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Nérée Tousignant

Network: Société Radio-Canada (SRC) TV Network Broadcast Run: 1956 Broadcast Medium: Television The TV soap opera Nérée Tousignant, written by the poet Félix Leclerc, explored the difficulties encountered by an artist poet in trying to get his talent recognized.Between April (first broadcast: April 6) and September 1956, Radio-Canada aired only 26 episodes of Nérée Tousignant. This […]

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Les belles histoires des pays d’en haut

Network: Société Radio-Canada (SRC) TV Network Broadcast Run: 1956-1970 Broadcast Medium: Television On October 8, 1956, the first episode of Les Belles histoires des pays d’en haut was broadcast. Already a resounding success on the radio, this series would enable its thousands of fans to put a face on those colourful characters. The dialogue writer was Claude-Henri […]

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Les travaux et les jours

Network: Société Radio-Canada (SRC) TV Network Broadcast Run: 1968 Broadcast Medium: Television Taking its name from the epic Greek poem, Works and Days, by the poet Hesiod who lived in the 8th century BC, Les travaux et les jours, the forerunner of La Semaine Verte (1971), was a weekly agriculture and horticulture magazine-type program. Raymond Laplante […]

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Le jour du Seigneur

Network: Société Radio-Canada (SRC) TV Network Broadcast Run: 1955 Broadcast Medium: Television Ever since the 1960s, Le Jour du Seigneur offered its listeners a liturgical service on the Radio-Canada French language network. Every week, Le Jour du Seigneur visited a community and its House of Worship. The broadcast of the mass was the result of a close […]

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Cap-aux-sorciers

Network: Société Radio-Canada (SRC) TV Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1958 Broadcast Medium: Television Written by Guy Dufresne and starring Hélène Baillargeon in the role of Brigitte Vigneau, as well as Gilles Pelletier as Captain Aubert, this TV soap opera aired from 1955 (first broadcast on June 7) to 1958, and ran for117 episodes in all. Cap-aux-sorciers took place […]

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Beau temps, mauvais temps

Network: Société Radio-Canada (SRC) TV Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1958 Broadcast Medium: Television Claire Gagnier, Jean-Paul Jeannotte and Yoland Guérard in “Le Retable de maître Pierre” by Manuel de Falla (1956) In the TV soap opera Beau temps, mauvais temps (Good Times, Bad Times), Lise Lavallée depicted the difficulties encountered by young people in the 1950s.Between 1955 […]

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L’heure du concert

Network: Société Radio-Canada (SRC) TV Network Broadcast Run: 1954 to 1966 Broadcast Medium: Television Claire Gagnier, Jean-Paul Jeannotte and Yoland Guérard in “Le Retable de maître Pierre” by Manuel de Falla (1956) The program aired from January 14, 1954 to March 31, 1966. Radio-Canada’s L’Heure du concert was dedicated to broadcasting opera, operettas and ballet, as well symphonies […]

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Le survenant

Network: Société Radio-Canada (SRC) TV Network Broadcast Run: 1953 to 1957 Broadcast Medium: Television Nine years after Germaine Guèvremont’s novel of the same name was published, “Le Survenant” was produced for television. The story took place at the turn of the century, in the small village of Chenal-du-Moine where a stranger came to settle down. Radio-Canada broadcast 138 episodes […]

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Anne-Marie

Network: Société Radio-Canada (SRC) TV Network Broadcast Run: 1954 Broadcast Medium: Television The daily TV soap opera Anne-Marie, whose scenario was written by Eugène Cloutier, told the story of the everyday routines of a young couple.Between November and December 1954, Radio-Canada aired 29 episodes of this short-lived comedy, which starred Roland Chenail,  and Monique Leyrac in the […]

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14, rue de Galais

Network: Société Radio-Canada (SRC) TV Network Broadcast Run: 1953 to 1957 Broadcast Medium: Television The Delisles, a middle-class Montreal family, lived at 14, rue de Galais. Written by André Giroux, this serial drama told the story of several characters whose lives were all quite distinct, going from the temperamental mother to the delinquent golden ager. The series made its […]