The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: Société Radio-Canada (SRC) TV Network Broadcast Run: 1971 to 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television Jacques Boulanger hosted Bou-Bou every noon, from 1971 to 1974, a variety show which involvedthe participation and complicity of the audience. Parlour games, songs and interviews with the hottest celebrities were on the menu of this daily get together. Jacques Boulanger would later recreate […]
Network: Société Radio-Canada (SRC) TV Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television From its first airing in 1969 until the finale in 1974, the TV soap opera Quelle famille! maintained its position as one of the most popular shows in French Canada. The scenes from the daily lives of the Tremblay family, with their five children […]
Network: Société Radio-Canada (SRC) TV Network Broadcast Run: 1968 to 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television In his TV soap opera Les Martin, Richard Pérusse described the daily routines of a young couple and several other characters involved in their lives. From 1968 (first broadcast: October 2) to 1969, Radio-Canada aired 30 episodes of the comedy series Les […]
Network: Société Radio-Canada (SRC) TV Network Broadcast Run: 1968 to 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television In the enchanting surroundings of Île d’Orléans, Radio-Canada’s first colour production, d’Iberville, took shape. Totalling 39 thirty-minute episodes of in all, this historical fresco, in which Switzerland, Belgium and France collaborated, starred Albert Millaire, Gilles Pelletier, Jean Besré, Françoise Faucher and Yvon […]
Network: Société Radio-Canada (SRC) TV Network Broadcast Run: 1968 Broadcast Medium: Television The first edition of Bye Bye, the New Year’s Eve program that marked the end of the calendar year and the start of the New Year, dates back to 1968. The year-end parody of the highlights of 1968 was done by the singers Donald […]
Network: Société Radio-Canada (SRC) TV Network Broadcast Run: 1966 to 1977 Broadcast Medium: Television In their TV soap opera Rue des pignons, Louis Morisset and Mia Riddez depicted the lives of a Montreal family living in a working class neighbourhood. From 1966 (first broadcast on September 6, 1966) to 1977, Radio-Canada aired 414 episodes of Rue des pignons, […]
Network: Société Radio-Canada (SRC) TV Network Broadcast Run: 1966 to 1971 Broadcast Medium: Television This comedy show with Dominique Michel and Denise Filiatrault was first broadcast from 1966 to 1971 and later came back on the air from 1995 to 1997. The first series was written by Gilles Richer and the second by Denise Filiatrault. Dominique and Denise, […]
Network: Société Radio-Canada (SRC) TV Network Broadcast Run: 1966 to 2004 Broadcast Medium: Television Starting on September 11th 1966, Radio-Canada aired a new program every week that was devoted to French language cultural productions. It was called Les Beaux Dimanches (Beautiful Sundays). When Les Beaux Dimanches was on the air, it was said that this program was perpetuating […]
Network: Société Radio-Canada (SRC) TV Network Broadcast Run: 1965 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Every week, from 1965 to 1970, on the Le Sel de la semaine, Fernand Séguin welcomed a distinguished guest, a celebrity that he helped the TV audience get to know a little bit better. Early on, the program tried out several different formats before […]
Network: Société Radio-Canada (SRC) TV Network Broadcast Run: 1963 to 2011 Broadcast Medium: Television A quiz show that tested the contestants’ knowledge of particular subjects, Tous pour un was first hosted by Raymond Charrette, then Jacques Fauteux from 1964 to 1968, followed by Gilles Gougeon and Jean Besré from 1992 to 1995. From 2007Francis Reddy took up the reins as […]