The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television The Rovers’ Comedy House Aired Thursday nights from January 8 to February 19, 1981. RepeatedSaturday nights from May 9 to June 13, 1981. This half hour musical variety series featured four members of theIrish Rovers, who changed their name by dropping the ‘Irish’ part in 1980. This […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 to 1982 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday afternoons at various times during the summers of 1981and 1982. Projections was the name of a regular time slot dedicated to theNational Film Board of Canada. The show offered new movies, and confinedthe subject material to films about Canada. Athan Katsos was the […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights from April 30 to June 11, 1981. This short series of 8 music shows featured eight different pianos inone music store. Bob Quinn, who hosted the program, would sit at aparticular piano and tell stories relevant to the instrument. Theproducer of the show was […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights from October 18 to November 1, 1981. This program was a 3-part exploration of Canada’s security problemsfrom 1945 to 1981. It was produced by the CBC and the NationalFilm Board of Canada. The writer and director of the three films was DonaldBrittain, one of the […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons from January 25 to February 15, 1981. This was a series of program of short films, each program being on a particular theme. It was hosted by Harry Brown. Since the show was 3 hours, several movies could be screened in one sitting. For instance, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday afternoons from May 29 to August 14, 1981. This half hour sitcom was produced in Vancouver and featured the debutof Canadian actor Michael J. Fox, who later starred in Family Ties and theBack to the Future series of motion pictures. It was actually shot in1979, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday afternoons, after school, from February 4 to March 25,1981; aired Monday afternoons from October 19 to December 28, 1981. This half hour science show was aimed at children aged 8 to 12. It washosted by David Suzuki who had recently taken over as host of […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights from May 16 to June 21, 1981; repeated Fridaynights from May 14 to June 20, 1982. This was a short series of six one-hour programs based on the storiesof Jack London whose many adventures took him to the Yukon Territoryduring the Gold Rush of […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired at various times during the summer of 1981. This one-hour music series was recorded at the Forum at Ontario Placein Toronto [since rebuilt as the Molson Ampitheatre]. It featured a mixof jazz, reggae, country and folk music artists including Judy Collins,Maynard Ferguson, Murray McLauchlan, Chick Corea, Dizzy […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 to 1987 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired nightly, at various times, from January 1981 to February, 1987. This half-hour situation comedy took place in a Youth Centre. It lookedat the struggles experienced by the councillors in the centre as they triedto help teenagers with personal problems. The show took on such issuesas homosexuality, […]