Encore (TV series)

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Encore
Genredrama
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
Running time50–60 minutes
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release26 June (1960-06-26) 
25 September 1960 (1960-09-25)

Encore is a Canadian drama anthology television series which aired on CBC Television in 1960.

Contents

Premise

This was a series of dramas broadcast previously on such anthologies as Folio , General Motors Presents and Showtime. [1]

Scheduling

This 50-minute series (except for the debut's full hour time slot) was broadcast Sundays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 26 June to 25 September 1960.

Presenting Barry Morse

After Encore, the remaining 10 minutes of the time slot to 10:00 p.m. featured Presenting Barry Morse in which the actor discussed dramatic literature and history and provided readings of dramatic works. [1]

Episodes

  1. A Phoenix Too Frequent (1958; Paul Almond producer; Christopher Fry writer), starring Rosemary Harris and Don Harron
  2. The Last of the Hot Pilots (Andy Lewis writer), starring Alan Young
  3. The Desperate Search (Harvey Hart producer; Len Peterson writer), starring Janine Sutto
  4. The Oddball (Melwyn Breen producer; Bernard Slade writer), starring Corinne Conley and Tom Harvey
  5. Love Story 1910 (Basil Coleman producer; Leslie MacFarlane writer), starring Eric House, Frances Hyland, Barry Morse and Tony Van Bridge
  6. How to Make More Money than Men (Norman Campbell producer; Bernard Slade writer), starring Corinne Conley and Tom Harvey
  7. The New Men (Ronald Weyman producer; C. P. Snow writer; Jacqueline Rosenfeld adaptation), starring John Colicos, Don Harron and Barry Morse
  8. Murder Story (Leo Orenstein producer; Ludovic Kennedy writer; Leslie Duncan adaptation), starring Eric Christmas, Barry Morse and Jeremy Wilkin
  9. Mr. Arcularis (Harvey Hart producer; Conrad Aiken writer; Robert Herridge adaptation), starring John Drainie and Lois Nettleton
  10. Here Today (Melwyn Breen producer; Andy Lewis writer), starring Robert Goulet and Kate Reid
  11. Sun in My Eyes (Harvey Hart producer; written by Jack Kuper), starring Toby Robins and Al Waxman
  12. The Giaconda Smile (Eric Till producer; Aldous Huxley writer; Rita Greer Allen adaptation), starring Pamela Brown, Dawn Greenhalgh, Barry Morse and Tony Van Bridge
  13. Race For Heaven (Melwyn Breen producer; David Swift writer), starring Hugh Webster and Chris Wiggins
  14. The Beckoning Hill (Paul Almond producer; Arthur Murphy writer), starring Michael Craig

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References

  1. 1 2 Corcelli, John (May 2005). "Encore". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.