One of a Kind (1950s TV series)

One of a Kind
Genre	panel game
Created by	Bernard Slade
Written by	Bernard Slade
Presented by	Alex Barris
Starring	Rita Greer Allen Lloyd Bochner Allan Manings Kathie McNeil
Country of origin	Canada
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
Production
Producer(s)	Harvey Hart Bob Jarvis (1958-1959) Claude Baikie (1959)
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CBC Television
Original run	6 June 1958 – 24 June 1959

One of a Kind is a Canadian panel game television series which aired on CBC Television from 1958 to 1959.

Premise

The series featured a panel (Rita Greer Allen, Lloyd Bochner, Allan Manings and Kathie McNeil) who attempted to identity of an item using guesswork. Once the item was identified or revealed, the panel and moderator (Alex Barris) would discuss the item with an associated guest. The panel game was similar to Front Page Challenge except that this involved objects instead of news stories. Visiting personalities included Xavier Cugat, Celia Franca, Arthur Godfrey, Cedric Hardwicke, Celeste Holm, Mitch Miller, Jan Peerce, Kate Reid and Walter Susskind.^[1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast Fridays at 8:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 6 June to 12 September 1958, then given a full season on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. from 1 October 1958 to 24 June 1959.

Further reading

• The Pierce-Arrow Showroom Is Leaking. Ryerson Press. 1969. pp. 30–42. ISBN 9780770002923. 
• Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. pp. 233–235. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2. 

References

1. ^ Corcelli, John (February 2006). "One of a Kind". Canadian Communications Foundation. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=736. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 

External links

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