- Starring Golden Globe® Award winner and Emmy® Award nominee Kim Cattrall and Genie and Tony Award® winner Don McKellar -
- The series is produced by Rhombus Media in association with Baby
Cow Productions, The Movie Network, and Movie Central -
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TORONTO, June 2, 2014 /CNW/ - HBO Canada announced today the premiere
date for its latest Canadian series SENSITIVE SKIN, premiering Sunday, July 20 at 8 p.m. ET/MT on HBO Canada. The bittersweet half-hour series is the story of Davina
(Golden Globe® Award winner and Emmy® Award nominee Kim Cattrall), a woman of a certain age and her long-time
husband Al (Tony Award® winner Don McKellar) attempting to change their lives. The couple have
sold their comfortable family home and moved downtown to an
ultra-modern condo, in a conscious effort to keep relevant, and begin
again. Unfortunately, that's exactly what happens.
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Click HERE for a sneak peek of SENSITIVE SKIN.
The series is executive produced by Kim Cattrall along with co-star
McKellar, who directs all six episodes, and Gemini Award winner Bob
Martin (MICHAEL: TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, SLINGS AND ARROWS), who wrote
the entire series. SENSITIVE SKIN was shot in Toronto and is adapted
from the acclaimed BBC Two program of the same name, which starred
Joanna Lumley (ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS).
SENSITIVE SKIN also stars Academy Award® nominee Elliott Gould (M*A*S*H, FRIENDS, RAY DONOVAN) as Al's
opportunistic physician; Nicolas Wright (White House Down) as Davina and Al's neurotic and depressive son Orlando; Gemini Award
winner Colm Feore (THE BORGIAS) as Davina's brother-in-law Roger; Tony
Award winner Joanna Gleason (Last Vegas) as her conservative older sister Veronica; Gemini Award winner Mary
Walsh (THIS HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES) as Sarah, a well-known radio
personality; Gemini Award winner Clé Bennett (FLASHPOINT) as Theodore,
the friendly neighbourhood drug dealer; and Jutra Award winner
Marc-André Grondin (C.R.A.Z.Y.) as Greg.
SENSITIVE SKIN is produced by Rhombus Media in association with Baby Cow Productions,
The Movie Network, and Movie Central. The series is distributed by
Tricon Films & Television and produced in partnership with the Canada
Media Fund (CMF) and Rogers Cable Network Fund. The show is created by
Hugo Blick (ROGER & VAN HAVE JUST GOT IN). Niv Fichman (Rhombus Media)
and Sari Friedland serve as producers with Kim Cattrall, Don McKellar,
Bob Martin, Andrea Gorfolova, Jon Rutherford, Henry Normal (Baby Cow
Productions) and Hugo Blick attached as executive producers. Production
Executives for Bell Media are Trish Williams and Kathleen Meek. Corrie
Coe is Senior Vice-President, Independent Production, Bell Media.
Catherine McLeod is Senior Vice-President, Specialty Channels and Bell
Media Production, Bell Media. Phil King is President, CTV, Sports and
Entertainment Programming Chris Bell is production executive for Movie
Central, Maria Hale is Vice President, Television, Pay TV, Corus
Entertainment and Doug Murphy is Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer, Corus Entertainment. HBO Canada is a multiplex
channel of Bell Media's The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) and Corus
Entertainment's Movie Central (Western Canada).
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About HBO Canada
HBO Canada brings Canadians HBO's current slate of signature dramatic
and comedic programs, together with new and never-before-seen
programming including comedy series, live specials, sporting events,
behind-the-scenes content and titles from HBO's extensive library - all
in an uncut and commercial-free environment. HBO Canada is offered in
high definition on HBO Canada HD and programming is accessible on TMN
GO, on demand and online where available by service provider. For more
information, please visit www.hbocanada.com. In Eastern Canada, HBO Canada is a division of Bell Media, which is
part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada's largest communications
company. In Western Canada, HBO Canada is offered by Corus
Entertainment's Movie Central (Western Canada).
About Movie Central
Movie Central is owned by Corus Entertainment Inc. (CJR.B), a Canadian-based media and entertainment company. Corus is a
market leader in specialty television and radio with additional assets
in pay television, television broadcasting, children's book publishing
and children's animation. Experience Corus on the web at www.corusent.com.
SOURCE HBO CANADA
