The Winners (Canadian TV series) explained
| Genre: | biography |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
| Channel: | CBC Television |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 10 |
| Executive Producer: | Stanley Colbert |
| Producer: | Laura Phillips |
| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
The Winners was a Canadian biographical television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1982.
Premise
This series, sponsored by Shell Canada, presented docudramas of Canadian heroes.
Scheduling
The half-hour episodes were originally broadcast on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. from 17 January to 28 March 1982. It was rebroadcast later that year on Sunday evenings from 15 July to 2 September.
Episodes
- Athol Murray, founder of Notre Dame College, Saskatchewan, portrayed by Donnelly Rhodes ("The Winners"); Gordon Ruttan (writer), Brian Walker (director)[1]
- Emily Murphy, portrayed by Martha Henry, co-starring Douglas Campbell, William Hutt, Gerard Parkes and Douglas Rain; John Kent Harrison (writer), Martin Lavut (director)
- H.R. MacMillan - Norman Klenman (writer), Lawrence S. Mirkin (director)
- Pauline Johnson, portrayed by Fern Henry - Munroe Scott (writer), Martha Coolidge (director)
- J.A. Bombardier, portrayed by Yvon Ponton, James Brown (writer), Jean Lefleur (director)
- Charlotte Whitton, portrayed by Kate Lynch; Carol Bolt (writer), Graham Parker (director)
- John Wesley Dafoe - Fiona McHugh (writer), Scott Hylands (director)
- Marion Hilliard, portrayed by Chapelle Jaffe, co-starring Peter Dvorsky, Janet-Laine Green, Lois Maxwell and Mary Pirie; Fiona McHugh (writer), Zale Dalen (director)
- Reginald Fessenden, portrayed by Alan Scarfe; George Robertson (writer), Richard Gilbert (director)
- Vilhjalmur Stefansson, portrayed by Michael J. Reynolds co-starring John Friesen and Eric Peterson; George Robertson and Alan Scarfe (writers)
External links
- Web site: The Winners . Blaine . Allan . . 1996 . 7 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100527160858/http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/W.html . 27 May 2010 .
Notes and References
- News: . Montreal . 16 January 1982 . TV Times . 17–18 .
