Portrait (TV series)

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Portrait
Genremusical variety
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
ProducersDon Brown
Bill Davis
Terry Kyne
Paddy Sampson
Dave Thomas
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release8 July (1965-07-08) 
9 September 1965 (1965-09-09)

Portrait is a Canadian musical variety television series which aired on CBC Television in 1965.

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Premise

Portrait was a spin-off from segments of the local A La Carte series on CBLT Toronto. Musicians featured during the series included Lucio Agostini, Ed Bickert and Maurice Bolyer. One episode, "The Conformists", was a comedic work starring various performers such as Paul Soles. [1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 8 July to 9 September 1965.

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References

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