This Hour Has 22 Minutes
✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
Canada · 2009-2023
30 seasons · Still in production
22m, 30m
Creator Mary Walsh, Rick Mercer
Starring
Genre News, Comedy
Add to Watchlist
Please login to add films to your watchlist.
This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials. Originally featuring Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer, Greg Thomey and Mary Walsh, the series featured satirical sketches of the weekly news and Canadian political events. The show's format is a mock news program, intercut with comic sketches, parody commercials and humorous interviews of public figures. The on-location segments are frequently filmed with slanted camera angles. Its full name is a parody of This Hour Has Seven Days, a CBC newsmagazine from the 1960s; the "22 Minutes" refers to the fact that a half-hour television program in Canada and the U.S. is typically 22 minutes long with eight minutes of commercials. Jones and Walsh had previously worked together on the sketch comedy series CODCO, on which Thomey sometimes appeared as a guest. Mercer had been a notable young writer and performer on his own, touring several successful one-man shows of comedic political commentary.
We hate to say it, but we can't find anywhere to view this film.
What are people saying?
Users who liked this film also liked
The Fifth Element
In the 23rd century, a former special forces operative helps a mysterious woman who holds the key to saving Earth from a cosmic evil.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1997
- Director Luc Besson
- Cast Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Chris Tucker, Luke Perry
- Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on AMC, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
8 Mile
The story of a young aspiring rapper living in difficult conditions in Detroit.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, Germany • 2002
- Director Curtis Hanson
- Cast Eminem, Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Kim Basinger, Michael Shannon, Evan Jones
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Peacock Premium, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Gran Torino
A teenage immigrant forced into a life of crime starts by trying to steal his neighbor's prize car.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States • 2008
- Director Clint Eastwood
- Cast Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Scott Eastwood, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Brian Haley
- Genre Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand