- Children's Cinema
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Children's Cinema Genre children's film Presented by Robert Homme Country of origin Canada Language(s) English No. of seasons 6 Production Running time 30-60 minutes Broadcast Original channel CBC Television Original run 22 December 1969 – 28 June 1975 Children's Cinema is a Canadian children's film television series which aired on CBC Television from 1969 to 1975.
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Premise
Bob Homme (The Friendly Giant) hosted this series of films for children from Canada and other nations.[1]
Scheduling
The initial series was run weekdays at 10:00 a.m. (North American Eastern time) for half-hour time slots during the Christmas holidays from 22 December 1969 to 2 January 1970. Regular season runs began October 1970 and were broadcast Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern time) as follows:
Duration Season run 60 minutes 3 October 1970 17 April 1971 60 minutes 2 October 1971 8 April 1972 30 minutes 15 April 1972 30 June 1973 60 minutes 15 September 1973 6 April 1974 30 minutes 6 April 1974 6 July 1974 60 minutes 5 October 1974 28 June 1975 References
- ^ Corcelli, John (August 2005). "Children's Cinema". Canadian Communications Foundation. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=1070. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
External links
- Allan, Blaine (1996). "Children's Cinema". Queen's University. http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Car.html. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
Categories:- CBC network shows
- 1969 Canadian television series debuts
- 1975 Canadian television series endings
- Canadian television program stubs
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