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Human Camera, The

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1965 to 1966 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights at 10 PM for two summers, 1965 and 1966. Producer Beryl Fox used this important time slot to feature documentaries from the United States, the UK and Canada. The Human Camera replaced This Hour Has Seven Days, one of the most famous […]

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Healthier, Wealthier, Wiser?

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired from May 3 to May 24, 1965 for 4 weeks. Paul Fox hosted this public affairs program dedicated to health care. It coincided with 5 radio programs on health services in Canada. The 4 television shows were The Family, The Doctor, The Society and The Future, […]

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Generation

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday nights at 10:30 from August 4 to September 15, 1965 This short-run summer program was based on the well-established public affairs program produced in Toronto. That series aired from 1963 to 1966 with Lloyd Robertson. The network picked up the show for the summer and […]

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Ferment

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday nights at 10 pm from May 31 to June 21, 1965 This short, four program series took a serious look at contemporary changes in Christian religion. The host was Kenneth Bagnall, assistant editor of the United Church Observer. The first program was sub-titled Peace and […]

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Eye Opener

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights at 10:30 from January 5 to March 23, 1965. This late time slot offered CBC viewers some more adventurous television viewing because of its experimental nature and subject matter. Eye Opener, like its predecessor Quest, presented dramas with a social conscience and featured some […]

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Compass

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1965 to 1966 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights at 10 from July to September 1965 and again in 1966. This two season program offered viewers some very diverse and interesting documentaries. Most of the producers worked for This Hour Has Seven Days, and while that show was on summer hiatus, […]

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Commonwealth Jazz Club

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television This short series of four programs, was a co-production of the CBC, the BBC and ABC Australia. On two of the programs, it featured Canada’s finest jazz musicians at the time hosted by radio announcer, Phil McKellar. The first show had the Jimmy Dale Orchestra and the […]

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Chorus, Gentlemen

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1965 to 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television Debuted in July of 1965 as a summer series airing Sunday evenings. Aired Friday evenings in the summer of 1966 and picked up in 1967 airing from January to April on Sunday afternoons. A successor to Chorus Anyone, this re-named and re-vamped musical program had a longer run […]

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Bonnie Prudden Show, The

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1965 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekday afternoons, at various times, from 1965 to 1970. This 30 minute fitness program was hosted by Bonnie Prudden, who was one of the most popular trainers on television, in her day. This program was known for its accessible exercises and work-outs long before anyone paid […]

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World of Nature

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1964 to 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday evenings at 5 PM from October 1964 to May 1965. This half hour science show was an English version of Des Fourmis et Des Hommes from Radio-Canada. Produced in Montreal, the show took a slightly different look at all things Natural, with some emphasis on […]