Time of Your Life (1963 TV series)

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Time of Your Life
GenreVariety show
Written byDes Dixon
Ron Krantz
Terry Ross
Presented by Peter Kastner
Michele Finney (1964)
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
Production
Executive producerWilliam Davidson
ProducersFrancis Chapman (1963)
William Davidson (1964–65)
Sandy Stewart (1964–65)
Running time30–60 minutes
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release6 January 1963 (1963-01-06) 
27 June 1965 (1965-06-27)

Time of Your Life is a Canadian television youth variety show which aired on CBC Television from 1963 to 1965.

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Premise

Various types of performances and films were featured in Time of Your Life. Guests included actress Susan Conway and musician Harry Somers who led monthly concert episodes during the debut season. The program's musical director was Paul Hoffert (Lighthouse). Time of Your Life also provided opportunities for emerging television writers. [1]

Scheduling

The first two seasons were broadcast for an hour on Sundays at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern), from 6 January to 30 June 1963, then 5 January to 28 June 1964. The final runs of the program were half-hour episodes on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. from 4 October 1964 to 31 January 1965, then finally from 4 April to 27 June 1965.

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References

  1. Corcelli, John (May 2005). "Time of Your Life". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.