One Canadian: The Political Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker

One Canadian: The Political Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker
Genre	biography
Written by	Munroe Scott
Directed by	Munroe Scott
Starring	John Diefenbaker
Composer	Herbert Helbig
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer	Cameron Graham
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	6 October 1976 (1976-10-06) – 6 January 1977 (1977-01-06)
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One Canadian: The Political Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker was a Canadian biographical television miniseries which aired on CBC Television from 1976 to 1977.

Premise

John Munro filmed more than nine hours of interviews with former Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker in late 1974. Episodes included this footage combined with historic photographs and other film footage of Diefenbaker. As a memoir, the series provided little critical examination of Diefenbaker's political career. ^[1]

Production

Douglas Rain supplied narration in place of the actual interviewers such as Thomas Van Dusen. Wilfred Doucette was the director of photography. Herbert Helbig composed the music, and the title theme was performed by the Canadian Brass.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. from 6 October 1976 to 6 January 1977.

Episodes

• 1, 2: childhood and early legal career
• 3, 4: political career since 1919, to his 1940 election to the House of Commons of Canada after a series of unsuccessful election attempts, until his 1956 election as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party
• 5 to 11: from opposition leader to election as Prime Minister, then his return to opposition
• 12: loss of the Progressive Conservative party leadership in 1967
• 13: Diefenbaker's summary of his career and observations on government

References

1. Corcelli, John (September 2005). "One Canadian: The Political Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "One Canadian: The Political Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 13 March 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
• One Canadian: The Political Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker at IMDb