Points East, Points West Explained

Genre:musical variety
Country:Canada
Language:English
Channel:CBC Television
Num Seasons:1
Runtime:30 minutes

Points East, Points West is a Canadian musical variety television series which aired on CBC Television in 1976.

Premise

This series featured regionally-produced entertainment specials which were intended as pilots for new series.[1]

Montreal: "Mission Moreau Possible" featured comedian and impressionist Jean-Guy Moreau leading a series of comedy and musical segments. Pat Cook produced these episodes.

Edmonton: Separate specials were developed for musicians Gabrielle Bujeaud (Bernard Picard, producer) and Nancy Nash (Don McRae, producer).

Halifax: These were produced by Ralph Waugh and starred local artists. This was the pilot for the 1977 series That Maritime Feelin'.

St. John's

Beth Harrington and David Michael were featured in these Newfoundland programmes, with Kevin O'Connell as producer.

Vancouver: Musicians and siblings Judy Ginn and Jim Walchuk, previously featured in a three-week 1973 CBC miniseries, starred in these programmes which were produced by Mike Watt. This led to the 1977 mid-year replacement series, The Judy and Jim Show.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 27 May to 14 October 1976.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Points East, Points West . John . Corcelli . August 2005 . Canadian Communications Foundation . 7 May 2010 .