Swingaround

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Swingaround
GenreChildren's quiz show
Written byRonald Krantz
Presented byLloyd Robertson (1968–69)
Trevor Evans (1969)
Bill Paul (1969–70)
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
Production
ProducerHedley Read
Running time8 minutes (1967–68)
30 minutes (1968–70)
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release12 September 1967 (1967-09-12) 
30 June 1970 (1970-06-30)

Swingaround is a Canadian children's quiz television series which aired on CBC Television from 1967 to 1970.

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Premise

Contestants in this quiz show were Toronto-area seventh grade school students. Quiz elements included isolation booth questions and "Who Am I?" segments. The National Telephone Quiz segment was introduced in the second season in which the host called a student elsewhere in Canada to participate with a studio team for several questions. Doris Tennant was the series' coordinator. [1]

Scheduling

The series began its first season as an eight-minute segment around 4:50 p.m. (Eastern time) from 12 September 1967. It followed episodes of Barney Boomer which from January 1968 became Upside Town . [2]

Swingaround was lengthened to fill a 30-minute time slot from 26 April 1968, where it aired on Fridays at 4:30 p.m. until 7 June 1968. It moved to Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m. for its second full season from 1 October 1968 to 24 June 1969. Its third and final season ran from 30 September 1969 to 30 June 1970, also in the Tuesday 4:30 p.m. time slot.

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References

  1. Corcelli, John (May 2005). "Swingaround". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  2. "Young boy and houseboat subject of new TV series". The StarPhoenix . Saskatoon. 8 September 1967. Retrieved 13 March 2011.