CBC-TV to air Arctic environmental thriller ‘The Council’
TORONTO – An international thriller about the murder of an environmentalist and the fight over natural resources in the Canadian Arctic is headed to CBC-TV.
The public broadcaster says the series, which has the working title “The Council,” will debut with 10 episodes in the fall.
The show is from Emmy Award-winning showrunner and writer Rene Balcer of “Law & Order” fame, and Lark Productions and Keston International Productions.
Featured are two cops who probe the murder of a young woman near the Canadian hamlet of Resolute.
The investigation leads them to a global conspiracy.
Shooting will take place in multiple cities this summer.
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