Hi Diddle Day
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| writer = Bob Gardiner
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| composer = Wyn Canty
| country = Canada
| language = English
| channel = CBC Television
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| last_aired = {{end date|1976|3|29|df=y}}
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| producer = Audrey Jordan (1969–1970)
Denny Faulkner (1970–71)
Brian Frappier (1971–74)
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Hi Diddle Day is a Canadian children's television series which aired on CBC Television from 1969 to 1976.
Premise
This puppet show was set in the community of Crabgrass, with mayor Gertrude Diddle, Basil (a beagle), Durwood (a 900-year-old dragon), Wolfgang (a wolf) and Chico (a crow). The programme's songwriter, Wyn Canty, was featured in the role of a music teacher.
Production
The series was produced in Ottawa, Ontario.{{cite web | url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=312 | first=John | last=Corcelli | date=April 2002 | title=Hi Diddle Day | publisher=Canadian Communications Foundation | accessdate=7 May 2010 }} Noreen Young created the puppets for the series and voiced and operated Gertrude, Granny and Basil.{{Cite web |title=Hi Diddle Day |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/hi-diddle-day/cast/1000002517/ |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}
Scheduling
Hi Diddle Day was initially limited to the Ottawa, Montreal and Maritime CBC stations, airing Fridays at 4:30 p.m. although a special Christmas episode was broadcast on the network 25 December 1969.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hqIyAAAAIBAJ&pg=1976,2154015 | title=(TV listings) Hi Diddle Day – The rubber people star in a Christmas special | newspaper=Ottawa Citizen | date=19 December 1969 | accessdate=24 July 2010 }} The following year, it was seen Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. from April until September. By October 1970, Hi Diddle Day was available on the entire network and was broadcast weekly as an after-school series, and also aired Saturdays 1:00 p.m. in May and June 1971. Production ended after the 1975–1976 season, although repeat episodes were broadcast from April to June 1977.
References
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External links
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Han.html |first=Blaine |last=Allan |title=Hi Diddle Day |publisher=Queen's University |year=1996 |accessdate=7 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311080910/http://www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/Han.html |archivedate=11 March 2010 }}
Category:CBC Television original programming
Category:1969 Canadian television series debuts
Category:1977 Canadian television series endings