Backyard Inventors: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Innovation expert Doug Hall travels across Canada in search of everyday inventors with exceptional ideas. His mission is to find and mentor Canada's next great inventors, taking them on a journey of a lifetime, from the backyard to the boardroom. In each episode, Hall travels to backyards and basements in search of an inventor with an idea that has real potential. The inventor who impresses him the most will be invited to Eureka! Ranch where their invention will be re-worked, re-tooled and turned into a marketable product that they will ultimately pitch to a big business.

Series details

• Title: Backyard Inventors
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2012-05-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-10-09
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: W Network
• Network country: Canada
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 25407
• IMDb ID: tt2191306
• TVDB ID: 259399

Cast and credited roles

• Doug Hall — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-05-16; final listed air date 2012-10-09; episode order: 14.

Source and licence

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