Counterpoint | |
---|---|
Genre | current affairs |
Written by | Edgar Sarton |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 19 |
Production | |
Producer | David Bloomberg |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | CBC Television |
Original release | 12 February – 18 June 1967 |
Counterpoint was a Canadian current affairs television series on English-French Canadian relations which aired on CBC Television in 1967.
This Montreal-produced series highlighted Quebec culture in an effort to encourage harmony between English and French Canadians. For example, a segment showed francophone customers of a British-themed tavern while anglophones ate at a French bistro. Film, jazz and women's hockey in Quebec were also featured. While the series tended to promote culture more than politics, an interview with federal cabinet minister Jean-Luc Pépin was featured in one episode. [1]
Counterpoint was hosted by journalist Armande Saint-Jean and actor-producer Arthur Garmaise.
This half-hour series was broadcast on Sunday afternoons from 12 February to 18 June 1967, initially at 2:30 p.m., and changed to the 2:00 p.m. time slot from 16 April.
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, commonly known as Expo 67, was a general exhibition from April 28 to October 27, 1967. It was a category one world's fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is considered to be one of the most successful World's Fairs of the 20th century with the most attendees to that date and 62 nations participating. It also set the single-day attendance record for a world's fair, with 569,500 visitors on its third day.
Noovo is a Canadian French-language terrestrial television network owned by the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE Inc. The network has five owned-and-operated and three affiliated stations throughout Quebec, although it can also be seen over-the-air in some bordering markets in the provinces of Ontario and New Brunswick. It can also be received in some other parts of Canada on cable television or direct broadcast satellite.
The Société de télédiffusion du Québec, branded as Télé-Québec, is a Canadian French-language public educational television network in the province of Quebec. It is a provincial Crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec. The network's main studios and headquarters are located at the corner of de Lorimier Street and East René Lévesque Boulevard in Montreal.
Ici RDI is a Canadian French-language specialty news channel owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The channel began broadcasting on January 1, 1995 as Réseau de l'information. It is the French-language equivalent of CBC News Network.
La Soirée du hockey was a Canadian ice hockey television show. It was the French language Radio-Canada equivalent of the English Canadian CBC show Hockey Night in Canada. The show used "The Hockey Theme" as its theme song, like its English language counterpart. The show ran from 1952 to 2004.
Television in Canada officially began with the sign-on of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by media in the United States, perhaps to an extent not seen in any other major industrialized nation. As a result, the government institutes quotas for "Canadian content". Nonetheless, new content is often aimed at a broader North American audience, although the similarities may be less pronounced in the predominantly French-language province of Quebec.
Anti-Quebec sentiment is a form of prejudice which is expressed toward the government, culture, and/or the francophone people of Quebec. This prejudice must be distinguished from legitimate criticism of Quebec society or the Government of Quebec, though the question of what qualifies as legitimate criticism and mere prejudice is itself controversial. Some critics argue that allegations of Quebec bashing are sometimes used to deflect legitimate criticism of Quebec society, government, or public policies.
Stéphan Bureau is a Canadian journalist, TV interviewer and producer of TV shows and documentary series.
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.
Eight Stories Inside Quebec was a Canadian documentary television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1966.
Let's Face It was a Canadian current affairs television series which aired on CBC Television in 1963.
More Stories From Inside Quebec was a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television in 1967.
D'Iberville is a Canadian dramatic adventure television series which aired on Radio-Canada in 1967 and 1968, and on CBC Television's English network from 1968 to 1969.
La Difference is a Canadian current affairs television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1968.
Nightcap is a Canadian comedy and variety television series which aired on CBC Television from 1963 to 1967.
Chansons is a Canadian music television series which aired on CBC Television from 1966 to 1969.
Quebec in English is a Canadian television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1965.
Jean-Claude Lord was a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He was one of the most commercial of the Québécois directors in the 1970s, aiming his feature films at a mass audience and dealing with political themes in a mainstream, Hollywood style.
The Promised Land is a Canadian historical drama television miniseries by the National Film Board of Canada. It was first broadcast in 1957 on Radio-Canada, then dubbed into English and adapted for broadcast by CBC Television as a four-part series in 1962. The NFB now classifies it as a feature film.
Twenty Million Questions is a Canadian public affairs television series which aired on CBC Television from 1966 to 1969.