Expo This Week

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Expo This Week
Genrenews
Presented by Peter Reilly
Chantal Beauregard
Lloyd Robertson
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes25
Production
Executive producerThom Benson
ProducersJim Guthro
Peter Elkington
Production location Montreal
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network CBC Television
Release2 May (1967-05-02) 
17 October 1967 (1967-10-17)
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Expo This Week was a Canadian news television series which aired on CBC Television in 1967.

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Premise

This series provided weekly reports during Expo 67, the World's Fair in Montreal. Besides news of the past week's activities, episodes featured interviews with visitors and celebrities and reports on Expo venues. [1]

Peter Reilly hosted the series until he left and was replaced by Lloyd Robertson in September. Chantal Beauregard was added as co-host from July.

Production

The CBC's international broadcast centre at Expo 67 was budgeted at $10 million. The series was produced in colour, using technologically advanced portable video equipment for location reports. [2]

Jim Guthro initially produced the series with assistance from David Pears. From July, Guthro was replaced by Peter Elkington who was first assisted by Wilfred Haydon, then from September by Bill Bolt.

Series sponsor was Shell Canada, supplemented by Chrysler Canada during the first six weeks.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast Tuesdays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 2 May to 17 October 1967.

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References

  1. Corcelli, John (May 2005). "Expo This Week". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  2. Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952–1967 . University of Toronto Press. ISBN   0-8020-5830-2.