A Second Look (1969 TV series)

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A Second Look
Written byBill Hartley
Tony Hudz
David Kendall
Eric Nicol
Directed byAl Vitols
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producerNeil Sutherland
ProducerAl Vitols
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network CBC Television
Release5 January (1969-01-05) 
16 March 1969 (1969-03-16)

A Second Look was a Canadian television series which aired on CBC Television in 1969.

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Premise

Terry David Mulligan and Bill Reiter hosted this satirical series which was based on BBC's The Frost Report . Commentary was combined with sketches as performed by comedians Allan Anderson, Graeme Campbell, Len Doncheff, Roxanne Erwin, Diane Grant, Mickie Maunsell and Graham Teear. Each episode concerned a particular theme, such as "Man and the Machine" on the debut. [1]

Production

A Second Look was produced in Vancouver. It is distinct from CBC's earlier 1964 series A Second Look .

Scheduling

The half-hour series aired on Sundays at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 5 January to 16 March 1969.

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References

  1. Corcelli, John (May 2005). "A Second Look". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.