- Commonwealth Televiews
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Commonwealth Televiews Genre documentary Country of origin 
CanadaLanguage(s) English No. of seasons 2 Production Running time 15 minutes Broadcast Original channel CBC Television Original run 13 January 1957 – 6 April 1958 Commonwealth Televiews was a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television from 1957 to 1958.
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Premise
This series featured reports from various nations of the British Commonwealth for Canadian audiences, produced in co-operation with Britain's Information Service. Topics included the Arts Council of Great Britain, life in contemporary Harlow, an interview with Kwame Nkrumah, who was Prime Minister of the Gold Coast (now Ghana), nuclear power featuring Robert McKenzie's interview with John Cockcroft and an interview of Robert Scott, Commissioner-General for Southeast Asia, by Matthew Halton.[1]
Scheduling
This 15-minute series was broadcast Sundadays at 12:15 p.m. (Eastern) in two seasons, six episodes from 13 January to 17 February 1957, then several episodes from 2 February to 6 April 1958.
References
- ^ Corcelli, John (February 2005). "Commonwealth Televiews". Canadian Communications Foundation. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=679. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
External links
- Allan, Blaine (1996). "Commonwealth Televiews". Queen's University. http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Cin.html. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
Categories:- CBC network shows
- 1957 Canadian television series debuts
- 1958 Canadian television series endings
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