YTV 2004 1 season 13 eps Ended

My Brand New Life

2004 1 season 13 eps

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Season 1

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Season 1

30 min

S1 · E1 · Jul 1, 2004

A Border Story Episode 1

Canadians think Americans are ignorant about Canada. But do Canadian kids know any more about their southern neighbours? Two tweens find out. Antoine, a Canadian boy from Ottawa, and Olivia, an American girl from Washington, DC, visit each other to celebrate their national holidays together. From chitlings to beaver tales and tails, the two youngsters experience life on both sides of the border. Source: www.nfb.ca

30 min

S1 · E2 · Jul 11, 2004

He Said/She Said Episode 2

Boy meets girl. But can they understand each other? Michael and Meagan take a closer look at gender roles when the two tweens take on each other's friends and sports for the day. Meagan becomes a football player and goes on an overnight camping trip with the boys, while Michael joins the synchronized swim team and parties at a sleepover with the girls. Source: www.nfb.ca

30 min

S1 · E3 · Jul 18, 2004

Inuit Games Episode 3

Eric excels at almost every sport, especially soccer and cycling, but the events at the Inuit Traditional Games require different skills and strengths. This super jock meets his match in the Arctic with the knuckle-hop, the armpull, the airplane and the one-leg high-kick. Source: www.nfb.ca

30 min

S1 · E4 · Jul 25, 2004

Cowgirl Meets the Horsey Set Episode 4

Kendra, a rough-riding western rodeo girl from Claresholm, Albertaâ€”pop. 3,622--and Olivia, a prim and proper dressage competitor from Montreal, switch hats and gears to try each other's sports. Kendra must get used to a different kind of riding precision, while Olivia tries her hand at goat tying in a rodeo. Source: www.nfb.ca

30 min

S1 · E5 · Aug 1, 2004

Wheelchair Challenge Episode 5

What's it like for Rahim, a 15-year-old Toronto star basketball player, to spend three days navigating in a wheelchair? His new friend, Shane, who has done it all his life, teaches Rahim how to manoeuvre the streets and hallways, and to play wheelchair basketball and sledge hockey. From getting out of bed in the morning to getting down stairs, Rahim faces many new challenges in his brand new life. Source: www.nfb.ca

30 min

S1 · E6 · Aug 8, 2004

Only Child/Big Family Episode 6

Anna lives in St. John's, Newfoundland, with her parents and four brothers and sisters. It's pretty noisy. Alannah and her single mother live with their golden retriever in Montreal. It's pretty quiet. How will these girls cope in each other's lives? Anna finds there's lots of alone timeâ€”both precious and lonely. And Alannah discovers the joys of a gang around the dining room table. Source: www.nfb.ca

30 min

S1 · E7 · Aug 15, 2004

Music for Whose Ears Episode 7

All kinds of musical notes are played when Melanie, a traditional fiddler and step-dancer from Acadian New Brunswick, switches places with Ray, a Bhangra musician and dancer from Scarborough, Ontario. When these two kinds of music meet, it's a jam session like nothing you've ever heard! Source: www.nfb.ca

30 min

S1 · E8 · Aug 29, 2004

A Feast for One's Eyes Episode 8

Indian East meets Indian West when Abdul Rahim, a Muslim from Surrey, BC, and Peter, a Native-Canadian from the Squamish Nation Reserve, learn to cook each other's dishes. They're judged by discerning family juries used to high standards for their particular cuisines. Peter celebrates the holiday Eid at a big Muslim party, while Abdul Rahim catches and smokes his own salmon. Source: www.nfb.ca

30 min

S1 · E9 · Sep 5, 2004

Ming's First Day of School Episode 9

Eleven-year-old Ming has been home-schooled all her life in Nova Scotia. She's never sat in a classroom, worn a uniform or taken a test. Her brand new life calls for her to spend a week in a Grade 5 class in Montreal, making new friends, getting used to routine and trying to pass a dreaded math quiz. Source: www.nfb.ca

30 min

S1 · E10 · Sep 6, 2004

School's Out... Episode 10

What would happen if kids ran the school? Three tweens switch places with their school officials. Cory becomes the principal, Jamie works as the custodian, and Laura takes on her own teacher's job for a day. Will they play hooky and fool around or get down to business? Source: www.nfb.ca

30 min

S1 · E11 · Sep 12, 2004

Ballet Dancer/Hockey Player Episode 11

Are ballet dancers sissy? Are hockey players macho goons? Pasquale, an aspiring hockey player from Montreal, trades lives with Nikita, a Montreal ballet and ballroom dancer. Both award-winners in their own sports, Nikita has never laced up hockey skates, and Pasquale is a novice at tripping the light fantastic. Source: www.nfb.ca

30 min

S1 · E12 · Sep 19, 2004

Circus School Episode 12

Andrew, a student at a military-style private school in Nova Scotia, leaves his regimented dorm life to trade places with Sarah, a circus gymnast. He finds it's more than clowning around, while she has to learn to play by some pretty strict rules. Source: www.nfb.ca

30 min

S1 · E13 · Sep 26, 2004

Scary Tales: Halloween/Day of the Dead Episode 13

Alexis, a Montreal boy, sets off somewhat nervously to a Mayan island in Mexico to celebrate the Day of the Dead, in a cemetery, in the dead of night. Alejandro leaves Mexico to experience Halloween, complete with haunted houses, leering jack-o'-lanterns and collecting candy from total strangers in Canada. Which is scarier? Source: www.nfb.ca

13 episodes in Season 1

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My Brand New is a Canadien television series that premiered on YTV on July 4, 2004. The series brings together kids from different backgrounds and experiences and invites them to switch lives.

Documentary Kids Reality

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Total runtime 4h 59m · Episode length 23 min · Type Documentary

Show info

Premiered

July 1, 2004

Final episode

September 26, 2004

Status

Ended

Network

YTV

Country

Canada

Type

Documentary

Episode length

23 min

Total runtime

4h 59m

Original language

English

Production

L

Les Productions La Fête

Production

T

Tele-Français Ontario

Production

O

ONF | NFB

Production

Y

YTV

Production

Canada

Produced in

Languages

Spoken on screen

English

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