Departures (TV series)

{{short description|Canadian adventure travel television series}}

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Adventure travel

| creator = Scott Wilson
Andre Dupuis

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| starring = Scott Wilson
Justin Lukach
Andre Dupuis

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Steven N. Bray

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Departures (also promoted as departures.) is an adventure travel television series. An original Canadian production created by Andre Dupuis and Scott Wilson and produced by Jessie Wallace and Steven Bray. The worldwide premiere was with the Canadian Channel OLN on March 17, 2008, and continued for a total of 42 episodes ending on June 19, 2010.

Series co-creators Scott Wilson (Host) and Andre Dupuis (Director and Videographer) have said that he and Wilson worked on another show, but that it seemed "kind of dry", and that it was not carrying across the feelings that they had, thinking he and Wilson "could probably do a better job".{{cite web|url=http://www.pressplus1.com/television/departures-arrivals-and-the-journeys-in-between-an-interview-with-scott-wilson-justin-lukach-and-andre-dupuis-from-departures.html|title=An Interview with the cast of the hit Travel Show "Departures"|accessdate=2010-05-24|last=Pertic|first=Gabor|date=2009-07-16|publisher=Press+1|archive-date=2010-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100309161402/http://www.pressplus1.com/television/departures-arrivals-and-the-journeys-in-between-an-interview-with-scott-wilson-justin-lukach-and-andre-dupuis-from-departures.html|url-status=live}}

Concept

The show features high-school friends Scott Wilson and Justin Lukach travelling to various locations around the world, accompanied by cameraman Andre Dupuis.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/living/article/630822 |title='Wanderlust translates into worldwide hit' |accessdate=2010-05-24 |last=Turnbull |first=Barbara |date=2009-05-08 |newspaper=Toronto Star |archive-date=2010-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212115051/http://www.thestar.com/living/article/630822 |url-status=live }}

The show has been described as being about the journey, rather than just the destinations.{{cite news |url=http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/travel/story.html?id=10662288-1948-4f23-9649-95ef0d78d428 |title=Departures set to arrive |newspaper=Calgary Herald |date=2008-03-15 |accessdate=2010-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108175316/http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/travel/story.html?id=10662288-1948-4f23-9649-95ef0d78d428 |archive-date=2012-11-08 |url-status=dead }}

Broadcast

The first season of Departures aired on the Outdoor Life Network in Canada and began airing internationally on the National Geographic Adventure Channel worldwide beginning October 2008.{{Cite web |title=Departures (2008) |url=https://www.listal.com/tv/departures |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=www.listal.com |archive-date=2024-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205175437/https://www.listal.com/tv/departures |url-status=live }} The second season began airing on the Outdoor Life Network on January 25, 2009, in 480i, and the third season began airing on the Outdoor Life Network on March 6, 2010. Starting on April 10, 2009, Departures began airing every Friday night on Citytv stations across Canada, with 1080p broadcast on CITY-TV Toronto high-definition channel. The final episode of the series, "Departures: Australia", aired on Saturday, June 19, 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.departuresentertainment.com/faq.html |title=FAQ |publisher=departures entertainment |accessdate=22 June 2016}}

The series airs in Germany with RTL Living, DR HD in Denmark, TVB in Hong Kong, in 50 countries with National Geographic Adventure Channel, and on Air Canada's international flights.{{cite news |url=http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2015/05/26/business-tv-producer-teams-up-with-bell-city-brewing-to-create-beer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807100206/http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2015/05/26/business-tv-producer-teams-up-with-bell-city-brewing-to-create-beer |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 7, 2015 |title=BUSINESS: TV producer teams up with Bell City Brewing to create beer |newspaper=Brantford Expositor |last=Gamble |first=Susan |date=26 May 2015 |accessdate=22 June 2016 }} Broadcast of Season one expanded to all of Europe, Middle East, Asia and Asia Pacific on Travel Channel International{{cite web|url=http://www.travelchanneltv.eu/series-info.asp?series%3DDepartures%26ID%3D1603%26episode%3D1#.T-YbFWhQ3jQ |title=Travel Channel EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) |accessdate=June 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113912/http://www.travelchanneltv.eu/series-info.asp?series=Departures&ID=1603&episode=1 |archivedate=March 4, 2016 }} on June 25, 2012. Season two was to begin in January 2013 on Travel Channel International.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}

The series announced on their Facebook page,{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/departuresTV |title=DeparturesTV |website=facebook.com |accessdate=22 June 2016}} that Departures will be featured on the online video streaming website Netflix starting February 2015. As of November 2020, the show was no longer on Netflix but available to watch on YouTube and Amazon Prime.

Episodes

The first two seasons of the show have thirteen episodes each, while the third has sixteen episodes. Lukach has stated that a fourth season will not be made, as Wilson and Dupuis are working on a new show, Descending, which aired February 19, 2012.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} Wilson believes that "there is little chance of a fourth season."{{cite news |url=http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2013/02/14/tv-host-flying-high-after-plane-crash |title=TV host flying high after plane crash |last=Gamble |first=Susan |newspaper=Brantford Expositor |date=15 February 2013 |accessdate=22 June 2016}}

Below is a chronological list of places visited in each season:

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Season 1

Canada: Ocean to Ocean
Jordan
India × 2
Ascension Island
Japan × 2
Cook Islands
New Zealand × 2
Thailand
Cambodia
Canada: Pushing North

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Season 2

Morocco
Libya
Brazil × 2
Cuba
Mongolia × 2
Iceland
Zambia
Madagascar
Chile × 2
Antarctica

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Season 3

Russia × 2
Sri Lanka
Vietnam
Papua New Guinea × 2
Ecuador
Ethiopia × 2
Rwanda
Greenland
North Korea × 2
Indonesia × 2
Australia

Canada Golden Sheaf Awards

class="wikitable"
Year ! Category ! Nominee ! Episode ! Result
2008 \| Best Documentary Series {{cite web \|url=http://www.goldensheafawards.com/default.aspx?page=34 \|title=Winners -- the Official Web Site of the Yorkton Film Festival \|accessdate=2011-11-02 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101134752/http://www.goldensheafawards.com/default.aspx?page=34 \|archivedate=2011-11-01 }} \| Jessie Wallace and Steven Bray \| India: Quest for Himalayas and "Cambodia" \|style="background: #ddffdd"\| Won
2008 \| Best Directing \| Director: Andre Dupuis \| India: Quest for Himalayas \|style="background: #ddffdd"\| Won

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Year

! Category

! Nominee

! Episode

! Result

2008

| Best Documentary Series {{cite web |url=http://www.goldensheafawards.com/default.aspx?page=34 |title=Winners -- the Official Web Site of the Yorkton Film Festival |accessdate=2011-11-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101134752/http://www.goldensheafawards.com/default.aspx?page=34 |archivedate=2011-11-01 }}

| Jessie Wallace and Steven Bray

| India: Quest for Himalayas and "Cambodia"

|style="background: #ddffdd"| Won

2008

| Best Directing

| Director: Andre Dupuis

| India: Quest for Himalayas

|style="background: #ddffdd"| Won

Gemini Awards

class="wikitable"
Year ! Category ! Nominee ! Episode ! Result
2008 \| Best Photography in an Information Program or Series {{Cite web \|url=http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/television/story.html?id=756e60ab-96a4-4728-8acc-f304b5964806 \|title=23rd Annual Gemini Awards - Best Photography in an Information Program or Series \|access-date=2011-03-12 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628223238/http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/television/story.html?id=756e60ab-96a4-4728-8acc-f304b5964806 \|archive-date=2011-06-28 \|url-status=dead }} \| Andre Dupuis \| India: Quest for Himalayas \|style="background: #ddffdd"\| Won
2008 \| Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series {{Cite web \|url=http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini23/noms.cfm?catid=5003&gemnig=0 \|title=23rd Annual Gemini Awards - Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series \|access-date=2008-11-06 \|archive-date=2009-01-07 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107212601/http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini23/noms.cfm?catid=5003&gemnig=0 \|url-status=dead }} \| Joshua Eady \| India: Quest for Himalayas \|style="background: #ffdddd"\| Nominated
2009 \| Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series {{Cite web \|url=http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini24/press/GEM24FullListNominationsandWinners.pdf \|title=24th Gemini Award nominees for Departures \|access-date=2010-06-05 \|archive-date=2011-06-13 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613232813/http://www.geminiawards.ca/Gemini24/press/GEM24FullListNominationsandWinners.pdf \|url-status=live }} \| Joshua Eady \| Cuba \|style="background: #ffdddd"\| Nominated
2009 \| Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series \| Jordan Krug \| Zambia \|style="background: #ffdddd"\| Nominated
2009 \| Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series \| Alvin Campaña \| Cambodia \|style="background: #ddffdd"\| Won
2009 \| Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series \| Andre Dupuis \| Libya \|style="background: #ffdddd"\| Nominated
2009 \| Best Photography in an Information Program or Series \| Andre Dupuis \| Mongolia: Tribes and Tribulations \|style="background: #ddffdd"\| Won
2009 \| Best Host in a Lifestyle/Practical Information, or Performing Arts Program or Series \| Scott Wilson \| Mongolia: Tribes and Tribulations \|style="background: #ffdddd"\| Nominated
2010 \| Best Photography in an Information Program or Series {{Cite web \|url=http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini25/nomspop.cfm?mo=2&id=14169 \|title=25th Annual Gemini Awards \|access-date=2010-09-06 \|archive-date=2011-07-06 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706181841/http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini25/nomspop.cfm?mo=2&id=14169 \|url-status=dead }} \| Andre Dupuis \| Ethiopia: Saints and Snakes \|style="background: #ffdddd"\| Nominated
2010 \| Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series \| Jordan Krug \| Papua New Guinea: Fire and Water \|style="background: #ffdddd"\| Nominated
2010 \| Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series \| Joshua Eady \| Russia: The Bull of Winter \|style="background: #ffdddd"\| Nominated

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Year

! Category

! Nominee

! Episode

! Result

2008

| Best Photography in an Information Program or Series {{Cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/television/story.html?id=756e60ab-96a4-4728-8acc-f304b5964806 |title=23rd Annual Gemini Awards - Best Photography in an Information Program or Series |access-date=2011-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628223238/http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/television/story.html?id=756e60ab-96a4-4728-8acc-f304b5964806 |archive-date=2011-06-28 |url-status=dead }}

| Andre Dupuis

| India: Quest for Himalayas

|style="background: #ddffdd"| Won

2008

| Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series {{Cite web |url=http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini23/noms.cfm?catid=5003&gemnig=0 |title=23rd Annual Gemini Awards - Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series |access-date=2008-11-06 |archive-date=2009-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107212601/http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini23/noms.cfm?catid=5003&gemnig=0 |url-status=dead }}

| Joshua Eady

| India: Quest for Himalayas

|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated

2009

| Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series {{Cite web |url=http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini24/press/GEM24FullListNominationsandWinners.pdf |title=24th Gemini Award nominees for Departures |access-date=2010-06-05 |archive-date=2011-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613232813/http://www.geminiawards.ca/Gemini24/press/GEM24FullListNominationsandWinners.pdf |url-status=live }}

| Joshua Eady

| Cuba

|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated

2009

| Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

| Jordan Krug

| Zambia

|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated

2009

| Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

| Alvin Campaña

| Cambodia

|style="background: #ddffdd"| Won

2009

| Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series

| Andre Dupuis

| Libya

|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated

2009

| Best Photography in an Information Program or Series

| Andre Dupuis

| Mongolia: Tribes and Tribulations

|style="background: #ddffdd"| Won

2009

| Best Host in a Lifestyle/Practical Information, or Performing Arts Program or Series

| Scott Wilson

| Mongolia: Tribes and Tribulations

|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated

2010

| Best Photography in an Information Program or Series {{Cite web |url=http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini25/nomspop.cfm?mo=2&id=14169 |title=25th Annual Gemini Awards |access-date=2010-09-06 |archive-date=2011-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706181841/http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini25/nomspop.cfm?mo=2&id=14169 |url-status=dead }}

| Andre Dupuis

| Ethiopia: Saints and Snakes

|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated

2010

| Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

| Jordan Krug

| Papua New Guinea: Fire and Water

|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated

2010

| Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

| Joshua Eady

| Russia: The Bull of Winter