Do It for Yourself

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Do It for Yourself
Created byInitiative Production Ltd.
Directed byH. W. Pasila
Presented byMary Bellows
Starring Mary Bellows
Music byCam Shearer
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes278
Production
ProducerJ. Derek Smith
Production location Britannia, Ontario
EditorBarbara MacWhirter
Running time30 minutes
Production companyCBC Television
Release
Original network Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Original releaseSeptember 13, 1982 (1982-09-13) 
November 1, 1985 (1985-11-01)

Do It for Yourself is a Canadian television home improvement series hosted by Mary Bellows. It first premiered on CBC on September 13, 1982. [1] The series ended on December 1, 1983 with 278 episodes. The program was one of the top run daytime shows in Canada [2] and was sold in 1985 to a broadcast group which then aired the series on USA network, Lifetime and PBS in the United States. [1]

Contents

Cast

Episode guide

Season 1 (1982)

Season 2 (1983)

Season 3 (1983)

Book

In 1987, Bellows published a 64-page paperback book with all her handy tips and tricks from her home improvement TV show. The book was published in English by Methuem. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Patrick Allec. "Do It For Yourself". tvarchive.ca. Archived from the original on December 17, 2007.
  2. Laforo, Tony (December 21, 1985). "Plumbing disaster leads to splash on television". Ottawa Citizen . p. D2.
  3. "Do-it-yourself". abebooks.com. May 14, 1987.
  4. Serre, Claude (1987). D.I.Y. (Rev. ed.). London: Methuen. ISBN   0413588203.