The Manipulators

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The Manipulators
Genredrama
Created byEd McGibbon
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
Executive producer Philip Keatley
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release28 January 1970 (1970-01-28) 
5 September 1971 (1971-09-05)

The Manipulators was a Canadian drama television series which aired on CBC Television from 1970 to 1971.

Contents

Premise

Parole officers and their clients were featured characters in this colour filmed series. Its working title was The Double Bind, reflecting the dual responsibilities of parole officers to both former prisoners and the legal system. The production was based on The Clients, a pilot half-hour series broadcast locally in Vancouver. [1]

Cast

Scheduling

This hour-long series was broadcast on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. (Eastern) for five episodes from 28 January to 25 February 1970 for its first season. Its second and final season aired seven episodes on Sundays at 9:00 p.m. from 31 January to 14 March 1971. Episodes were rebroadcast from 25 July to 5 September 1971.

Episodes

Season 1

Season 2

Awards

Linda Goranson won the Canadian Film Award for Best Actress in a Non-Feature at the 22nd Canadian Film Awards for the episode "The Spike in the Wall". [2] Her performance, in which her character removed her blouse to attract her husband's attention, was controversial as the first topless scene ever broadcast on Canadian network television. [3]

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References

  1. Corcelli, John (August 2005). "The Manipulators". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  2. Martin Knelman, "Goin Down the Road best movie: Film awards plagued by unscripted hilarity". The Globe and Mail , 5 October 1970.
  3. Hugh Thomson, "Nude scene equals 750 phone calls". The Globe and Mail , 29 August 1970.