About this season
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.
Episodes (8)
1. Pilot: Hit the Road Jill
Aired 21 January 2008 • 60 min
2. The Men Go It Alone
Aired 28 January 2008 • 60 min
3. Drama on the High Seas
Aired 4 February 2008 • 60 min
4. Who's Holding the Aces Now?
Aired 11 February 2008 • 60 min
5. Miss Me Yet?
Aired 18 February 2008 • 60 min
6. The Real Price of Oil
Aired 25 February 2008 • 60 min
7. Unfinished Business
Aired 3 March 2008 • 60 min
8. A Homecoming for the History Books!
Aired 10 March 2008 • 60 min