Children's Cinema

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Children's Cinema
Genrechildren's film
Presented by Robert Homme
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
Production
Running time30–60 minutes
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release22 December 1969 (1969-12-22) 
28 June 1975 (1975-06-28)

Children's Cinema is a Canadian children's film television series which aired on CBC Television from 1969 to 1975.

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Premise

Bob Homme ( The Friendly Giant ) hosted this series of films for children from Canada and other nations. [1]

Scheduling

The initial series was run weekdays at 10:00 a.m. (North American Eastern time) for half-hour time slots during the Christmas holidays from 22 December 1969 to 2 January 1970. Regular season runs began October 1970 and were broadcast Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern time) as follows:

DurationSeason run
60 minutes3 October 197017 April 1971
60 minutes2 October 19718 April 1972
30 minutes15 April 197230 June 1973
60 minutes15 September 19736 April 1974
30 minutes6 April 19746 July 1974
60 minutes5 October 197428 June 1975

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References

  1. Corcelli, John (August 2005). "Children's Cinema". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.