Adieu Alouette

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Adieu Alouette
Genredocumentary
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
ProducerIan McLaren
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release3 January (1973-01-03) 
25 April 1973 (1973-04-25)

Adieu Alouette was a Canadian television documentary anthology series on the life and culture of Quebec. It was produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the network and aired on CBC Television in 1973.

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Premise

The series was intended to portray Quebec's culture to English Canada and to dispel misconceptions about the province, particularly in response to the 1970 October Crisis and the rise of the Quebec sovereignty movement. The series approach was cultural and apolitical. [1]

Scheduling

The series was first aired on CBC on Wednesdays, 10:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 3 January to 25 April 1973. It was repeated on Sundays, 2:00 pm from 6 January to 24 March 1974. The series consisted of 11 half-hour episodes plus the hour-long "Why I Sing: The Words and Music of Gilles Vigneault".

Episodes

Airdates are provided where known.

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References

  1. Corcelli, John (August 2005). "Adieu Alouette". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  2. "TV Today". Montreal: The Gazette. 7 February 1973. p. 17.
  3. "TV Today". Montreal: The Gazette. 14 February 1973. p. 21.
  4. MacDonald, L. Ian (7 March 1973). "TV & Radio: A finger-lickin' good 'Alouette'". Montreal: The Gazette. p. 21.
  5. MacDonald, L. Ian (28 March 1973). "TV & Radio: Not enough of La Quebecoise". Montreal: The Gazette. p. 35.
  6. 1 2 "TV Today". Montreal: The Gazette. 25 April 1973. p. 39.