| Genre: | Documentary |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 7 |
| Executive Producer: | Patrick Watson Douglas Leiterman Richard Nielsen (1968-1969) |
| Channel: | CBC Television |
Document is a Canadian documentary television series that aired once a month on CBC Television from 1962 to 1969. This innovative series featured various documentaries, employing both direct cinema and traditional documentary techniques.[1] [2] The series, appearing on occasional random days and times, was given a monthly schedule in 1965 as a mid-year replacement for This Hour Has Seven Days.
The Toronto Telegrams Chester Bloom expressed criticism of bias over the broadcast of "The Servant of All" episode of September 16, 1962. Bloom's politics sided with the Progressive Conservative party.[3]
The first executive producers for this series were Patrick Watson and Douglas Leiterman, whose intention was to air a documentary approximately each month to provide a detailed treatment of a subject. By the second season, Leiterman became executive producer on This Hour Has Seven Days and focused his attention on that series; Watson became a host of Document at that time.[4] Richard Nielsen became executive producer during the final episodes.