Hey, PhantomObserver!   You got my brain going!  (Uh-oh!)  Here it is, then: the CBC, in paying for "The Story of US" simply chose THE WRONG MEDIUM!  Go to RADIO!

Yes!  spend just NICKELS by comparison and get yourself a team of actors, some decent writers and a great sound effects and production music library.  Wow!  You could produce three TIMES as many installments for a lot fewer bucks.  Cover off EVERYBODY, Ukrainians, Chinese, British Remittance men..the works! Could go for years.  SHOULD maybe go for years. 

Now, a few years ago, I woulda said "Hey, nobody (basically) would hear it. Nobody listens to CBC.  But, in this wonderful wacky world of 2017 Canada, that's not as true as it used to be.  Why in Vancouver, what station tops the ratings today?  The mighty NW? The latest classic rock incarnations? "New music"?  Nope.  CBC!  True stuff!