Author: Anne MacLennan

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons from September 1975 to June 1976.This 30 minute musical variety show was hosted by long-time singer and songwriter, Tommy Common. He was often a regular Country Hoedown performer, and occasionally had his own TV special. This show marked his return to television […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired four times from August 26 to September 15, 1975. This half hour music program featured  famous Canadians talking about their favourite songs and then requesting them. For instance, Betty Kennedy of Front Page Challenge requested Some Enchanted Evening. It was sung by tenor Georges Coulombe. W.O. […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1977 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired daily at noon, during three consecutive summers. 1975 to 1977.This hour long show replaced Elwood Glover’s Luncheon Date in 1975, and the Bob McLean show in 1976 and 1977.The first summer offered viewers a series about women, in honour of International Women’s Year. Jayne […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1979 Broadcast Medium: Television A series of thirteen half-hour shows, the program was about animals and shot at Gerald Durrell’s zoo, the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, in the Channel Islands. Host: Gerald Durrell Aired weekly, at various times, from September 1975; repeated spring 1978 and spring 1979. Written by […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights from January to March 1975. Aired Friday nights from April to June 1975. Aired Thursday nights from March to June, 1976. This half hour program was dedicated to independent filmmakers. It was produced by Julius Kohanyi, filmmaker, and hosted, on a rotating […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights during the summer of 1975. This half hour program featured Doug Collins in a series of interviews with prominent Canadians. His guests included Rene Levesque on the subject of Quebec separatism [Levesque became Premier in 1976]; the former Auditor General Maxwell Henderson on government […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons from January to June, 1975; aired Tuesday afternoons from April to July 1975. Aired Sunday afternoons from January 25 to July 1976.This half-hour public affairs program, offered young adults a voice on the issues of the day. It was hosted by Bruce […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights from September 11 to November 13, 1975. It was 1975: International Women’s Year, and the CBC wanted to be hip, irreverent and funny. This show, produced by Margo Lane, was an attempt to discuss feminist issues with a sense of humour. Dave Broadfoot, comedian […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1978 Broadcast Medium: Television A police drama that emphasized social issues. Producer of the first two programs was G. Chalmers Adams, who was followed by Brian Walker, and the executive producers were John T. Ross and, subsequently, Stanley Colbert. Principal cast: Sean McCann and Stephen Markle [1975-1976]; Donnelly Rhodes […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1979 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly, at various times, from January 1975 to June, 1979.David Suzuki was the host of this science program, aimed at the adult viewer. Suzuki, who went on to host The Nature Of Things, worked on a show called Suzuki On Science, which was aimed […]