Counterpoint (TV series)
{{Short description|Canadian current affairs television series}}
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Counterpoint was a Canadian current affairs television series on English-French Canadian relations which aired on CBC Television in 1967.
Premise
This Montreal-produced series highlighted Quebec culture in an effort to encourage harmony between English and French Canadians. For example, a segment showed francophone customers of a British-themed tavern while anglophones ate at a French bistro. Film, jazz and women's hockey in Quebec were also featured. While the series tended to promote culture more than politics, an interview with federal cabinet minister Jean-Luc Pépin was featured in one episode.{{cite web | url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=953 | first=John | last=Corcelli | date=May 2005 | title=Counterpoint | publisher=Canadian Communications Foundation | accessdate=7 May 2010 }}
Counterpoint was hosted by journalist Armande Saint-Jean and actor-producer Arthur Garmaise.
Scheduling
This half-hour series was broadcast on Sunday afternoons from 12 February to 18 June 1967, initially at 2:30 p.m., and changed to the 2:00 p.m. time slot from 16 April.
References
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External links
- {{Cite web | url=http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Con.html | first=Blaine | last=Allan | title=Counterpoint | publisher=Queen's University | year=1996 | accessdate=7 May 2010 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311074242/http://www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/Con.html | archivedate=11 March 2010 | df=dmy-all }}
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Category:CBC Television original programming
Category:1967 Canadian television series debuts