CBC Podcasts: Open Call for Pitches

Deadline April 1, 2026

CBC is open to a variety of production partners — in-house teams, independent producers and production companies, and co-productions with other media.

Accepting pitches for the following umbrella feeds:

• Uncover – The best in true crime from Escaping NXIVM to Sea of Lies
• Personally – Gripping memoirs. Run, Hide, Repeat; Welcome to Paradise
• The Con – Surprising stories full of twists of being conned in love, life or online. Love, Janessa; Kaitlyn’s Baby
• Split Screen – Inside the unsettling and captivating world of entertainment and pop culture.
• Understood – Know more, now. Four episode seasons on the seismic shifts changing our world in politics, society, technology and culture.

Check out the relevant umbrella for a sense of the range CBC commission in each.

Looking for:

• Ambitious and exciting series that stand out and garner critical acclaim
• Original stories where you ideally have unique access
• Universal entry points for a wide range of Canadian and global audiences
• Skilled producers who bring creativity and experience making premium quality content
• Our slate reflects our diverse and contemporary society

Some things to avoid: 

• Pitches that don’t sustain multiple episodes and better suited to one-off documentaries.
• Pitches that rely on copyrighted music (due to rights issues)
• Pitches that are topics or ideas versus compelling stories with characters
• Currently, we are not commissioning talk, interview or chat formats

Please submit your pitch using this Google Form. (saving your answers first in a separate document before submitting the form is recommended.)