A complete listing of television programs produced in ...

by Blaine Allan

A complete listing of television programs produced in Canada and broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation between 1952 and 1982, listed alphabetically from A IS FOR AARDVARK to ZUT!

Browse the directory below:

-- A -Car -- Chr Dan -- Dix

F -- Fiv -- G --- I --- L -Mus -- Mys O -- On Per -- Pur Rec -- Rya Sta -- Swi Tid -- Tzi W -- Win -- Z --

-- B -Cin -- Com Doc -- Dru Fla -- Fou

H -- Hit -- J -M -- McQ N -- Nat One -- Ove -- Q -S -- Ses T -- Thi -- U -Woj -- Wri

C -- Can Con -- Cus

-- E -Fra -- Fur Hob -- Hym

-- K -Med -- Ms New -- Nur

P -- Per R -- Rea Sev -- Spr Thi -- Thu -- V --- Y --

A IS FOR AARDVARK to AUDUBON WILDLIFE THEATRE

A Is For Aardvark

Wed 10:00-10:30 p.m., 7 Jul- 22 Sep 1954

Thu 10:30-11:00 p.m., 30 Sep- 21 Oct 1954

A half- hour summer series, created, produced, and hosted by Lister Sinclair. In the first show, Sinclair chose the letter "a" and discussed a number of subjects beginning with that letter. They included the aspidistra, the astrolabe, the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci (after whom "America" is named), and African violets. The initial broadcast also featured CBC producer Andrew Allan. In subsequent broadcasts, Sinclair and his guests talked about subjects starting with "b," "c," and so on up to "m." (James Bannerman took Sinclair's place for the final show of the series, on "n.") Sinclair worked without a script in an extremely cluttered set, which presumably reflected the diversity of interests in the series. A radio series, which ran the full twenty- six weeks, from "a" to "z," succeeded the television series.

About Canada

Tue 6:00- 6:30 p.m., 14 Feb- 17 Jul 1956

Sun 1:00- 1:30 p.m., 12 May- 30 Jun 1957

A series of National Film Board productions. The l956 series included Men of Lunenberg and Windswept Isles; Dick Hickey, Blacksmith and Peter and the Potter; Ti- Jean Goes Lumbering and Voices from Acadia; Shadow on the Prairies and Paul Tomkowicz, Street Railway Switchman; The Newcomers; People of the Skeena and Arctic Dog Team; Longhouse People; Taxi Driver, Caleche Driver, and Motorman; Story of Oil and Salt from the Earth. The 1957 series included films on forestry, the 1956 Royal visit, the Six Nations Iroquois, the Skeena Indians; the people of Newfoundland, and the Magdalen Islands.

Access

Thu 10:00- 10:30 p.m., 30 May- 29 Aug 1974

Sun 5:30- 6:00 p.m., 13 Jul- 14 Sep 1975

Sun 2:30- 3:00 p.m., 4 Jul- 12 Sep 1976

Sun 4:00- 4:30 p.m., 3 Jul- 18 Sep 1977

Sun 12:00- 12:30 p.m., 9 Jul- 24 Sep 1978

Sun 2:00- 2:30 p.m., 17 Jun- 19 Aug 1979

Mon 2:30- 3:00 p.m., 28 Apr- 30 Jun 1980

Mon 3:30- 4:00 p.m., 17 May- 16 Oct 1982

Also known as CBC Access and Take 30 Access. Produced by Ain Soodor (l97476) and Miles White (l977- 82), with Rob Parker (l974- 77) and Rita Deverell (l978- 82). Consultants to the show included Michael Callaghan and John Kastner in Toronto, Gordon Babineau in Vancouver, and Nancy McLarty in Montreal.

Modelled in part on the BBC's series Open Circle, and responding to public access programming on cable television and on local stations, such as Toronto's CITY- TV, Access was a public participation series. It provided national airtime, during the summer months, for groups across Canada to present their views on current issues. The series producers aimed to put production into the hands of interested citizens, with the help of CBC personnel. Groups submitted applications to the CBC and, when approved, the groups had four weeks to develop their program with the aid of CBC production staff. Productions were subject to limitations imposed by CRTC regulations and CBC policy regarding soliciting funding, libel and political campaigning.

Ad and Lib

Mon- Fri 6:30- 6:45 p.m., 12 Apr- 28 Jun 1954

Ad and Lib, a quarter- hour weekday broadcast, featured Larry Mann and Joe Austin and was produced by Leo Orenstein. It replaced Let's See, on which Mann

had appeared with the puppet, Uncle Chichimus. Austin played Ad and Mann played Lib, two men who operated a general store in a "semi- rural" setting. The actors improvised the dialogue in stories that aimed to be "gentle satire and quizzical commentary," and which generally involved the relations between the two merchants and the big city. CBC Times (l8- 24 April 1954); Saturday Night (l9 June 1954).

Adieu Alouette

Wed 10:30- 11:00 p.m., 3 Jan- 25 Apr 1973

Sun 2:00- 2:30 p.m., 6 Jan- 24 Mar 1974

A series of thirteen, half- hour films produced by the National Film Board, intended to revise stereotypes of Quebec for English Canada. In the wake of the October Crisis of 1970 and during a period of rising Quebec nationalism, the series offered a survey of Quebec culture instead of politics. The series included Backyard Theatre, produced by Jean- V. Dufresne and Ian McLaren (and directed, uncredited, by Jean- Pierre Lefebvre), on Michel Tremblay and Andre Brossard; Challenge for the Church, directed by William Weintraub; a two part history of the newspaper Le Devoir, (Part l, on the years 19l0 to 1945, called Do What You Must and Part 2, on 1945 to 1973, titled The Quiet Revolution), directed by Hugues Poulin and Jean- V. Dufresne; Le Gastronomie, directed by Doug Jackson; In Our Own Way, directed by Jack Zolov; Just Another Job, directed by Pierre Letarte; OK. . . Camera, directed by Michael Rubbo; la Quebecoise, directed by Les Nirenberg; Un job steady. . . un bon boss, about Yvon Dechamps, directed by Ian McLaren; The Ungrateful land (Roch Carrier Remembers Ste- Justine), directed by Cynthia Scott; and Why I Sing (The Words and Music of Gilles Vigneault), directed by John Howe. The series was produced by Ian McLaren.

Adrienne At Large

Thu 10:00- 10:30 p.m., 26 Sep 1974- 2 Jan 1975

Adrienne Clarkson and Glenn Sarty had worked together as co- host and producer, respectively, of Take Thirty, the popular afternoon public affairs series. They collaborated on Adrienne At Large, a half- hour, prime time series of "personalized public affairs reporting." (Globe and Mail [7 September 1974])

Adventure Time

Fri 5:00- 5:30 p.m., 21 Apr- 23 Jun 1967

Wed- Fri 4:30- 5:00 p.m., 13 Jun- 28 Jun 1968

A series of adventures for children, including, in l967, Caught in the Net; The Dragon of Pendragon Hall; The Missing Note; and One Wish Too Many; and in 1968, Peril for the Guy; Eagle Rock; John of the Fair; and Riders of the New Forest.

Adventures in Rainbow Country

Sun 7:00- 7:30 p.m., 20 Sep- 28 Mar 1971

Sun 7:00- 7:30 p.m., 4 Apr- 5 Sep 1971 (R)

Tue 7:30- 8:00 p.m., 8 Apr- 16 Sep 1975

Sat 6:30- 7:00 p.m., 22 May- 26 Jun 1976 (R)

Sat 5:00- 5:30 p.m., 21 Aug- 5 Sep 1976 (R)

Sun 5:00- 5:30 p.m., 5 Apr- 12 Sep 1976 (R)

Mon 5:00- 5:30 p.m., 4 Apr- 11 Jul 1977 (R)

A filmed drama series, produced by Ralph Ellis, and starring Lois Maxwell as Nancy Williams, Stephen Cottier as her son Billy and Susan Conway as her daughter Hannah. Other performers included Buckley Petawabano as Pete Gawa, Wally Koster as the bush pilot Dennis Mogubgub, Albert Millaire as Roger Lemieux, and Alan Mills as Dougal MacGregor.

The drama concentrated on the adventures of the teenager Billy and his Ojibway friend Pete in the bushland of northern Ontario. The series was highly publicized, capitalizing partly on the minor celebrity of Lois Maxwell ("Miss Moneypenny" in the James Bond pictures), and the casting of Wally Koster, a star of CBC musical variety productions, in a dramatic role. It was also an international co- production, enlisting Manitou Productions, the CBC, Television Films, Ltd. of Britain, and the Australian Broadcasting Company. The series met with critical disappointment.

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