Titans (Canadian TV series)

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Titans
Directed byTom O'Neill
Starring Patrick Watson
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producer Moses Znaimer
ProducerLisa Smith
Original release
Release3 July 1981 (1981-07-03) 
22 August 1982 (1982-08-22)
Related
Witness to Yesterday

Titans is a Canadian docudrama series that was produced for the 1981/82 season by CBC and Citytv (Titans Television Limited). The shows premise revolves around staged interviews conducted by Patrick Watson with an actor who portrays a historical figure, conceptually similar to Watson's earlier series, Witness to Yesterday .

Contents

The program began as a summer series on CBC Television starting 3 July 1981. [1] And its initial run ended on 25 September 1981. A second run of the series aired from 18 April to 22 August 1982.

Guest actors

Following are some of the historical persons featured in the series, with the actors who portrayed them: [1] [2]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Groen, Rick (3 July 1981). "Titans recycles a good TV idea". The Globe and Mail . p. 17.
  2. Allan, Blaine. "Tidewater to Tzigane (includes Titans)". Directory of CBC Television Series. Queen's University. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2008.