- Moment of Truth (TV series)
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Moment of Truth Genre soap opera Written by Clare Kennedy (initial episodes) Country of origin 
CanadaLanguage(s) English No. of seasons 1 Production Producer(s) John Trent Running time 30 minutes Broadcast Original channel CBC Television Original run 28 December 1964 – 11 November 1965 Moment of Truth was a Canadian serial drama television series which aired on CBC Television from 1964 to 1969.
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Premise
The series was set in Ontario where clinical psychologist Dr. Robert Wallace (Douglass Watson) not only operated a private practice but taught his subject field at the local university. His wife Nancy (Louise King) and their children Johnny (Michael Dodds) and Sheila (Barbara Pierce) were also primary series characters. Other characters included Lila (Sandra Scott) who was Nancy's sister, Eric Brandt (John Horton), Dexter Elliot (Chris Wiggins), Linda Harris (Anna Hagan), Dean Hogarth (Cec Linder), Walter Leeds (Robert Goodier), Wilma Leeds (Lynne Gorman), Jack Williams (Stephen Levy) and Carol Williams (Toby Tarnow). Doctor characters included Vincent Conway (Peter Donat), Russell Wingate (Ivor Barry) and Gil Bennett (John Bethune). As many as 60 different characters could be seen during a week of the series.[1]
Production
Moment of Truth was recorded at Robert Lawrence Productions in Toronto and produced by John Trent. Clare Kennedy wrote the early episodes.
Scheduling
This half-hour series was broadcast weekday afternoons at varying times from 28 December 1964 to 11 November 1965.
NBC also purchased the series for broadcast in the United States from January to November 1965.
See also
- High Hopes (1978)
References
- ^ Corcelli, John (May 2005). "Moment of Truth". Canadian Communications Foundation. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=977. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
External links
- Allan, Blaine (1996). "Moment of Truth". Queen's University. http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Med.html. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- Moment of Truth (TV series) at the Internet Movie Database
Categories:- CBC network shows
- 1964 Canadian television series debuts
- 1969 Canadian television series endings
- Canadian television program stubs
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