The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1987 Broadcast Medium: Television Rival reporters Amanda Reed (Dorothy Parke) and Jason West (Booth Savage) write for CrimeWorld magazine, scaring up stories while denying their attraction for each other. Other characters included publisher Nicholas Broderick (Paul Burke), his secretary Cleo (Heather Smith), researcher Al Pendleton (Clark Johnson), and the receptionist (Mung […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1985 to 1991 Broadcast Medium: Television Hosted by Mike Darrow, this game show was based on one by the same name from the U.S. A huge number of contestants for a game show, 15, tried to win a chance at the podium to answer a riddle from someone else in the group of […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1983 to 1986 Broadcast Medium: Television In this animated series, Inspector Gadget was a bumbling detective that tried to fight criminals with his unusual machine-like appendages that included extendable claws, propellers, springs and other devices. His main nemesis was Dr. Claw, the evil director of enemy agency MAD (Mean and Dirty). Inspector Gadget was […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1983 to 1992 Broadcast Medium: Television A Canadian/British co-production had host Barry Morse sitting in a library, surrounded by old books that he referred to as he introduced a variety of strange but true stories. While some were presented as being of the supernatural kind, many stories were barely strange at all, according […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1982 to 1988 Broadcast Medium: Television Size Small host Miss Helen (Helen Lumby) created a different theme for every episode of the series in order to help children learn and gain an appreciation of the environment through participation and fun-filled songs and stories. Shot on location at the Lumby summer home on an […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1982 to 1998 Broadcast Medium: Television Hosted by two teens, Mark Foerster and Stephanie Black, for several years, also by another teen team Dawn Collins and Johnny Russo, Kidsbeat was a weekly news magazine show for children and teens. The show not only focused on news and current events but also included music, […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1982 to 1983 Broadcast Medium: Television David Frost & Brian Mulroney David Frost & Pierre Trudeau Britain’s David Frost was a widely-recognized face on television around the world during his meteoric career, and he gained his greatest fame through his revealing interviews with Richard Nixon. The peripatetic Frost’s travels at one time included […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 to 1987 Broadcast Medium: Television Contestants roamed through a spaceship like set, answering questions that helped them move safely through corridors lined with pipes and old machinery parts. If a contestant got an answer wrong, they were lowed into a steamy pit and had to answer more questions correctly before being able […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television A National Film Board series of programs that ran in the 1980’s on weekends. Half-hour shows. Written by Joanne Ingrassia – January, 2004
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1979 to 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television A daily afternoon interview show, hosted by Sue Lumsden. Written by Joanne Ingrassia – January, 2004