Audubon Wildlife Theatre

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Audubon Wildlife Theatre
Genre documentary
Theme music composer Ron Harrison
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes78 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer Ralph C. Ellis
Producers Dan Gibson
Gerald Kedey
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesKEG Productions
Canadian Audubon Society
Original release
Network CBC
ReleaseApril 1968 (1968-04) –
June 1974 (1974-06)

Audubon Wildlife Theatre is a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television [1] between April 13, 1968 [2] and June 1974. The series presented wildlife footage filmed by many contributors including award winner Dan Gibson [3] and others such as Jack Carey, [4] Wilf Gray, [5] Edgar Jones, William Jahoda, John D. Bulger and Walter Berlet. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Weekend Previews". Montreal Gazette. July 6, 1968. p. 22.
  2. ↑ "TV Times". Montreal Gazette. April 13, 1968. p. 45.
  3. ↑ "Weekend Previews". Montreal Gazette. October 5, 1968. p. 35.
  4. ↑ "Weekend Previews". Montreal Gazette. June 15, 1968. p. 43.
  5. ↑ "Saturday's TV". Montreal Gazette. July 5, 1969. p. 43.
  6. ↑ "Weekend Previews". Montreal Gazette. September 21, 1968. p. 44.


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