Must-Watch Shows and Olympic Thrills in CBC's Top 5 for August

As August arrives, we are bringing you a wave of captivating shows that promises to keep you entertained. The much-anticipated new season of PLAN B offers more time-traveling twists and turns. Dive into the exhilarating world of sports and cheer on Team Canada with our continuing Olympic Games Paris 2024 coverage and the launch of the Paralympic Games. For drama enthusiasts, don't miss FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE, a gripping series about love, loss, success, and failure in New York City. DOUBLE THE MONEY guarantees double the excitement as contestants work odd jobs for big rewards. Delve into the complex history and issues of sex testing in athletics in the compelling podcast TESTED. Stay tuned for all this and more in CBC's Top 5 for August. 

PLAN B Season 2 - Watch Free on CBC Gem starting Sunday, August 11
What would you change if you could go back in time? In Season 2, a new character is given the opportunity to change her life – and the lives of those around her – by making use of Plan B, a mysterious time-travel agency. After Montreal police officer Mia Coleman and her partner Tyler take a lenient approach to a marital dispute, the husband murders his wife and their two small children, then kills himself. Mia is devastated, but soon stumbles across Plan B and finds herself able to book a trip into the past, and perhaps alter the outcome.

OLYMPICS GAME PARIS 2024 - Watch Free on CBC Gem
Daily live coverage of the OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 continues on CBC Gem including the Closing Ceremony on August 11 and the PARALYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 kick off on August 28. 

CBC's comprehensive coverage of Paris 2024 features live broadcasts from every venue and includes every Canadian medal-winning moment, with 22 hours of live television coverage each day and totalling more than 3,000 hours of live content available on CBC and partner networks TSN and Sportsnet, CBC Gem, CBC's Paris 2024 website and the CBC Paris 2024 app for Android and iOS devices. Audiences can also visit the website and app for full event schedules, results, athlete bios and features, daily updates and more, as well as exclusive coverage by CBC Sports including in-depth reports, highlights, digital series and on-demand replays of the biggest moments and events, ensuring audiences across Canada don't miss a minute of the action.

FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE - Watch Free on CBC Gem starting Sunday, August 11
Recently divorced 41-year-old Toby Fleishman dives into the brave new world of app-based dating with the kind of success he never had in his youth. But just at the start of his first summer of sexual freedom, his ex-wife disappears, leaving him with the kids and no hint of where she is or whether she plans to return. 

DOUBLE THE MONEY - Watch Free on CBC Gem starting Friday, August 30
Looking to make some fast cash? This revolutionary real-world game, hosted by Sue Perkins of The Great British Baking Show, challenges pairs of contestants to double their money in a race to win a hefty cash sum. In Episode 1, players receive a modest cash pot and must double it within 36 hours using any (legal) money-making enterprise they can think of. As the competition progresses, the stakes get higher and the time is extended. They must never repeat the same method, and anyone that fails is eliminated. When the pressure is on, who will have the smart strategies and ingenious ideas to win the battle for the life-changing prize?

PODCAST 
TESTED - Available on CBC Listen 
Who gets to compete? Since the beginning of women's sports, there has been a struggle over who qualifies for the women's category. Tested follows the unfolding story of elite female runners who have been told they can no longer race as women, because of their biology. As the Olympics approach, they face hard choices: take drugs to lower their natural testosterone levels, give up their sport entirely, or fight. To understand how we got here, we trace the surprising, 100-year history of sex testing.

Looking for more? Don't miss these titles coming to CBC Gem in August: new seasons of C'EST COMME ÇA QUE JE T'AIME (HAPPILY MARRIED), KILLING EVE and LOUDERMILK, and feature films INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS and NIGHT RAIDERS. Get your daily recap from Paris in 20 minutes or less with all the wins, losses, and hot goss from the Athlete's Village on the podcast OLYMPIC FOMO with Mark and Jem available on CBC Listen. 

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