Our Hero


Our Hero is a television show on the CBC from 2000 to 2002. It ran for 26 episodes over two seasons, and was syndicated in the United States and United Kingdom
The title character was teenager Kale Stiglic who created a zine about her life in suburban Toronto, with her friends Ross, Mary-Elizabeth, and Dalal. Each episode was named after an "issue" of her zine. Plot segments were interspersed with quirky animated sequences narrated by Kale, with the animation reflecting the illustrations used in that issue's zine.

Episode list

Season 1
  1. "The Imperfect Issue"
  2. "The Passion Issue"
  3. "The Gutsy Issue"
  4. "The If The Shoe Fits Issue"
  5. "The Shallow Issue"
  6. "The Revenge Issue"
  7. "The Trashy Issue"
  8. "The Yin Yang Issue"
  9. "The Stupid Issue"
  10. "The Pusher Issue"
  11. "The Unresolved Issue"
  12. "The If You Love Me And You Know It Issue"
  13. "The Last Laugh Issue"
Season 2
  1. "The Comeback Issue"
  2. "The Trapped Issue"
  3. "The Porn Issue"
  4. "The Crabby Issue"
  5. "The Psycho Issue"
  6. "The Winnie Crundel Issue"
  7. "The No Regrets Issue"
  8. "The Birthday Issue"
  9. "The There's Probably A Word For This In Japanese Issue"
  10. "The Karma Issue"
  11. "The Secrets Issue"
  12. "The D.I.Y. Issue"
  13. "The Brown Issue"

    Cast

Our Hero was created by John May and Suzanne Bolch who also had writing credits on all but two episodes. John May also directed a number of episodes. Along with Karen Lee Hall these three form Heroic Film Company, a Toronto production company that is mainly focused on creating youth oriented television programming.

Filming

Our Hero was filmed in the Canadian Broadcasting Centre at Front St and John St in Toronto, Ontario. To save time and money, there were always two episodes shot at once.
Some still and Super 8 photography for the zine sequences was shot with a very small crew along the city's streets.

Awards

Wins