The Winners (Canadian TV series)
The Winners was a Canadian biographical television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1982.
| The Winners | |
|---|---|
| Genre | biography |
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| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Stanley Colbert |
| Producer(s) | Laura Phillips |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBC Television |
| Original release | 17 January – 2 September 1982 |
Premise
This series, sponsored by Shell Canada, presented docudramas of Canadian heroes.
Scheduling
The half-hour episodes were originally broadcast on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. from 17 January to 28 March 1982. It was rebroadcast later that year on Sunday evenings from 15 July to 2 September.
Episodes
- Athol Murray, founder of Notre Dame College, Saskatchewan, portrayed by Donnelly Rhodes ("The Winners"); Gordon Ruttan (writer), Brian Walker (director)[1]
- Emily Murphy, portrayed by Martha Henry, co-starring Douglas Campbell, William Hutt, Gerard Parkes and Douglas Rain; John Kent Harrison (writer), Martin Lavut (director)
- H.R. MacMillan - Norman Klenman (writer), Lawrence S. Mirkin (director)
- Pauline Johnson, portrayed by Fern Henry - Munroe Scott (writer), Martha Coolidge (director)
- J.A. Bombardier, portrayed by Yvon Ponton, James Brown (writer), Jean Lefleur (director)
- Charlotte Whitton, portrayed by Kate Lynch; Carol Bolt (writer), Graham Parker (director)
- John Wesley Dafoe - Fiona McHugh (writer), Scott Hylands (director)
- Marion Hilliard, portrayed by Chapelle Jaffe, co-starring Peter Dvorsky, Janet-Laine Green, Lois Maxwell and Mary Pirie; Fiona McHugh (writer), Zale Dalen (director)
- Reginald Fessenden, portrayed by Alan Scarfe; George Robertson (writer), Richard Gilbert (director)
- Vilhjalmur Stefansson, portrayed by Michael J. Reynolds co-starring John Friesen and Eric Peterson; George Robertson and Alan Scarfe (writers)
References
- "TV Times". The Gazette. Montreal. 16 January 1982. pp. 17–18.
External links
- Allan, Blaine (1996). "The Winners". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
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