Sunday Best (Canadian TV series)

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Sunday Best
GenreDocumentary
Written byJohn Corcelli
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
Production
Executive producerWilliam Harcourt
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original network CBC Television [1]
Original release11 July 1971 (1971-07-11) 
29 August 1976 (1976-08-29)

Sunday Best is a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television from 1971 to 1976.

Contents

Premise

This mid-season series featured rebroadcasts of CBC documentaries on various subjects, including episodes from Tuesday Night . [2]

Scheduling

This hour-long series was broadcast on Sundays at 4:00 p.m. as follows (times in Eastern):

  1. 11 July 1971 12 September 1971
  2. 2 July 1972 10 September 1972
  3. 7 Jul 1974 8 Sep 1974
  4. 6 Jul 1975 7 Sep 1975
  5. 1 Aug 1976 29 Aug 1976

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References

  1. "Sunday Best | History of Canadian Broadcasting". broadcasting-history.ca. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. Corcelli, John (September 2005). "Sunday Best". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.