How I Got Here is an acclaimed reality TV show from BYUtv which premiered in 2022.[1] The series centers on people who were born in Canada or the United States as the children of immigrants, as they accompany their parents on trips back to their former homelands to learn more about the lives their parents left behind.

The series was created by production company Forté Entertainment for family-friendly television network BYUtv.[1] It premiered in October 2022 on Super Channel in Canada, and BYUtv in the United States.[2]

It received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, for Best Factual Program or Series and Best Editing in a Factual Program or Series (Derek Esposito for "Zimbabwe: She Has Arrived", and Vitold Vidic for "Serbia: Two Rivers Intertwined").[3]

Episodes

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# Title Directed by Original air date
1"Zimbabwe: She Has Arrived"Jim MorrisonOctober 8, 2022 (2022-10-08)
2"Italy: Making Peace and Pizza"Dylan ReiblingOctober 9, 2022 (2022-10-09)
3"Zambia: Born for Greatness"Robin BicknellOctober 16, 2022 (2022-10-16)
4"Serbia: Two Rivers Intertwined"Dylan ReiblingOctober 23, 2022 (2022-10-23)
5"Zimbabwe: Like Time Stood Still"Jim MorrisonNovember 5, 2022 (2022-11-05)
6"Slovakia: My Mom the Mountain Goat"Dylan ReiblingNovember 6, 2022 (2022-11-06)
7"Ghana: The Name That You Live"Jim MorrisonNovember 13, 2022 (2022-11-13)
8"Chile: A Tree and Its Roots"Russell GienappNovember 20, 2022 (2022-11-20)
9"Israel: Young Man, Walking Up"Jim MorrisonDecember 5, 2022 (2022-12-05)
10"Mexico: I Belong to This Land"Dylan ReiblingDecember 6, 2022 (2022-12-06)

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