Crossfire (Canadian TV program)

Crossfire
Genre Current affairs
Country of origin Canada
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 4
Production
Producer(s) Cliff Solway
Art Stinson
Running time 30 minutes
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release 3 April – 24 April 1956

Crossfire is a Canadian current affairs television program which aired on CBC Television in April 1956, and which featured debate and panel show formats.

Premise

This program was a mid-season replacement for Citizens' Forum during April 1956. In some episodes of Crossfire, a studio audience posed questions to several experts on a particular topic. Other episodes featured a debate for or against a given subject, resembling a court cross-examination, with a studio audience deciding the winning side of the argument.[1][2]

  • 3 April 1956 - debut
  • 10 April 1956 - pre-empted for an NHL hockey playoffs broadcast[3]
  • 17 April 1956 - "Comic Books - Harmless or Dangerous?", under the audience question format[4]
  • 24 April 1956 - "Youth Wants to Know - How to be a Success" - an audience of youths poses questions to an expert panel[5]

Broadcast

This half-hour program was broadcast on Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 3 April to 24 April 1956.

References

  1. ↑ Dube, Bernard (3 April 1956). "TViewing". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 13. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Corcelli, John (February 2005). "Crossfire". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  3. ↑ Dube, Bernard (10 April 1956). "TViewing". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 13. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Highlights". Ottawa Citizen. 17 April 1956. p. 26. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Highlights". Ottawa Citizen. 24 April 1956. p. 24. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  • Allan, Blaine (1996). "Crossfire" (PDF). Queen's University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 Feb 2016.
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