Network: CBC Television Network
Broadcast Run: 1961 to 1964
Broadcast Medium: Television
Aired Wednesday nights from October 1961 to June 1962; aired Thursday nights from October 1962 to June 1963; aired Monday nights from September 1963 to June 1964
Formerly known as GM Presents, this one hour anthology of drama was led by executive producer Ed Moser, who cut his teeth in American Television. While the show didn’t offer much work to new Canadian writers, at least the actors and production team had the experience to work in live broadcasts that were slowly being replaced by filmed shows.
First Season highlights:
Stop the World I Want to Get Off by Jacqueline Rosenfeld, produced by George McCowan
In The Good Time by AM Kittermaster, produced by David Gardner
The Cell 5 Experience by Bruce Stewart
Valerie by Patricia Joudry, produced by Basil Coleman
Buy Happiness and The Prizewinner by Bernard Slade
War Games by Hugh Kemp
That Gold Belongs to Uncle Angus by Leslie McFarlane
Nightmare by Alf Harris
Air on a Shoestring by Paul Wayne
One Man to Beat by Fred Edge
Hosts: Robert Goulet and Christopher Plummer
Season 2 highlights:
The Gimmick by Bernard Slade, produced by Melwyn Breen.
The Looking Glass World by Donald Jack
The Troubled Heart by Arthur Hailey
The Broken Sky by Paul Almond and Rudi Dorn
The Old Ones by Tony Van Bridge
Season 3 highlights:
You Can’t Win ‘Em All by Alun Owen, produced by Paul Almond
A Wicked, Wicked Woman by Roger O. Hirson, produced by Leo Orenstein
The Messenger by Jacqueline Rosenfeld
Blue and White by Kenneth Jupp, produced by Basil Coleman
The Ninety-Ninth Day by Eric Koch and Melwyn Breen
The Cowboy and Mr Anthony by Hugh Kemp
Don’t Shake Your Family Tree by Leslie McFarlane
CBC sold 26 episodes to Australian television in 1964.
Written by John Corcelli – May, 2005