re determined to live and love more fiercely than ever.
★★★★★ “a poignant masterpiece”
I Saw The TV Glow
(100min, Horror/Fantasy, directed by Jane Schoenbrun, USA)
Begins streaming Tuesday, June 12
Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.
Banjo & Ro’s Grand Island Hotel
(6x30, Lifestyle, Hello Halo, UK)
Begins streaming Friday, June 19
*Exclusive Canadian Premiere*
Off the west coast of Scotland, interior designer Banjo and husband Ro leave the Isle of Mull behind and head further into the Hebrides for the adventure of a lifetime. With their entire world squeezed onto a tiny ferry, they make their way to the even more remote island of Ulva. Waiting for them is Ulva House, a once-grand mansion caught between splendour and disrepair. Their mission is bold - to turn this crumbling villa, currently without electricity or running water, into a one-of-a-kind boutique hotel. Attempting a restoration of this scale on an island off an island, with just 16 residents, will push Banjo and Ro to their limits.
ACCLAIMED INTERNATIONAL SERIES
Mad Men Season 2
(13x60, Period Drama, Weiner Bros. Productions / Lionsgate Television / AMC Original Productions, USA)
Begins streaming Tuesday, June 12
Returning for its second season, the Golden Globe®-winning series for Best TV drama and actor will continue to blur the lines between truth and lies, perception and reality. . The world of Mad Men is moving in a new direction -- can Sterling Cooper keep up? Meanwhile, the private life of Don Draper becomes complicated in a new way. What is the cost of his secret identity?
Orphan Black Season 1
(10x45, Thriller, Temple Street Productions, BBC America, Bell Media, Canada/USA)
Begins streaming Friday, June 19
Sarah is an outsider, orphan and street-wise chameleon with a murky past and a tenuous future. When she witnesses the suicide of a stranger who looks just like her, she assumes “Beth’s” identity, hoping to solve all her problems with a quick score. Instead, she stumbles into a kaleidoscopic mystery. The truth is they are clones.
Orphan Black Season 2
(10x45, Thriller, Temple Street Productions, BBC America, Bell Media, Canada/USA)
Begins streaming Friday, June 26
Season 2 of Orphan Black hits the ground running with Sarah in a desperate race to find her missing daughter Kira. Her scorched earth tactics spark a war with pro-clone Rachel, dividing and imperiling everyone she loves. With Alison’s carefully crafted suburban world spinning out of control, and the genetic illness affecting Cosima threatening them all, Sarah must negotiate a dangerous world of new enemies and shifting allegiances to get to the bottom of the experiment that made them who they are.
The Bold Type Season 3
(10x45, Comedy, Freeform, USA)
Begins streaming Friday, June 19
Picking up right after the heartbreak, romance and uncertainty from the Season 2 finale in Paris, The Bold Type is back in New York City where Jane (Katie Stevens), Kat (Aisha Dee) and Sutton (Meghann Fahy) are all dealing with the aftermath of some major decisions. Meanwhile, Scarlet Magazine is undergoing some changes, with new staffers brought on board who are bound to ruffle some feathers.
LIFESTYLE
Junior Baking Show Season 11
( 15x60, Lifestyle, Competition, Love Productions, UK)
Begins streaming Friday, June 5
*Exclusive Canadian Premiere*
Returning for its 11th season, Britain's most talented young bakers wow judges with cakes, biscuits, breads and more in this kid-focused spinoff of The Great British Baking Show.
On the Inside
(10x15, Lifestyle, CBC Life)
Begins streaming Friday, June 5
On the Inside tours the must-see homes of creative Canadians, from a colour-washed city condo to an impeccably decorated stone farmhouse, all layered with impressive details and personal style.
Grand Designs Australia Season 12
(10x60, Lifestyle, Fremantle Australia, Australia)
Begins streaming Tuesday, June 12
*Exclusive Canadian Premiere*
Join new host Anthony Burke as he travels across Australia, from deep underground to high on a bushfire-prone mountain top as we watch bold self-builders pushed to their limits as they create incredible, innovative homes.
DOCUMENTARIES
The Prophet of Ecstasy
(88min, Documentary, a documentary Channel Original, directed by Elias C. Varoutsos, Canada)
Begins streaming Monday, June 8
The Prophet of Ecstasy explores the improbable life of Michael Clegg, a wannabe priest who introduced MDMA to the world, a drug he would later dub Ecstasy. The documentary charts MDMA’s meteoric rise in the recreational drug scene and the discovery of its powerful therapeutic effects.
CBC KIDS
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Season 1
(26x22, Animated series, ZAG Entertainment and Mediawan Kids & Family )
Begins streaming Friday, June 5
Two high-school students, Marinette and Adrien, are chosen to become Paris’ superheroes: Ladybug and Cat Noir. Their mission: to keep Hawk Moth – who wants to steal their magic jewels, the Miraculouses – from wreaking havoc on the town.
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