Tuning In: Fifty Years on the CBC poster

Basic Info

First Air: September 30, 2002

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 5

Last Episode

Name: The 90s and Beyond on CBC

Season: 1, Episode: 5

Air Date: 2002-10-04

Runtime: 55 min

The network tries to shore up its uniquely Canadian niche in the ever-expanding television market; This Hour Has 22 Minutes; blurring the lines between reality and fantasy.

Tuning In: Fifty Years on the CBC

2002 1 seasons 5 episodes

Overview

Taking a deliberately post-modern approach to the CBC and Canadian culture, the series raids the bulging vaults of the national broadcaster. Viewers will see images of Canada’s past five decades, ranging from the long-running celebrity quiz show Front Page Challenge through ’70s pop star Rene Simard to stirring footage of legendary hockey icons. Deliberately using a stylistic melange, the series will use contemporary footage shot in Betacam video and Super 8 with old kinescopes from the ’50s, black-and-white footage of the ’60s and the more standard color format from the ’70s through the ’90s.