- Wojeck
infobox television
show_name = Wojeck
caption =
format =Drama
runtime = 60 minutes
creator =
starring =John Vernon
also starring =
country = CAN
network = CBC
first_aired =1966
last_aired =1968
num_episodes = 20 (+ 1992 TV Movie)
list_episodes =
imdb_id = 0172067|"Wojeck" was a Canadian dramatic
television series , which aired on the CBC from1966 to1968 . It was the first successful drama series on English Canadian television.The series starred
John Vernon as "Steve Wojeck", a crusading big citycoroner who regularly fought moral injustices raised by the deaths he investigated. He often tackled tough and controversial issues—the very first episode of the series examined the role of racism in the suicide of a youngOjibwe man. The show was inspired by the career of Dr.Morton Shulman .The cast also included
Ted Follows ,Patricia Collins andCarl Banas .Although it was one of the highest-rated shows on Canadian television in its time, only 20 episodes of the series were made, because Vernon was lured to
Hollywood by the promise of more money than the CBC could offer. He only returned to the role once, for a TV-movie "Wojeck: Out of the Fire" (1992).The show inspired the later American series "
Quincy, M.E. " A more recent Canadian series, "Da Vinci's Inquest ", is also considered to have been inspired by "Wojeck".In 2002, "Wojeck" became a MasterWorks honouree by the
Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada .External links
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* [http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/W/htmlW/wojeck/wojeck.htm Museum of Broadcast Communications]
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* [http://www.avtrust.ca/mw/mw.php?display&en&56 AVTrust.ca - "Wojeck", MasterWorks 2002 (video clip)]
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