The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1997 to 2001 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday nights from September 11, 1997 to June 21, 2001. [Repeated during the summer] Film critics Brian Johnson and Liz Braun originally hosted On The Arts from 1991 to 1994. David Gilmour hosted the program from 1994 to 1997, but various changes to the […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1997 to 2006 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly from 1997 to 2006 This hour long documentary series borrowed its ideas from A&E’s Biography program. This series featured co-productions with CBC and offered viewers a cross-section of Canadian biographies from business, politics, sports and the Arts. It often featured interviews with the […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1997 to 2004 Broadcast Medium: Television A weekly 30 minute program about different occupations in Canada, featuring Peter Jordan who tries his hand at a variety of jobs such as a truck driver, ballet dancer; helicopter test-pilot, and speed skater. The program was based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It debuted in 1997 […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1997 to 1999 Broadcast Medium: Television Pilot aired October 26, 1997. Five more episodes aired weekly from March 10, 1999 to April 7, 1999. [Repeated in 2000] This half-hour comedy was about Dooley Gardens, the oldest indoor hockey rink in St. John’s Nfld., run by supervisor Marilyn Benoit (Mary Walsh) and […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1997 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights from January 19, 1997 to February 16, 1997 This five part series of one-hour programs was a co-production of CBC and BBC. It was led by Mark Starowicz who brought As It Happens to radio and The Journal to television. This series was a […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1996 to 2000 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly over five seasons, from December 1, 1996 to December 3, 2000 Sullivan Entertainment produced this hour-long drama in association with the CBC, with the participation of Telefilm Canada and the assistance of the Ontario Film Investment Program and the Cable Production Fund. Set in […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1996 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired at various times, from October 7, 1996 to December 24, 1996This half-hour music program was produced in Halifax. It featured a simple setting and one artist or group per show. The series featured Bruce Guthro, Cindy Church, John Morris Rankin, Laura Smith, Jerry Holland, Lisa McDougall, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1996 to 1998 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturdays, at various times, from February 3, 1996 to December 28, 1996. Second series aired from January 10, 1998 to May 2, 1998. This half-hour travel show chronicled one family on their journey across Canada. The filmmakers, Marnie Fullerton and Don Young of the […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1996 to 2001 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekday afternoons, from October 21, 1996 to February 14, 2001 This half-hour children’s program was a Canadian version of Sesame Street. It was a co-production of the CBC and the Children’s Television Workshop. It featured its own cast of Canadian puppets: Louis the Otter, Basil […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1996 to 1997 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly from February 23, 1996 to March 29, 1996; the second series aired from Sept. 24, 1997 to December 17, 1997. This hour-long drama about aboriginal young people was adapted from the Canadian film called Dance Me Outside. Author W.P. Kinsella wrote the book, […]