Land and Sea
{{Short description|Canadian documentary television show}}
{{For-multi|the book by Carl Schmitt|Land and Sea: A World-Historical Meditation|the Sarah Slean album|Land & Sea (album)}}
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| genre = Documentary
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| presenter = Dave Quinton
Rab Carnell
Hal Andrews
Des Brown
Mike Martin
Herb Davis
Paul Harrington
Bill Kelly
Pauline Thornhill
Jane Adey
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| narrated = Jane Adey
Christopher Richardson
Tom Murphy
| theme_music_composer = Sandy Morris
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| country = Canada
| language = English
| num_seasons = 57
| num_episodes = At least 250 (further research required)
| list_episodes = List of Land and Sea episodes
| executive_producer = Diane Humber (regional director)
Denise Wilson (acting)
| producer = Pauline Thornhill
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| runtime = 30 minutes
| network = CBC Television
| first_aired = {{start date|1964}}
| last_aired = present
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Land and Sea is a locally produced Canadian documentary television show broadcast on CBC Television. It has been on the air since 1964 on CBC owned-operated station CBNT in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (interrupted only by a short cancellation in the early 1990s, but revived after an outcry from fans{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}), and is the longest-running regional television program on CBC Television.{{cite web| url = http://www.cbc.ca/landandseanl/pauline-thornhill.html| title = Land and Sea - CBC Newfoundland & Labrador}} Originally a black-and-white program, it began broadcasting in colour in the late 1960s. There is also a Maritime version of Land and Sea which is broadcast on the full CBC network on Sunday afternoons, and episodes from that version are often alternated with Newfoundland-based episodes.
Hosts
There have been several hosts of Land and Sea over the years. Dave Quinton was one of the TV series' original hosts. Other hosts with Quinton included Rab Carnell, Hal Andrews, Des Brown, Mike Martin, Herb Davis, and Paul Harrington. Bill Kelly joined the show in 1983 and stayed until he retired in 1993. Pauline Thornhill hosted the show until she retired in April 2022. Jane Adey took over hosting in fall 2022. Some episodes are narrated by Christopher Richardson or broadcaster Tom Murphy.
Episodes
{{main|List of Land and Sea episodes}}
Noted episodes
- On January 6, 1986, a well-known Christmas episode called "A Fortune Bay Christmas" was broadcast. That episode was filmed in Fortune Bay. It has been re-broadcast several times in recent years. A song in the episode - "Any Mummers Allowed In?" — was used in commercials for Purity products in Newfoundland and Labrador in the early 1990s.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
- A 1984 episode taking place in the Codroy Valley, on the southwest coast of Newfoundland, called "West Coast Dairy" featured Gerard Cormier and his dairy farm. Twenty years later, Cormier and Brent Chaffey joined together to launch a new line of yogurt products with the brand name "Good Natured".[https://web.archive.org/web/20061007105020/http://www.town.stephenville.nf.ca/news-feb01-2005.html See Georgian article from February 1, 2005][http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2005/nr/0127n05.htm See Newfoundland and Labrador Government release from January 27, 2005]
- Though there is plenty of controversy now regarding the seal hunt (also known as a "seal fishery"), an episode from 1977 called the "Newfoundland Sealing Disaster" featured an interview with survivor Cecil Mouland as he told about what happened on the S.S. Newfoundland back in 1914.
- A 2006 episode, "My Burgeo Home" features a song of the same name by The Coasters (n.b. not to be confused with the American band of the same name).
References
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External links
{{Portal|Television|Canada}}
- {{IMDb title|tt10752388}}
- [http://www.cbc.ca/landandseanl/ CBC Newfoundland and Labrador's Land and Sea website]
- [http://www.cbc.ca/landandsea/ CBC's national Land and Sea website]
- [http://www.cbc.ca/nl/features/40thanniversary/ CBC Newfoundland and Labrador's Land and Sea 40th anniversary page (designed for the 2004-05 season)]
Category:1960s Canadian documentary television series
Category:CBC Television original programming
Category:1964 Canadian television series debuts
Category:Black-and-white Canadian television shows
Category:Television shows filmed in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Category:1970s Canadian documentary television series
Category:1980s Canadian documentary television series
Category:1990s Canadian documentary television series