The Family (1971 TV series) explained
| Genre: | drama |
| Creator: | Ed McGibbon |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
| Channel: | CBC Television |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 4 |
| Producer: | Jack Nixon-Brown |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
The Family is a Canadian dramatic television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1971.
Premise
This series of four dramas concerned modern families.[1]
Scheduling
This hour-long series was broadcast at 9:00 p.m. from 17 February to 24 March 1971.
- 17 February 1971: "The Stranger Was Me" (by Dennis Donovan) featured the life of a boy who lives in a country foster home[2]
- 24 February 1971: "You And Me" (by Douglas Bowie) concerned a couple whose lives are pulled in separate directions, a situation which prevents them from having a normal family life
- 10 March 1971: "Forever Amok" (by Len Peterson) was a comedy about a man whose children were born by numerous women
- 17 March 1971: "Straight And Narrow" (by George Robertson) deals with a father whose traditional values are challenged by his family
External links
- Web site: The Family . Blaine . Allan . . 1996 . 7 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100311085754/http://www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/Fab.html . 11 March 2010 .
Notes and References
- Web site: The Family . John . Corcelli . August 2005 . Canadian Communications Foundation . 7 May 2010 .
- News: TV Today . . Montreal . 17 February 1971 . 45 . 17 April 2012 .
