Crossfire (Canadian TV program)

Crossfire
Genre	Current affairs
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producers	Cliff Solway Art Stinson
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	3 April (1956-04-03) – 24 April 1956 (1956-04-24)

Crossfire is a Canadian current affairs television program which aired on CBC Television in April 1956, and which featured debate and panel show formats.

Premise

This program was a mid-season replacement for Citizens' Forum during April 1956. In some episodes of Crossfire, a studio audience posed questions to several experts on a particular topic. Other episodes featured a debate for or against a given subject, resembling a court cross-examination, with a studio audience deciding the winning side of the argument. ^{[1] [2]}

• 3 April 1956 - debut
• 10 April 1956 - pre-empted for an NHL hockey playoffs broadcast ^[3]
• 17 April 1956 - "Comic Books - Harmless or Dangerous?", under the audience question format ^[4]
• 24 April 1956 - "Youth Wants to Know - How to be a Success" - an audience of youths poses questions to an expert panel ^[5]

Broadcast

This half-hour program was broadcast on Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 3 to 24 April 1956.

References

1. Dube, Bernard (3 April 1956). "TViewing". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 13. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
2. Corcelli, John (February 2005). "Crossfire". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
3. Dube, Bernard (10 April 1956). "TViewing". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 13. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
4. "Highlights". Ottawa Citizen. 17 April 1956. p. 26. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
5. "Highlights". Ottawa Citizen. 24 April 1956. p. 24. Retrieved 6 January 2015.

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "Crossfire" (PDF). Queen's University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.