Posts Tagged ‘CBC’
TALKING TO A STRANGER
CBC / 4x60m-e / 1971 Writer: Doris Gauntlett / Original version: John Hopkins / Producer: Eric Till Quartet of dramas. One family’s grim weekend is looked at, Rashomon style, from four different angles. Based on a UK or...
TALES OF ADVENTURE
CBC / x60m-e / 1952-53 An umbrella title for a series of dramas for younger viewers each serial was usually six episodes in length and the stories featured included Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Moons...
TABLOID
CBC / x30m-e / 1953-31 Sep 1960 Producer: Ross McLean A mix of current affairs, news, public affairs and interviews and hosted by Dick MacDougal and Percy Saltzman. Coming on board early in 1953 was Elaine Grand, as a freelance...
STRANGE PARADISE
CBC-Crawley-Krantz-Metromedia / 130x30m-e / 1969-70 Producer: Jerry Layton Fantasy daytime drama series seemingly influenced by ABC’s Dark Shadows. On the Caribbean island of Maljardin, wealthy Jean Paul Desmond makes a p...
SPACE COMMAND
CBC / x30m-e / 1953-54 Writer: Alfred Harris / Producer: Murray Chercover Children’s scifi drama series. A young astronaut makes a name for himself in the space corp. With:- BOB BARCLAY / AILEEN TAYLOR / JAMES DOOHAN / AN...
SKIPPER AND CO
CBC / x30m-e / 1974-82 (3 April 74 – 27 March 82) Producers: Jack Kellum, Wayne Guzzell Children’s entertainment in which the former sea skipper of the title told stories and chatted to guests. With Ray Bellew as Th...
SIDESTREET
CBC / x60m-e / 1975-78 (14 September 75 – 12 Nov 78 / Sunday 9.00pm) Creators: John Saxton, Geoffrey Gilbert / Executive Producers: John T. Ross, Stanley Colbert Crime drama series. Cases of the cops dealing with more run...
SHOESTRING THEATRE
CBC / x30m-e / 1961-62 (4 October 61 – 27 June / Wednesday 4.00pm) Afternoon low budget anthology series using stage plays as its basis.
THE SERIAL
CBC / x30m-e / 1963-66 (26 September 63 – 18 June 66) Executive Producer:Ronald Weyman This was the umbrella title for CBC’s strand of drama serials, some of these included The Son of A Hundred Kings (10x30m-e 1963)...
SEAWAY
CBS-ASP-ATV / 30x60m-e / 1965 black and white Producer: Michael Sadlier Crime drama series. Exploits of the cops patrolling the St Lawrence Seaway. 2 episodes were actually were made in colour. With:- STEPHEN YOUNG as Nick King...
