First Person is a Canadian dramatic television series which aired on CBC Television from 1960 to 1961.
First Person | |
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Genre | drama anthology |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Raymond Whitehouse |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | CBC Television |
Release | 8 June 1960 8 February 1961 | –
Premise
This dramatic anthology consisted of adapted and original stories whose teleplays were produced out of CBC Toronto.[1][2]
This series is distinct from Adrienne Clarkson's First Person talk show in 1966.
Scheduling
This half-hour series was first broadcast over 20 weeks on Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 8 June to 19 October 1960. Then it was given a full season on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. from 26 October 1960 to 8 February 1961.
Episodes
Some of the teleplays included:
- June–October 1960
- The Anniversary (Basil Coleman producer; Michael Jacot writer)
- At the Railing (David Gardner producer; Robert Presnell Jr. writer), starring Martha Buhs and Robert Goulet
- Aunt Jeannie and the Idol (Audrey Piggott writer)
- Bulgarian Bread (Paul Wayne writer)
- The Click of Beads
- Earn Money at Home (W. O. Mitchell writer)
- End of Innocence (Paul Almond producer; Vincent McConnor writer), starring Kenneth Wolff
- Final at Furnell (Melwyn Breen producer; Willis Hall writer), starring Bill Glover and Deborah Turnbull
- Harry (Ted Pope producer; Fletcher Barry writer; Rosemary Timperley adaptation)
- Kukla (Audrey Piggott writer)
- The Magnet (Harvey Hart producer; Hugh Garner writer), starring Don Francks and Charmion King
- The Man Who Knew A Good Thing (George McCowan producer; Herb Hosie writer), starring Michael Forest
- The Man With Two Hands
- Night River (Basil Coleman producer; George Salverson writer), starring Powys Thomas and Terry Carter
- Some Are So Lucky (David Gardner producer; Hugh Garner writer)
- October 1960-February 1961
- The Gold Dress (Stephen Vincent writer)
- Guardian Angel (Frederick Hazlett Brennan story; Hugh Garner adaptation)
- Man in Town (John Gray writer)
- A Matter of Some Importance (Roy Shields writer)
- Overlaid (David Gardner producer; Robertson Davies story; Wallace Christie adaptation), based on Davies' theatre play, starring Alex McKee and Aileen Seaton
- The Trouble With Pyecraft (Eric Till producer, H. G. Wells writer; Douglas Cleverdon adaptation), a comedy starring Tony Van Bridge (Pyecraft) and Gillie Fenwick (Formalyn)
- Venice Libretto (Herb Hosie writer)
- Witness to Murder (Wenzell Brown story; M. Charles Cohen adaptation)
- A Woman Called Anne (Basil Coleman producer; Pamela Lee writer), starring Norma Renault, Ruth Springford, and Norman Welsh
References
External links
- Allan, Blaine (1996). "First Person". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
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