The Road Show Explained

Genre:	Variety
Creator:	Marv Terhoch
Country:	Canada
Language:	English
Channel:	CBC Television
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	4
Executive Producer:	Marv Terhoch
Location:	Winnipeg
Runtime:	60 minutes

The Road Show is a Canadian music variety television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1977.

Premise

This series was a mid-season replacement for The Tommy Hunter Show. Colleen Peterson and Rick Neufeld hosted this follow-up four-episode series which was recorded in the Prairie provinces. Regulars included humourist Peter Paul Van Camp and the Prairie Dog Band of which Neufeld was a member.^[1]

The series was a spin-off from an episode of the regional CBC series Points West which featured a concert recorded at Winnipeg's Stoney Mountain Penitentiary.

Scheduling

This hour-long series was broadcast Fridays at 9:00 p.m. Eastern from 3 to 24 June 1977.

Episodes

1. Brandon, Manitoba: Ian Tyson and the community's Royal Winter Fair were featured
2. Banff, Alberta: Dick Damron and Len Udow were featured at the School of Fine Arts
3. Shilo, Manitoba: Buck Evans was featured at CFB Shilo
4. Prince Albert, Saskatchewan: Roosevelt Sykes was featured at that community's maximum security jail

External links

• Web site: The Road Show . Blaine . Allan . . 1996 . 7 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924012744/http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Rec.html . 24 September 2015 . dmy-all .

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Road Show . John . Corcelli . September 2005 . Canadian Communications Foundation . 7 May 2010 .