Junior Roundup

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Junior Roundup
Written byCliff Braggins
Michael Spivak
Presented byMurray Westgate
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
ProducersStanley Cox (supervising)
Doug Davidson (general)
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release17 October 1960 (1960-10-17) 
3 July 1961 (1961-07-03)

Junior Roundup is a Canadian children's television series which aired on CBC Television from 1960 to 1961.

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Premise

This series consisted of segments on a variety of topics. The first quarter-hour, Bantam Roundup, was geared towards the youngest schoolchildren as it rebroadcast episodes of other CBC children's shows. The remaining three-quarters of the episode consisted of programming for older children, including performance segments, game and quiz segments and rebroadcasts of other series. [1]

Scheduling

This hour-long series was broadcast weekdays at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 17 October 1960 to 3 July 1961.

Episodes followed this daily format until May 1961:

Day of weekBantam Roundup segment (15 min)Youth segment (45 min)
Mondays The Friendly Giant This game and telephone contest segment was regularly hosted by Dave Broadfoot and Jean Templeton
Tuesdays Maggie Muggins This Living World , with frequent guests John Lunn (Royal Ontario Museum) and Percy Saltzman (who discussed developments in space travel)
Wednesdays The Friendly Giant Sing Ring Around (Winnipeg music series, featuring folk and country genres), Sea Songs and Stories (Halifax historical series)
Thursdays Just Mary Artistic performances such as ballet, concerts and drama
Fridays The Friendly Giant Tidewater Tramp (adventure series) and "Your World This Week" (newscast)

In the final two months of the series, Westgate appeared less often (seen only on the Monday and Wednesday episodes). Newer features were introduced, particularly on Thursdays and Fridays, including episodes of Caravan . Doug Davidson continued to produce episodes except on Mondays (when Bill Davidson took over) and on Fridays. Segments hosted by Broadfoot, Templeton and Westgate were videotaped on location at summer camps.

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References

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