Hobby Workshop Explained

Genre:	instructional
Presenter:	Tom Martin
Country:	Canada
Language:	English
Channel:	CBC Television
Num Seasons:	2
Producer:	Joanne Hughes Peggy Nairn
Runtime:	15 minutes

Hobby Workshop is a Canadian instructional television series which aired on CBC Television from 1953 to 1955.

Premise

This how-to series demonstrated how to make various objects with basic tools. Host Tom Martin was an art supervisor in Toronto's school system.^[1]

Scheduling

This 15-minute series was broadcast at various times (Eastern) as follows:^[2]

Day	Time	Season run
Mondays	5:15 p.m.	19 October 1953 to 26 April 1954
Mondays	5:15 p.m.	3 May to 28 June 1954
Mondays	7:15 p.m.	4 July to 20 September 1954
Thursdays	4:45 p.m.	21 October 1954 to 31 June 1955

Notes and References

1. Web site: Corcelli . John . February 2005 . Hobby Workshop . 2024-03-13 . The History of Canadian Broadcasting.
2. Web site: Blaine . Allan . CBC Television Series 1952-1982, Hob-Hym . https://web.archive.org/web/20150205051731/http://www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/Hob.html . 2015-02-05 . 2024-03-13 . Queen's University Film and Media Department.