Pet Corner
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| presenter = Rick Campbell
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| channel = CBC Television
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| producer = Peggy Nairn
Joanne Hughes
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Pet Corner, originally Pet Shop, was a Canadian children's informational television series which aired on CBC Television from 1953 to 1954.
Premise
This children's series was hosted by Rick Campbell.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/justmarylifeofma0000hume | url-access=registration | title="Just Mary": The Life of Mary Evelyn Grannan | first=Margaret Anne | last=Hume | publisher=Dundurn | year=2006 | page=[https://archive.org/details/justmarylifeofma0000hume/page/226 226] | isbn=9781550029215 }} Campbell interviewed guests about their pets. The original program title was Pet Shop, but was changed to Pet Corner by 3 December 1953.{{cite news | title=Radio Television | date=3 December 1953 | page=39 | newspaper=Globe and Mail }} The production involved the Toronto Humane Society.
Scheduling
15-minute episodes were broadcast from 22 October 1953 to 1 July 1954 at 5:15 p.m. each Thursday.
References
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External links
- {{cite web | url=http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Per.html | first=Blaine | last=Allan | title=Pet Corner | publisher=Queen's University | year=1996 | accessdate=6 August 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617013844/http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Per.html | archivedate=17 June 2010 | df=dmy-all }}
Category:CBC Television original programming
Category:1950s Canadian children's television series
Category:1953 Canadian television series debuts