Category: CBC Television Network

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1956 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday evenings from October 8, 1955 to April 12, 1956 This half hour music program, produced in Vancouver, was a successful radio show for 13 years on the network. Like many of the early variety shows on CBC, it was perfectly suited to the new medium of […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1956 Broadcast Medium: Television One hour productions that had been previously presented on General Motors Theatre. They were: Roman Gesture, by Ira Perry, produced by Silvio Narizzano (25 July l955); Witch Magic is White?, a comedy about modern day witchcraft by Martyn Coleman, adapted by Leslie Duncan, and starring Winnifred Dennis, Tony […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1956 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday evenings at  8:00 p.m., October 7, 1955 to March 30 1956 A series of half-hour historical dramas, based on Canadian military history.The program’s writers tapped into the wealth of material in the Public Archives of Canada, the Royal Military College and the Canadian Army, to come […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights at 10:00 p.m., in April, 1955 This series, not to be confused with the show on CNN, offered a more civilized debate on the issues of the day. In one format, a panel of experts took questions from a studio audience. In the other format, a […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1960 Broadcast Medium: Television The CBC adapted the formula of the U.S. musical variety series, Your Hit Parade, to produce its own weekly half-hour countdown of popular music. Each week, the regulars Wally Koster, Joyce Hahn, and Phyllis Marshall, Adam Timoon (l956-57), the vocal group the MCs (or the Emcees: Harry Harding, […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1962 Broadcast Medium: Television Host: Gordon Hawkins of the Canadian Association for Adult Education . The CBC produced in cooperation with the Association and adapted the formula for television from its successful radio public affairs and opinion series, which had already run for twelve years. The program continued on radio through the […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday nights at 10:30 PM during the summer of 1955 This 30 minute talk/discussion program was produced in Vancouver. It featured such notables as Northrop Frye, Jack Webster, Bill McConnell and Roderick Haig-Brown. The subjects ranged from crime & society to Canadian literature.Moderator: Arthur Phelps Written by […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday evenings at 8:00 PM from September 8 to October 20, 1955 Produced in Winnipeg, this 30 minute program was set in a nightclub and featured music and dance in a cabaret style. It was the first variety show produced in Winnipeg. Host/emcee: Marsh PhimisterSingers: Maxine Ware and […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1956 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Fridays after school, from November 1955 to January 1956 A 15 minute children’s show featuring two puppets and a human clown as they told fairy tales and performed. Produced in Vancouver.Puppeteer: Kitty Dutcher [Bim and Bam]Voice actors: Rosemary Malkin and Sam PayneBoom: John Allen Written by John […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 Broadcast Medium: Television Also known as Canadians in Khaki, this series of fifteen minute programs featured John Fisher. Aired Saturdays 6:45 pm, January to April, 1955 Written by John Corcelli – April, 2002