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PAUL
BERNARD, PSYCHIARTRIST
CBC-Jaylar /
130x30m-e / 1971-72 (13 September 71 - 29 November 72 / Weekdays 4.00pm then
2.00pm)
Producer: Michael
Spivak
Weekly afternoon
drama series focusing on the cases of the psychiatrist of the title. Bernard's
female case studies re-appeared on a regular basis, some of his patients were
played by Marcia Diamond, Carol Lazare, Dawn Greenhalgh, Kay Hawtrey, Phyllis
Marshall and Shelley Sommers.
With:- CHRIS WIGGINS
as Paul Bernard
PEANUTS
AND POPCORN
CBC / x90m-e /
1975-79 (4 October 75 - 31 March 79 / Mostly Saturday 10.30pm)
Children's umbrella
title for CBC's Saturday morning programming.
THE
PEPPERMINT PRINCE
CBC / x15m-e /
1956-57 (10 May 56 - 27 September 57)
Writer: Kitty
Marcuse / Puppets: Dave Orcutt / Producer: Andy Snider
Children's series in
which the Peppermint Prince and a bunch of puppets told stories and watched
short cartoons.
With:- JOHN CHAPPELL
as The Peppermint Prince
PERFORMANCE
CBC / x60m-e and
then x90m-e / 1975-76 (8 December 74 - 28 March 76 / Sundays 9.00pm)
An anthology series
of quality dramas often focusing on a Canadian productions.
PETER
BENCHLEY'S AMAZON
Alliance Atlantis /
44x60m-e / 1999-2000
Action adventure
series. A group of aircraft passengers are stranded on a strange island after a
crash, they soon become involved with the islands mysterious inhabitants.
With:- C. THOMAS
HOWELL / CAROL ALT / CHRIS MARTIN / FABIANA UDENIO
THE
PHOENIX TEAM
CBC / 8x60m-e / 1980
(16 September - 28 October / Tuesday 10.00pm)
Writer: John
C.W.
Saxton / Executive Producer: Stanley Colbert / Producer: Lawrence S. Mirkin
Action adventure
series. Two ageing former spies are pressed back into service, the British
Valerie Koester was teamed once more with David Brook who she had once been in a
relationship with.
With:- ELIZABETH
SHEPHERD as Valerie Koester / DON FRANCKS as David Brook / BRIAN LINEHAN as
Graydon / STEVE PERNIE as Carvello / GERRY CRACK as Moffat / AMELIA HALL as Miss
Woods / LEE BROKER as Janev / ARNIE ACHTMAN as Theo
PIECES
OF EIGHT
CBC / x15m-e /
1958-59 (16 October 58 - 25 June 59 / Thursday 4.45pm)
Writer: Shirley
Fowke / Producer: Robert Alban
Children's series in
which Ranzo the Pirate told tales of his seafaring exploits aboard the Black
Avenger. A vocal quartet called The Chantymen also made regular appearances.
With:- H. LESLIE
PIGOT as Ranzo the Pirate
PIFFLE
AND CO
CBC / x30m-e / 1971
(11 July - 26 September / Sunday 5.30pm)
Producer/Director:
Al Vitols
Satirical comedy
sketch show that was hosted by Terry David Mulligan and Bill Reiter. Also
appearing were Allan Anderson, Graeme Campbell, Micki Maunsell, Roxanne Erwin,
Shirley Milliner, Joseph Golland and Carol Oczkowska.
PIPPI
LONGSTOCKING
Canada-Germany / Teletoon-AB
Svensk-Taurus-TFC-Nelvana Ltd / x20m-e / 1997-
Executive Producers: Michael
Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, Clive Smith, MIchael Schaack, Lennart Wikland / Books:
Astrid Lindgren
Animated fantasy drama series.
Adventures of a young girl who lives all alone in a big house with a horse and a
pet monkey.
Voices:- MELISSA ALTRO as Pippi
Longstocking / RICHARD BINSLEY as Mr Nilsson / NOAH REID as
Tommy / OLIVIA GARRATT as Annika / LEN CARLSON as Thunder-Karlsson
PIT
PONY
CBC-Cochran / 1x90m-e 26x30m-e /
1997-2000 (First Episode: Friday 14 December)
Music: David Burke / Costume:
Jeanie Kimber / Executive Producer: Andrew Cochran
Period drama series. In turn of
the 20th Century Nova Scotia 12 year old Willie MacLean befriends a pit pony and
gets involved with trying to improve conditions for the pit horses.
With:- ALEX WRATHELL as Willie
MacLean / JENNIE RAYMOND as Nellie MacLean / SHAUN SMYTH as Ned Hall / DENNY
DOHERTY as Charley
PLANET
TOLEY
CBC / x30m-e / 1954 (20 October
53 - 30 April 54)
Creators/Puppeteers: Leo and Doda
Velleman / Producer: Joanne Hugfhes, Peggy Nairn
Children's puppet series set on
the planet Tolex and detailing the stories of two inhabitants of that planet,
Bricol and Lexo.
PLAYDATE
CBC / x60m-e / 1961-64 (4 October
61 - 20 July 64 )
An anthology series of dramas
this show was basically a continuation of the GM
Presents anthology now.
THE
PLAY'S THE THING
CBC / x60m-e / 1974 (17 January -
28 March / Thursday 9.00pm)
An anthology of dramas that made
a point of utilising Canadian talent. Writers included Robertson Davies, Morley
Callaghan, Alice Munro and Farley Mowat.
PLAYTIME
WITH JERRY
CBC / x15m-e / 1955-56 (25
September 55 - 15 January 56 / Sundays 1.15am)
Children's series that dramatised
various stories. Hosted by Jerry Bartell.
POLICE
SURGEON
CTV-Colgate / 52x30m-e / 1972-73
Producer: Wilton Schiller
Crime drama series. A spin off
from Dr Simon Locke in
which Country GP Dr Simon Locke moves to the city to take up a post as a police
surgeon.
With:- SAM GROOM as Dr Simon
Locke / LEN BIRMAN / LARRY D. MANN
POWER
PLAY
CTV-Alliance Atlantis / 26x60m-e
/ 1998-2000
Stories of sports agent Brett
Parker.
With:- MICHAEL RILEY / KARI
MATCHETT / DEAN McDERMOTT / CATHERINE SCORSOME / GORDON PINSENT
PRESENTING
BARRY MORSE
CBC / x10m-e / 1960 (3 July - 25
September / Sunday 9.50pm)
Producer: Peter Francis
A series in which actor Barry
Morse examined various aspects of the acting world especially concerning himself
with theatre.
PRINCESS
SISSI
France-Canada / Saban Int-Fox
Kids / x20m-e / 1997
Story Arc: Dab Sivalon, Natalie
Altmann / Music: Michael Dax
Animated adventure series.
Stories of a young princess Tomboy and her regular battles with the evil Count
Arkas.
Voices:- SONJA BALL / RICK JONES
/ MICHAEL CALOZ / SHEENA LARKIN / MARK CAMACHO / RICKY MABE
PROGRAM
X
CBC / x30m-e / 1970-73 (17
December 70 - 15 June 73)
Executive Producer: Paddy Sampson
Low budget (almost no budget)
anthology of dramas of all kinds. Writers included Paul Withrow, Tony Flanders,
Sheldon Rosen and Ron Taylor. David Cronenberg also directed for the series
(Secret Weapons). Hosted by Charles Oberdorf.
PUPPETS
ARE FUN
CBC / x15m-e / 1955 (5 July - 20
September / Tuesday 5.15pm)
Children's show that looked at
various aspects of puppets making.
PURPLE
PLAYHOUSE
CBC / x60m-e / 1973 (25 February
- 6 May / Sunday 9.00pm then 8.00pm)
Executive Producer: Paddy Sampson
/ Producer: George Jones
An anthology series of mainly
over the top dramas, the likes of Sweeney Todd and The Corsican Brothers.
Writers included Rod Coneybeare, Herb Roland, Mavor Moore and John Bethme.
QUENTIN
DURGENS M.P.
CBC / x60m-e / 1966-71
Creator: George Robertson /
Producer: David Gardner / Executive Producer: Ronald Weyman
Drama series. Rural MP Quentin
Durgens juggles his constituency duties in the small town of Hampton County with
his role as a back bencher in Ottawa. The show grew out of a six parter called
Mr Member of Parliament that appeared as part of The Serial.
With:- GORDON PINSENT as Quentin
Durgens / SUZANNE LEVESQUE as 'Toinette / OVILA LGAR as Letourneau
RAIDERS
OF THE SOUTH SEAS
Alliance Atlantis / 8x30m-e /
1990
Family based action adventure
series. During World War II a trio of New Zealand teenagers get involved in
adventure with a pirate type character.
THE
RAY STEVENS SHOW
CTV / 8x60m-e / 1970
Writers: Jack Hanrahan, Phil Hahn
/ Executive Producers: Allan Blye, Chris Beard, Murray Chercover
Sketch based comedy series
starring American comedy singer (The Streak) as well as an up and coming Steve
Martin, Mama Cass of Mama's and the Papa's, Lulu, Billy Van and Dick Curtis.
R.C.M.P
CBC-Crawley / 39x30m-e / 1959-65
Music: Bill McCauley / Script
Editor: Vincent Tilsey / Executive Producer: F.R. 'Budge' Crawley
Crime drma series. Cases of the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police working 'the beat' in remote areas of
Saskatchewan. The UK's BBC part funded the programme.
With:- GILLES PELLETIER as
Corporal Jacques Gasnier / JOHN PERKINS as Constable Frank Scott / DON FRANCKS
as Constable Bill MItchell
RADISSON
CBC-Omega / x30m-e / 1957-58 (9
February 57 - 25 January 58 / Saturday 7.00pm)
Writer: John Lucarotti / Camera:
Denis Mason / Producer: Yves Bigras / Director: Pierre Gauvreau
Action adventure series. Stories
of famed explorer Pierre Esprit Radisson and his 'aide de camp' Groseilliers.
With:- JACQUES GODIN as Radisson
/ RENE CARON as Groseilliers
READY OR NOT
Canada / Telefilm
Canada-Insight-Disney-Paragon Ltd / x20m-e / 1996-
Creator: Alyse Rosenberg / Executive
Producer: John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby
Teen drama series. Stories of two teenage
friends Amanda and Busy.
With:- LAURA BERTRAM as Amanda / LANI
BILLARD as Busy / GERRY MENDICINO as Sam Ramone / DIANE REIS as Lucy Ramone /
KARL PRUNER as Stephen
REWIND:
MOMENTS IN TIME
Alliance Atlantis / 6x60m-e /
1989-90
Short run anthology series
looking at key moments in various teenagers lives.
RITTER'S
COVE
CBC-Taurus-Global / x30m-e /
1980-81 (19 September 80 - 20 March 81 / Friday 8.00pm)
Writer: Lyal and Barbara Brown /
Producer: David Pears / Executive Producer: Peter Kelly
Drama series. In British Columbia
after being grounded for failing a medical, ageing pilot Karl Ritter has to take
on young Kate Ashcroft as his new pilot, Ritter ran his own small scale flying
business.
With:- HANS CONNINBERG as Karl
Ritter / SUSAN HOGAN as Kate Ashcroft
RIVERDALE
Alliance Atlantis-Epitome /
47x60m-e / 1998-2000 Three seasons
Soap style drama series detailing
episodes in the lives of a group of families living in Riverdale.
With:- STEWART ARNOTT as Charles
McKenzie / CHRIS BENSON as Wally Wowczuk / CHRISTIAN POTENZA as Jimmy Snow /
DAVE NICHOLS as Maurice Long / HAMISH McEWAN as Ben Mackenzie / MARTIN ROACH as
Jerome 'Tiny' Sheffield / PAUL SOLES as Costas Stavros / KEN JAMES as Stan
Wilkey / LYNNE GRIFFIN as Alice Sweeney / JAYNE EASTWOOD as Gloria Wilkey
ROAD
TO AVONLEA
x60m-e / 1990-?
Stories: Lucy Maud Montgomery
Period drama series. Episodes in
the lives of the residents of a small Canadian town (Prince Edward Island)
during the early part of the 20th Century.
With:- SARA POLLEY as Sara /
JACKIE BURROUGHS as Hetty King / LALLY CADEAU as Janet King / CEDRIC SMITH as
Alec King / GEMA ZAMPROGNA as Felicity / MAG RUFFMAN as Aunt Olivia / ZACHARY
BENNETT as Felix
ROCKET
ROBIN HOOD
Trillim Prod / 52x20m-e
/ 1967
Animated scifi. Adventures of
Robin Hood on the asteroid New Sherwood Forest in the year 2000.
ROYAL
SUITE
CBC / 8x30m-e / 1976 (6 October -
29 December / Wednesday 10.30pm)
Producer: Jack Nixon-Browne /
Executive Producer: Ron Kelly
Sitcom. Episodes in the lives of
the staff and residents of a well appointed hotel.
With:- MAGGIE GRIFFITHS as
Eleanor / WENDY THATCHER as Riva / JOHN EVANS as Gino
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