Henry Sarwer-Foner
Director
Rick Mercer Report (2004)
Season 6
A weekly helping of topical satire, funny takes on the week's top stories and Canada-wide adventures.
Released Jan. 12, 2004
Episode 21 min
None+
Genres: Comedy, Documentary, News
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Network: CBC Television
S6E1 - September 30, 2008
Rick catches up with Canada's athletes at the paralympics in Beijing, and delivers all the election coverage you need.
Sept. 30, 2008, midnight
S6E2 - October 7, 2008
Rick gets a bee beard in Langley, B.C. and hits the motocross track in Walton, Ontario.
Oct. 7, 2008, midnight
S6E3 - October 14, 2008
Rick hits the campaign trail with all the party leaders in planes, trains, automobiles (and bikes) on a cross-Canada election night extravaganza.
Oct. 14, 2008, midnight
S6E4 - October 21, 2008
Rick gets lost in a corn maze with a shaped based on the RMR in Thamesville, Ontario and battles forest fires in Kamloops with the BC Forest Service.
Oct. 21, 2008, midnight
S6E5 - October 28, 2008
Rick visits former Prime Minister Paul Martin on his Quebec sheep farm and heads to Muskoka to shovel coal aboard North America's oldest steamship
Oct. 28, 2008, midnight
S6E6 - November 4, 2008
Rick talks US politics with US Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins and trains as a stunt performer on the set of The Border.
Nov. 4, 2008, midnight
S6E7 - November 18, 2008
Rick gets a tailor-made suit -- Don Cherry style, and hangs out with half a billion in gold at the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa.
Nov. 18, 2008, midnight
S6E8 - November 25, 2008
Rick is Feist's roadie on tour in St. John's Newfoundland, and goes behind-the-scenes at the Toronto Zoo.
Nov. 25, 2008, midnight
S6E9 - December 2, 2008
Rick experiences zero gravity and visits Canada's leading recycling program in Edmonton.
Dec. 2, 2008, midnight
S6E10 - January 6, 2009 (Best of 2008)
A look back at the year that was 2008.
Jan. 6, 2009, midnight
S6E11 - January 13, 2009
Rick helps Michael Ignatieff move into Stornoway and flies with the Calgary Police Air Services Unit.
Jan. 13, 2009, midnight
S6E12 - January 20, 2009
Rick tackles winter driving with the Motorsport Club of Ottawa and heads to McMaster University in Hamilton.
Jan. 20, 2009, midnight
S6E13 - January 27, 2009
Rick hits the slopes with senator and Olympic legend Nancy Greene in Sun Peaks, BC; then trains with the women's biathlon team in Canmore, Alberta.
Jan. 27, 2009, midnight
S6E14 - February 3, 2009
Rick celebrates Chinese New Year in Toronto with lion dances, dim sum, wushu kung fu and more.
Feb. 3, 2009, midnight
S6E15 - February 24, 2009
Rick tries to keep up with 88 year old Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion and hits Skate the Lake in Portland, Ontario.
Feb. 24, 2009, midnight
S6E16 - March 3, 2009
Rick goes ice climbing and learns about all things Finnish in Thunder Bay; then trains with the Cambridge Turbos of the National Ringette League.
March 3, 2009, midnight
S6E17 - March 10, 2009
Rick tracks and tags black bears in Ontario's Algonquin Park and joins the Canadian Coast Guard ice breaking operations in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.
March 10, 2009, midnight
S6E18 - March 17, 2009
Rick visits the top fundraising schools in The Spread the Net Student Challenge and goes behind the scenes at the Shaw Festival.
March 17, 2009, midnight
S6E19 - March 24, 2009
Rick teams up with BC premier Gordon Campbell to try wheelchair curling and hits the slopes at Whistler with Canada's Para-Alpine Ski Team.
March 24, 2009, midnight
Network: CBC Television
Episode Runtime: 21 min.
Season Runtime: 3927 min.
Released: Jan. 12, 2004
Last Air Date: Nov. 7, 2017, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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