''Promised Land'' is a

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program about refugees to Canada that first ran in the summer of 2010. It was presented by

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Format

''Promised Land'' features interviews with refugees to Canada who have gone through, in the words of the show's presenter Natasha Fatah, "an escape that starts anywhere in the world but always ends in Canada". The interviewee is introduced by Fatah, who briefly outlines the refugee's story and allows them to tell it. The refugee's story is interspersed by clarifying comments by Fatah to fill in gaps caused by omissions in the recorded story. Finally, once the refugee's interview is finished, Fatah makes concluding remarks and outlines the plot of next week's program. Ten instalments of ''Promised Land'' aired between June and August 2010, with shows premiering Monday evenings at 7:30pm at each station's local time (8:00pm

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), repeating on Friday mornings at 9:30am (10:00am

). The show was broadcast on

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Channel 137 on Mondays at 6:30pm and 10:20pm

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(ET) and on Fridays at 8:30am and 12:30pm ET.

Production

''Promised Land'' was produced by

producers

, Mark Ulster and Dagna Pielaszkiewicz. Fatah's own family escaped from

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to move to

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in 2002. The 10-part documentary series was released in CD format for sale online, although all ten episodes are available to download as a

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from

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or the

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web site. Fatah, the presenter and interviewer, claims to have had to stop recording her interviews on a couple of occasions because she had started crying in response to her interviewees' stories.

Episodes

Reception

Despite receiving few reviews, ''Promised Land'' was well received by critics. Elisabeth Mahoney from ''

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'' praised the show, writing, " he interviewsmake gripping radio. These well-produced half-hour shows are driven by stories that cannot help but be dramatic, and are assembled to heighten that using archive news clips, music (especially for the most terrifying moments of the escape) and, most crucially, voice."

References

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