The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1982 to 1988 Broadcast Medium: Television Size Small host Miss Helen (Helen Lumby) created a different theme for every episode of the series in order to help children learn and gain an appreciation of the environment through participation and fun-filled songs and stories. Shot on location at the Lumby summer home on an […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1982 to 1998 Broadcast Medium: Television Hosted by two teens, Mark Foerster and Stephanie Black, for several years, also by another teen team Dawn Collins and Johnny Russo, Kidsbeat was a weekly news magazine show for children and teens. The show not only focused on news and current events but also included music, […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1982 to 1983 Broadcast Medium: Television David Frost & Brian Mulroney David Frost & Pierre Trudeau Britain’s David Frost was a widely-recognized face on television around the world during his meteoric career, and he gained his greatest fame through his revealing interviews with Richard Nixon. The peripatetic Frost’s travels at one time included […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 to 1987 Broadcast Medium: Television Contestants roamed through a spaceship like set, answering questions that helped them move safely through corridors lined with pipes and old machinery parts. If a contestant got an answer wrong, they were lowed into a steamy pit and had to answer more questions correctly before being able […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television A National Film Board series of programs that ran in the 1980’s on weekends. Half-hour shows. Written by Joanne Ingrassia – January, 2004
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1979 to 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television A daily afternoon interview show, hosted by Sue Lumsden. Written by Joanne Ingrassia – January, 2004
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 to 2006 Broadcast Medium: Television Mike Anscombe hosted Sports Probe, a weekly half-hour series, which featured sports figures currently in the news. In the 1980s it evolved into a daily half-hour, Sportsline, with a new host, Bob McCowan, and expanded to include highlights of the sports events of the day. By the 1990s […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1976 to 1979 Broadcast Medium: Television First broadcast as “What will they think of next?”, this daily half hour science program profiled news about the latest scientific discoveries was hosted by actor Joseph Campanella. Written by Joanne Ingrassia – January, 2004
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 2004 to 2005 Broadcast Medium: Television A Canada-Ireland co-production, this show was hosted by Canadian newspaper crime columnist and crime novelist Max Haines. Each episode focused on an unusual but true crime. The stories were researched and written by Haines who wrote columns in the Toronto, Ottawa, Edmonton and Calgary Sun newspapers. He […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television Before Biography, there was Lives, a biography show that profiled famous people from around the world. One of the international lives profiled was Golda Meir. Written by Joanne Ingrassia – January, 2004