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One of a Kind

Network: CBC Television Network

Broadcast Run: 1958 to 1959

Broadcast Medium: Television

Aired Friday evenings during the summer of 1958; then Wednesday evenings from October 1958 to June 1959.

Modelled after Front Page Challenge, this panel/quiz show offered objects instead of headlines and guests who were associated with the object in question. Often the object could be real or imaginary. The show was cancelled before a dispute could be resolved between CBC and Bernard Slade regarding ownership.
Host/moderator: Alex Barris
Panelists: Lloyd Bochner, Allan Manings, Kathie McNeil and Rita Greer Allen.
Producers: Harvey Hart, Bob Jarvis [58/59] and Claude Baikie [1959]
Creator/writer: Bernard Slade

Written by John Corcelli – February, 2006