McQueen (TV series)

McQueen
Genre	drama
Created by	George Salverson
Written by	Bryan Barney John Fisher Jack Gray Donald Jack Leslie MacFarlane Ian Ross George Salverson
Directed by	René Bonnière Peter Carter Kirk Jones
Country of origin	Canada
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
Production
Executive producer(s)	Ronald Weyman
Broadcast
Original channel	CBC Television
Original run	23 September 1969 – 18 September 1970

McQueen was a Canadian drama television series which aired on CBC Television from 1969 to 1970.

Premise

The plot features newspaper columnist McQueen (Ted Follows) whose The Actioneer feature exposed fraud artists and dubious businesses. He was assisted by Denise (Daphne Gibson) and Natasha (Jan Goldin).

The debut episode, "There's a Car Upside-Down on My Lawn", concerned the disposition of an abandoned vehicle.

Jenny (Margot Kidder) was featured in two episodes as an employee of McQueen's newspaper. In one episode, she helped expose a scam at a talent agency while in the other she sought McQueen's help for a draft evader she was dating.

The series was inspired by Frank Drea's Action Line column of the Toronto Telegram, whose newsroom was used to film scenes for the series.^[1]

Guest actors during the series included Ruth Springford, Austin Willis and Louis Zorich.

Scheduling

McQueen was broadcast on Tuesdays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 23 September 1969 until 18 September 1970.

References

1. ^ Corcelli, John (August 2005). "McQueen". Canadian Communications Foundation. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=1233. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "McQueen". Queen's University. http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Mag.html. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 
• McQueen at the Internet Movie Database