The Week the Women Went

The Week The Women Went is 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. The second season of the show was shot in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia from September 8 to September 15, 2008 and began airing on January 21, 2009.

Jim Byrnes

• Trevor HodgsonProducer
• Brad BroughProducer
• Ed HattonProducer
• Sally AitkenProducer
• Peter WaalProducer
• David PapernyExecutive Producer
• Cal ShumiatcherExecutive Producer

First aired

January 21, 2008

Last aired

January 21, 2009

Status

Ended

Original language

English

Episodes

9

Genres

Documentary

• Season 18 episodes · 2008
• Season 21 episode · 2009