The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1982 to 1984 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired twice a week, at various times in the afternoon, from September 1982 to May, 1984. This half hour daytime program was produced in Toronto by Sandra Faire. It was an entertainment news show, similar to Entertainment Tonight,with music videos, celebrity interviews and movie reviews. A typical show […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1982 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights from June 13 to June 27, 1982. This short series of three hour-long programs looked at contemporary social issues: Suicide, Teenage Sexuality and Retirement. The series was produced in Edmonton by Jack Emack, who also produced Catalyst Television Theatre the following year, and was shot on a […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1982 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Mondays, after school, from January 4 to March 29, 1982. Repeated from April to June in the same year. This half hour program was created by Gerald Durrell, naturalist, who followed up his series called The Stationary Ark, with this show. Durrell travelled to places such as Madagascar and […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights during the summer of 1981. This was a half hour musical series produced in St. John’s,Newfoundland. It featured the musical talent of the Wonderful GrandBand, led by Ron Hynes. The band played Celtic tunes, a la Jethro Tull.Comedians Greg Malone and Tommy Sexton, who […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 to 1982 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday nights from July 3 to September 25, 1981. Repeated April18 to August 22, 1982 on Sunday afternoons. This half hour program was hosted by Patrick Watson. It was a showdedicated to interviewing some of the most memorable people in history. Watson had hosted […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights from May 3 to June 7, 1981. This half hour musical history program was produced by Neil Sutherlandin Vancouver. The series of six episodes documented the evolution ofRagtime music, often considered the “Father of Jazz”. [The mother wasthe Blues]. Some of the best piano […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons from April 19 to August 30, 1981. This 3 hour program was produced in Toronto by John L. Kennedy. Theshow had the freedom to broadcast a mix of movies, classical music anddocumentaries that usually complemented each other. For instance, oneprogram combined Ingmar Bergman’s film […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 to 1990 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly at various time from November 1, 1981 to March 25, 1990 This hour-long program was described as “an interactive, in studio show aimed at an after school teen and preteen audience that featured calls from viewers, music videos of top hits, guest artists, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 to 1983 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights from September 1981 to March 1983. This hour-long time-slot was given over to individual productions orimported television specials, the only criterion being the use of theword “super” in the title. For instance, Super Comedy with Wayne & Shuster; Super Concert with Roger […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 to 1987 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights from September 1981 to April, 1987. This hour-long program featured the story of Louis Ciccone, a newspaperreporter with a difference: he was a clairvoyant. After three successful TVmovies, the CBC picked up the show as a regular primetime series. The show didn’t […]