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News Profile Genre news / biography Directed by Curt Laughlin
Barry McLeanPresented by Jan Tennant Country of origin Canada Language(s) English No. of seasons 2 Production Editor(s) Bill Boyd
Dave QuanceRunning time 15 minutes Broadcast Original channel CBC Television Original run 17 September 1972 – 26 May 1974 News Profile is a Canadian news and biography television series which aired on CBC Television from 1972 to 1974.
Contents
Premise
Jan Tennant hosted this series in which each episode included a brief headline newscast followed by a feature on a particular personality.[1]
Profiles
Some of the people presented on News Profile included:
- 1972-1973 season
- Salvador Allende (Chilean president)
- Idi Amin (Ugandan president)
- Willy Brandt (German chancellor)
- Alan Eagleson (Hockey
- Francisco Franco (Spanish head of state)
- Edward Heath (British prime minister)
- Ferdinand Marcos (Philippine president)
- Juan Perón (Argentine president)
- 1973-1974 season
- Charles Herbert Best (insulin)
- Michel Couvin (Canadian Commissioner in South Vietnam)
- Richard J. Daley (Chicago mayor)
- Duke Ellington (musician)
- William Higgitt (RCMP Commissioner)
- Robert Lemieux (October Crisis lawyer)
- Peter Lougheed (Alberta premier)
- Georges Pompidou (French president)
Scheduling
This 15-minute series was broadcast on Sundays at 12:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 17 September 1972 to 26 May 1974.
References
- ^ Corcelli, John (August 2005). "News Profile". Canadian Communications Foundation. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=1108. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
External links
- Allan, Blaine (1996). "News Profile". Queen's University. http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/New.html. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
Categories:- CBC network shows
- 1972 Canadian television series debuts
- 1974 Canadian television series endings
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