Merry Christmas from Son of a Critch and the CBC!

Before the premiere in January, here's a few Christmas-themed shorts to help promote the launch!

Based on Mark Critch's award-winning, best-selling memoir, SON OF A CRITCH is the hilarious and very real story of 11-year-old Mark coming of age in St. John’s, Newfoundland in the 80s. SON OF A CRITCH premieres on Tuesday, January 4 at 8:30 p.m. (9:00 NT) on CBC and CBC Gem.

It’s a heartfelt window into the life of a child - much older inside than his 11 years - using comedy and self-deprecation to win friends and connect with the small collection of people in his limited world.

Filmed in St. John’s, Newfoundland, the comedy stars Critch as his father; Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (The Haunting of Bly Manor, Pinocchio) as young Mark; and Golden Globe nominee Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange) as Pop. Additional cast members include Claire Rankin (Molly’s Game) as Mark’s mother, Mary, alongside newcomers Sophia Powers and Mark Rivera, classmates of young Mark.

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TRANSCRIPT:

All right, let's get this over with.

Smile everybody!

This is stupid.

Oh yeah.

Well, the tree is crooked.

Tree's not crooked.

Does it look crooked to you?

I secured it.

It's as straight as an arrow.

Please look forward.

What is that?

Nothing.

Just the cat.

What?

Oh my good-

Son of a Critch, this winter on CBC

and CBC Gem.

Every child

dreams of waking up to find Santa
in his living room.

No, connect
the latch to the crossbar, idiot.

Well,
maybe if I use some tape, it'll help.

Oh no, you tried that on the handlebars,
that was a total failure.

Is that a new bike?

Ah, most of one.

Santa was here,

but he was running late, so we said
we'd put it together for him.

Yes, ah ya...

You like puzzles, don't you?

Yeah.

That's your gift.

Why should we be having all the fun?

Yeah. Oh, there's another wheel somewhere.

Son of a Critch, this winter on CBC and CBC Gem.

Oh, and wrap it when you're done.

Mark! I just heard on the radio that Santa

was spotted on his way to St. John's.

Cool!

Good god, he'll never get through this fog!

Freezing rain coming in sideways!

They've closed the airport for god's sakes!

Pop!

You know, I knew a fixed wing Piper pilot took off in weather like this.

Only thing they found was a wing and a foot.

Imagine what a shark could do to a reindeer?

Stop.

Mark, go to bed, hun.

I'm sure the coast guard will find him.

Son of a Critch, this winter on CBC and CBC Gem.

They won't.