PUSH ON CBC AN CBC GEM - WILL HAVE YOU THINK - WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE TO HELP THE WORLD

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Push stars the cast - Benveet ‘Bean’ Gill, Natasha Urkow, Brittney Neunzig, Aleem Jaffer, Riccardo Baldini, Victoria Berezovich, Brian McPherson (Fenix Films/CBC).

PUSH takes audiences into the inner world of the “Wheelie Peeps,” an unlikely group of friends and wheelchair users, bonded by their shared experience of navigating life on wheels.

Starring Benveet “Bean” Gill, PUSH Fenix Film & Television and Small Army Entertainment) is a new original unscripted series that takes audiences into the inner world of the “Wheelie Peeps,” an unlikely group of friends and wheelchair users, bonded by their shared experience of navigating life on wheels. They are self-proclaimed rednecks, former exotic dancers, mothers, concert pianists and more. Whether it’s growing a family, fighting social stigma, or jumping back into the dating pool, this determined group of friends is working together to prove that even though their mobility may be limited, their lives and dreams are most certainly not.

“This show is what I needed when I was first paralyzed,” said Gill. “To see that having a disability doesn’t define you. We’re regular people, striving like everyone else to live our kickass lives to the fullest. But Push is not simply a show about lives. It’s about really seeing and hearing us as people, just as we are.”

PUSH premiered Friday, February 24 at 8:30 p.m. (9 NT) on CBC TV and CBC Gem. Shot in summer and fall 2022 in Edmonton, Alberta, PUSH is executive produced by Sean De Vries and produced by Kaitlan Stewart, with consulting producer Gill.