The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday afternoons from May 29 to August 14, 1981. This half hour sitcom was produced in Vancouver and featured the debutof Canadian actor Michael J. Fox, who later starred in Family Ties and theBack to the Future series of motion pictures. It was actually shot in1979, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday afternoons, after school, from February 4 to March 25,1981; aired Monday afternoons from October 19 to December 28, 1981. This half hour science show was aimed at children aged 8 to 12. It washosted by David Suzuki who had recently taken over as host of […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights from May 16 to June 21, 1981; repeated Fridaynights from May 14 to June 20, 1982. This was a short series of six one-hour programs based on the storiesof Jack London whose many adventures took him to the Yukon Territoryduring the Gold Rush of […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired at various times during the summer of 1981. This one-hour music series was recorded at the Forum at Ontario Placein Toronto [since rebuilt as the Molson Ampitheatre]. It featured a mixof jazz, reggae, country and folk music artists including Judy Collins,Maynard Ferguson, Murray McLauchlan, Chick Corea, Dizzy […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 to 1987 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired nightly, at various times, from January 1981 to February, 1987. This half-hour situation comedy took place in a Youth Centre. It lookedat the struggles experienced by the councillors in the centre as they triedto help teenagers with personal problems. The show took on such issuesas homosexuality, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday nights from October 9 to November 13, 1981. This one hour show featured some insights into the world of circus performers: how they rehearsed and why the life of the circus was for them. It was produced and directed by Paul Starkman ,with Al Waxmanacting as host/narrator. […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 to 1982 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights during the summer of 1981; aired Thursday nights during the summer of 1982. This time slot was dedicated to Canadian feature films, usually being seen on television for the first time. Quebec films were usually dubbed into English. Featured titles included: Allan King’s adaptation of […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 to 1983 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights from September 24 to December 10, 1981. Aired Thursday nights from February 17 to March 31, 1983. This timeslot offered viewers recent Canadian feature films, many of which had been poorly distributed in conventional movie houses. Athan Katsos coordinated the program. Brian Linehan, a […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1979 to 1982 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights from October 1980 to March, 1982. Repeated duringthe summer of 1981. This half hour comedy program was created by Gordon Pinsent. It wasabout the life and times of the people in a boarding house in St.John’s, Newfoundland. The show debuted in 1979.All […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 to 1982 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday nights from October 22, 1980 to February 11, 1981.Repeated Sunday afternoons from April 25 to August 1, 1982. This hour-long program was dedicated to the history of the Vietnam War.It was written and produced by Michael Maclear, a CBC correspondent whowas the first […]