| The Week the Women Went | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | David Paperny Cal Shumiatcher |
| Running time | 45 mins. approx. |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC |
| Release | January 21, 2008 – February 2009 |
The Week The Women Went was a television show produced by Paperny Films, and based on a BBC Three program of the same title. The show was part documentary, part reality television, that explores what happens when all the women in an ordinary Canadian town disappear for a week and leave the men and children to cope on their own.
The first season of the show was taped in Hardisty, Alberta from June 2 to June 9, 2007 and consisted of eight one-hour episodes. The show first aired on CBC Television in Canada on January 21, 2008 and concluded on March 10, 2008. An estimated 1.2 million viewers watched the debut episode.[1]
The second (and last) season of the show was shot in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia from September 8 to September 15, 2008 and began airing on January 21, 2009.
References
External links
- Paperny Films. The Week The Women Went
- Pictures of the Community Project
- Audio Interviews of Participants from Hardisty
- The Week the Women Went at IMDb