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The following is an incomplete listing of episodes from Close-Up.

Oct 6, 1957 - First program of a new series from Toronto, featuring news stories of the day, with film inserts, remote pick-ups, interviews and other studio presentations. Regulars on the show will be J. Frank Willis, Pierre Berton, Percy Saltzman, Dorothy Sangster, Elaine Grand (who will contribute film from England), Blair Fraser, Charles Templeton and Jack Webster.

Oct 20, 1957 - Close-Up will feature interviews with various people in connection with the Russian satellite.

Oct 27, 1957 - Close-Up will present a feature on Coffee Breaks and a story on Joseph Salsberg's withdrawal from the Labor Progressive party last Spring.

Nov 24, 1957 - Close-Up tells the story of Paul Anka, the young man who lias risen to fame with his recording of Diana.

Jan 5, 1958 - Mike Wallace, American TV interviewer changes roles when Pierre Berton asks him questions in a live pickup from New York city.

Jan 19, 1958 - Close-Up features a demonstration of subliminal projection.

Feb 16, 1958 - Close-Up will feature an interview with four families from different parts of Canada.

May 18, 1958 - Close-Up this Sunday is extended to an hour, and consists of interviews with three controversial figures in the arts— the 10-year-old French poet Minou Drouet, pianist Oscar Levant, and painter Graham Sutherland.

Jun 1, 1958 - Close-up will interview Charlotte Whitton, former mayor of Ottawa, Lillian Roth, and Ann Landers, who writes a lovelorn column.

Jun 8, 1958 - This week— a half-hour profile of a prison— Kingston Penitentiary. Program includes interviews with prisoners and shows them at work in their workshops and kitchens, in their cells and their chapels.

Jun 22, 1958 - Close-Up this Sunday includes an up-to-the-minute report on Newfoundland, now in its 10th year as a Canadian province. Bernard Trotter, supervising producer of the CBC talks and public affairs department, will interview Newfoundlanders on the subject of confederation and what it has meant to them. They will describe progress made in education and public health in Newfoundland and tell candidly how they will be hurt by the closing of the U.S.A.F. base at St. John's. Trotter will also interview Newfoundlands colourful premier, Joseph B. Smallwood.

Jul 6, 1958 - Pierre Berton interviews Canada's best-known 'versifier', Robert W. Service, 84 years old and living at his villa in Monte Carlo.

Sep 7, 1958 - This week— "Report from Two Stratfords": a conversation between Michael Langham, artistic director of the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespearean Festival, and John Houseman, director of the Stratford (Connecticut) Shakespearean Theatre, "live" from Stratford, Conn. Also on tonight's program — "Day One": a hidden-camera glimpse of young scholars' first day at kindergarten.

Sep 24, 1958 - This week Charles Templeton interviews Dr. Ernest Dichter, "high priest of motivation research."

Oct 8, 1958 - From New York— Charlotte Whitton interviews Elsa Maxwell. On film- Elaine Grand interviews actress Vivian Leigh.

Oct 22, 1958 - Visit to Prime Minister Diefenbaker's home. It will avoid subjects of political controversy, and aim instead at giving Canadians an intimate glimpse of the farm boy from Saskatchewan who became Canada's first Conservative prime minister in 22 years.

Oct 29, 1958 - Ernest Van Douglas, speech therapist, is the guest.

Nov 12, 1958 - Close-up will feature an Armistice Day program. The guests are two famous war cartoonists, Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather who depicted the battlefields of Flanders in World War I and Bill Mauldin, Second World War cartoonist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his book of cartoons called Up Front. Mr. Mauldin is now political cartoonist on the St. Lewis Post-Dsipatch.

Nov 19, 1958 - Short of a change of plans— and this program occasionally has to switch without much notice— viewers should get a live interview with Vladimir Nabokov, conducted in New York by critic Lionel Trilling. Nabokov is the author of Lolita, the most controversial novel of the year. On a recent edition of Fighting Words no less an author than Nicholas Monsarrat thought it ought to be banned. Others have violently disagreed, called it a work of extraordinary art.

Dec 3, 1958 - Interviews from New York with Lester B. Pearson and Adlai Stevenson who will discuss their personal positions in the political life of their countries. Charles Templeton will interview Archie Moore and Yvon Durelle, who will meet in a bout in Montreal Dec 10 for the world light heavyweight title.

Dec 17, 1958 - Close-up features How Bad Was Dieppe? It's a review of the Canadian raid into enemy-occupied France in 1942 with a description of the raid by Quentin Reynolds, war correspondent for Collier's; Ross Monroe, Vancouver journalist; Roy Jacques, Vancouver radio commentator; Jim Richards of Toronto and Pierre Debuc of Montreal.

Dec 31, 1958 - Joyce Davidson and Charles Templeton share with viewers a visit to the home of Prime Minister Diefenbaker and Mrs. Diefenbaker.

Jan 7, 1959 - Elaine Grand interviews philosopher Bertrand Russell. He will talk about his attitude toward religion, education, statesmen and politicians, and the chances of the world's survival.

Jan 14, 1959 - Marie Torre, radio and television critic of the New York Herald Tribune, will be interviewed. Miss Torre chose to serve a 10-day jail sentence rather than divulge the source of a news item in her column about actress Judy Garland. Miss Torre's case was regarded as a test of a newsman's right not to divulge a news source.

Jan 21, 1959 - The British commentator, Barbara Ward, will be one of the guests. Miss Ward, who for some years was assistant editor of The Economist of London, is the author of several books, including The West At Bay, A Policy For The West and Interplay of East And West. Also on the program will be Robert Fowler, president of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association and chairman of the royal commission on broadcasting, and J. Kenneth Galbraith, professor of economics at Harvard, and winner of the Award For Freedom in 1946. He wrote The Great Crash and the recent best-seller, The Affluent Society.

Feb 4, 1959 - Close-Up will run one hour with a story on the struggle for a river — an issue that has been deadlocked for four years — namely the negotiations between the U.S. and Canada on the Columbia River Basin. At stake is 15,000,000 kilowatts of Columbia River power, 40 per cent of the hydro potential of the entire continent.

Feb 11, 1959 - Interviews with four North American Churchmen, who will discuss the ecumenical council.

Feb 18, 1959 - An interview with Ernest Van Douglass, consultant speech therapist at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. He will discuss stuttering.

Feb 25, 1959 - Clifton Fadiman, essayist and broadcaster, will be interviewed live from New York.

Mar 11, 1959 - Close-Up will feature an hour-long magazine-type program. Highlight will be an interview with Dame Edith Sitwell, famous English poetess. The grand dame of British letters, she has been ruffling the literary world with controversial comments for more than half a century. Her latest pronouncements, filmed in England, will be part of the program. Dame Edith was interviewed by Elaine Grand in her home at Renishaw Hall, the ancestral home of the Sitwells in Sheffield on the Yorkshire Moors. The Sitwells trace their lineage back to 1120. Guy Burgess, who along with Donald McLean defected to the Soviet Union, will also be interviewed. Th film was made by Erik Durschmied, the man who interviewed Fidel Castro.

Mar 18, 1959 - Close-Up features a discussion on the Berlin crisis. Taking part in the program will be Senator Hubert Humphrey, of Minnesota; Malcolm Muggeridge, who is accompanying Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on his trip to Washington and three newsmen.

Mar 25, 1959 - Nicholas Christofilos, a Greek builder who taught himself to be a nuclear physicist, will be interviewed. There will also be a discussion on the civil servants strike in Vancouver.

Apr 1, 1959 - An hour long program devoted to Kenya. Ken McTaggart will interview Tom Mboya, who dis cusses the Mau Mau and why they committed the atrocities they did.

Apr 15, 1959 - An interview with Dr. Alton Goldbloom, child specialist. Dr. Goldbloom has just completed a book called Small Patients.

Apr 22, 1959 - Elaine Grand will interview James Thurber. The famed author-cartoonist will be interviewed in two parts, tonight and next week. Mr. Thurber lost the sight of one of his eyes at the age of six, and became completely blind later in life.

May 6, 1959 - Close-Up features an interview with writer Vance Packard, whose best-known book is The Hidden Persuaders, a study of consumers' motives. Mr. Packard will also discuss the societies of Canada and the United States.

May 13, 1959 - This week's program has been extended to an hour to present three features- an interview with Gilbert Harding, and reports on stuttering and drug addiction.

May 20, 1959 - A study of Ghana will be featured. Kofia Busia, 45-year-old anthropologist turned politician, will answer some questions about what is in store for Ghana.

May 27, 1959 - J. Frank Willis introduces the story of five refugees of the Second World War, filmed In Europe by Alan King. Fourteen years after the Second World War there are still 160,000 displaced persons in Europe, according to the United Nations. Close-Up will examine some of the lives of these people, the occupants of a camp at Kapfenberg in Austria. Kapfenberg, according to Close-Up writer George Robertson, is a collection of wooden barracks housing a thousand people who speak different languages, from different countries. All the men, women, and children have something in common— a bitter past, a dubious future, and a nearly useless present.

Jun 3, 1959 - Pierre Berton reports from Moscow on an assignment for a Toronto newspaper.

Jun 10, 1959 - Close-up features an interview with the Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of 20 million Ismaili Moslems. This is the first informal TV appearance for the 22-year-old grandson of the Aga Khan III, who is an undergraduate at Harvard University and 50th in a direct line of descent from the prophet Mohammed.

Jun 24, 1959 - Close-Up features an interview with Fulgencio Batista, deposed Cuban dictator now living in the Dominican Republic.

Jul 1, 1959 - Close-Up will present interviews with Shirley Harmer and Diane Varsi.

Jul 8, 1959 - Archibald MacLeish, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, will be interviewed. Mr. MacLeish, American poet and former director for the Office of Facts and Figures, was born in 1892 but says that, he did not start living until 1923 when he threw up security and took his wife and family to live in France. There he earned his living by writing poetry. He will be interviewed by Harold Taylor, retiring Canadian-born president of Sarah Lawrence College in the U.S.

Jul 22, 1959 - Close-up features Charles Templeton interviewing Evelyn Waugh, famed British novelist.

Jul 29, 1959 - Elaine Grand will interview Irish playwright Brendan Behan in a pub. Mr. Behan was born in Dublin. When he was 16 he was a messenger with the Irish Republican Army. It was at this time that he came in contact with several jails for IRA activities. This all helped to produce the play The Quare Fellow, a story about capital punishment that has been described as "a jig on the gallows trap."

Aug 5, 1959 - Close-Up this week features an hour-long report on Egypt by Pierre Berton. In this edition Berton brings Nasser-land back alive by means of the same techniques of candid commentary, interviews and photography that highlighted his earlier Close-Up on Moscow.

Aug 12, 1959 - Percy Saltzman will visit the Couchiching Conference and talk with Dr. Han Suyin, one of the speakers. Dr. Suyin is considered a specialist on socialism and is the author of A Many Splendored Thing. Dr. Suyin's first husband was General Tang Pao-hueng who served on the staff of General Chiang Kai-Shek. He was killed in 1947, and she later married a British police officer. Dr. Suyin considers herself a brilliant diagnostician but devotes most of her time to writing.

Aug 19, 1959 - Charles Templeton interviews novelist Rebecca West at her English estate. Miss West is best known for The Meaning of Treason, her story of the trial of Lord Haw Haw. In the 1940s she wrote of her travels through Yugoslavia, in the form of a two-part diary, and has followed up with The Fountain Overflows which has met with considerable acclaim. Miss West has been described as truly feminine, and one thing that is expected of her is the "unexpected."

Sep 2, 1959 - A filmed interview with the famed Waldo Demara, the man who has impersonated doctors, prison officials, Roman Catholic priests, and a medical officer aboard a destroyer. Back in Canada newspapers carried stories of his heroism and his charity work in a Korean village. Biographers claim that he is the biggest fake of all time. Mr. Demara has been signed to a contract to star in a movie and will travel around to publicize the forthcoming picture.

Sep 16, 1959 - An interview with Northcote Parkinson, Harry Golden and Gregory Clark. This is a continuation of the program on Long Shot seen a few weeks ago. They will discuss individuality, travelling and other interesting subjects.

Oct 29, 1959 - Douglas Leiterman will interview Canadian-born newspaper publisher Lord Beaverbrook, The man, who between the ages of 21 and 26 made more than a million dollars in Canada, gives his interviewer many difficulties. He refuses to talk about his early days or controversial subjects like the power of the press. But he does say he believes that one man can attempt to mold public opinion, if his character and principles are of the highest.

Nov 5, 1959 - Close-Up presents an hour-long feature on the Canadian Jew — his experience, feelings, thoughts and hopes. Forty Canadian Jews, among them — Alex Richmond, a young London, Ont., lawyer, Al Passman, a football player; Mrs. Shirley Strauss of Kitchener; Jack Pascoe of Toronto; Rabbi Reuben Slonim, a Toronto newspaperman; Saul Hayes of Montreal, national executive director of the Canadian Jewish Congress; Ralph Hyman, a Toronto newspaperman and Rabbi Stuart E. Rosenberg of Toronto all give their views on discrimination. They tell of discrimination both polite and blunt experienced by all but one of them. Only Al Passman, a six-foot-four-inch 245-pound centre with the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, says nobody discriminates against him. Close-Up's report also deals with the rich significance and religious holidays of the Jewish faith and with the strength the Jew draws from humor and family ties. The report makes clear the desire for most Jews for integration rather than assimilation.

Nov 12, 1959 - Mr. Average Citizen of Vancouver will be interviewed on the subject, Would You Cheat for Big Money?; Reporter George Ronald will interview Sgt. John Clegg of Arkona, Ont., on the recent wave of Hallowe'en hooliganism in that town. From Kamloops B.C., Tom Kock investigates, evidence of sacrilege in recent break-ins at a Roman Catholic church.

Nov 19, 1959 - Close-Up will have Dr. Andrew Stewart, chairman of the Board of Broadcast Governors, interviewed by Pierre Berton. Dr. Stewart, before his appointment to the board in November of 1948, was president of the University of Alberta. Philip Noel-Baker, 70-year-old British author and 1959 Nobel Peace Prize winner, will be interviewed by Tom Hill on the same show. Mr. Noel-Baker, son of a Canadian immigrant to England, as a Quaker refused to bear arms during the First World War and served as an ambulance driver instead.

Dec 3, 1959 - Elaine Grand will interview Britain's first "angry young man" playwright John Osborne, who has vehemently criticized British Royalty, the British Labor Party, complacent society and the American theatre.

Dec 10, 1959 - A report on the amateur status of the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen hockey team, which will represent Canada at the 1960 Olympics at Squaw Valley, Calif. Interviewed on the show will be CAHA manager George Dudley and Len Taylor, sports editor of the Kitchener-Waterloo Daily Recorder.

Dec 17, 1959 - An hour-long interview with former British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden.

Dec 24, 1959 - Close-Up will present a repeat show — the film on the 160,0O0 people in Europe who have no nationality and no official existence, the refugees of the Second World War.

Dec 31, 1959 - Close-Up presents an interview with trumpeter Louis Armstrong's wife Lil, A jazz pianist in her own right, she still plays weekly stands in Chicago.

Jan 7, 1960 - Close-Up will present a filmed report on Castro's revolution in Cuba. Interviewer Tom Hill and producer Pat Watson have recently returned from Cuba where they talked with government officials, soldiers and citizens.

Jan 21, 1960 - Old-time movie producer Mack Sennett will be interviewed. He will recall the days when he introduced performers like Charlie Chaplin, W. C. Fields, Ben Turpin, Bing Crosby and Fatty Arbuckle to the silent films.

Feb 4, 1960 - Comedian Jack Parr will be interviewed by Joyce Davidson.

Feb 11, 1960 - Dr. Herman J. Muller, American geneticist and Nobel Prize winner, will be interviewed by Arthur Hailey, Canadian playwright and novelist, who is making his first appearance on the program as an interviewer. Dr. Muller will talk about why he believes it is possible, and necessary, for man to control his heredity through a program of social rather than natural selection.

Feb 18, 1960 - Close-Up will present the second half of a series on eugenics, begun last week, when Arthur Hailey interviewed Dr. Herman J. Muller, as advocate of selective breeding. On this program, a panel made up Dr. Wendell Stanley, of the University of California at Berkeley; Rev. Frank J. Ewing of Fordham University in New York City and Frank Scott, Canadian lawyer, poet and author, will discuss the moral side of the issue advocated by Dr. Muller.

Feb 25, 1960 - Close-Up features Bernard Braden interviewing the former boy wonder of Hollywood, Orson Welles. The interview, which will continue the following week, was filmed in Paris where Welles is working on a new movie.

Mar 3, 1960 - Close-Up will show Bernard Braden continuing his interview with former Hollywood boy-wonder Orson Welles. The interview was filmed in Paris where Welles is working on a movie.

Mar 10, 1960 - Close-Up will present the first of two hour-long programs on the late William Lyon Mackenzie King, prime minister of Canada for 21 years. The programs were prepared by Douglas Leiterman and include interviews with many of King's colleagues and friends, including two of the spirit mediums with whom he worked.

Mar 17, 1960 - The second of two hour-long programs on the late William Lyon Mackenzie King.

Apr 10, 1960 - Douglas Leiterman interviews J. Paul Getty of California, reputed to be one of the richest men in the world.

Apr 28, 1960 - An interview with General Montgomery.

May 12, 1960 - A report, will be given on the Summit Conference and Espionage.

Jun 2, 1960 - Pierre Berton will interview Gordon Sinclair on the eve of his 60th birthday.

Jun 16, 1960 - Chris Chataway interviews historian Prof. Arnold Toynbee, author of the nine-volume work, A Study Of History. Prof. Toynbee discusses his belief that Western supremacy is declining in favor of the new civilisations of Asia and Africa and the likelihood of Canada's complete integration with the United States.

Jun 30, 1960 - Douglas Leiterman interviews the dean of Canterbury, the "Red Dean."

Jul 7, 1960 - A one-hour Close-Up on India with Blair Fraser, editor of Maclean's magazine. The program presents a picture of the people of India and the way they live and looks at some of the unusual aspects of the country and its people.

Jul 21, 1960 - The Bull Fight, a film by award-winning director Allan King. The film contrasts the slums of the city, where every child is a would-be bullfighter, with the splendor of the ring.

Aug 2, 1960 - In a special one-hour edition, June Callwood will interview leading legal, political and religious figures who will give their points of view on Canada's divorce laws and on divorce in general. Two unidentified women will also be interviewed, one who has been divorced and one whose marriage has broken up, but who has not obtained a divorce.

Aug 4, 1960 - Close-Up presents the first of four "Grand Slams," interviews by Elaine Grand with famous figures. Tonight's subject is Arthur Koestler, journalist, author and philosopher.

Aug 11, 1960 - Elaine Grand interviews Shelagh Delaney, a succesful English playright at the age of 21. She is author of A Taste Of Honey. Miss Grand will also interview Dr. Linus Pauo Pauling, U.S. bio-chemist, who was called before the U.S. Senate security sub-committee regarding his ban-the-bomb campaign.

Aug 18, 1960 - Elaine Grand talks with Lady Epstein, widow of Sir Jacob Epstein, possibly one of the greatest of modern sculptors.

Aug 25, 1960 - Elaine Grand will interview the British poetess, Dame Edith Sitwell.

Sep 1, 1960 - Irish playright Brendan Behan will be interviewed by Dublin-born British personality Eamon Andrews.

Sep 8, 1960 - Robert Hoyt, Washington newsman and contributor to Close-Up, will interview James Hoffa, president of the Teamsters Union.

Sep 15, 1960 - Pierre Berton will interview Colonel Otto Skorzeny, one of the accused in the Nuremburg trials after World War II, who was acquitted.

Sep 22, 1960 - The brother and sister team of Elaine Grand and Tom Hill will conduct interviews on the subject of suicide, and Hill will interview Sir Frank Whittle, inventor, of the jet engine.

Oct 4, 1960 - This program will mark Close-Up's 150th performance on the CBC-TV network, its new season and its new day and time. Red Skelton is interviewed by freelance writer and broadcaster June Callwood. She spoke to him in his Hollywood studio, which was formerly used by such great actors, as Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Charlie Chaplin. In this glimpse behind the clown's facade, Skelton reveals some of the circumstances that made him king of fun, and explodes a few myths that have surrounded his long career. He recalls the first time he worked in Canada, the country, he says, that gave him his confidence. His doughnut-dunking routine, which has brought laughter to millions, was inspired by a Montrealer. He looks back to his childhood, his early days as a circus clown when he had a burning ambition to become a lion tamer, and his years in vaudeville. He talks too about his son, Richard, who died of leukemia at the age of nine.

Oct 11, 1960 - Premier Nikita Khrushchev of Russia will face a panel of newsmen, including Blair Fraser, editor of MacLean's magazine

Oct 18, 1960 - Elaine Grand will interview British satirist Peter Sellers.

Oct 25, 1960 - On the eve of the United States election, Close-Up takes a special look at the U.S. and what makes it tick. George Gallup will discuss his public opinion polls with Robert Hoyt. TV interviewer Mike Wallace will make some predictions of his own. Playwright Arthur Miller will be interviewed in Ireland by Malcolm Muggeridge. Henry Luce, Head of Time Inc. which publishes Time, Lite and Fortune, tells Barry Harris his views on American affairs and reviews the Republican administration. Pierre Berton talks to Dr. Tom Dooley who describes his experiences as an American doctor in the Far East, June Callwood will interview Hollywood actor John Wayne, a leading figure in the movie capital's anti-Communist drive in the fifties. Ethel Waiters, Negro singer and actress will lend her viewpoint to this study of the United States.

Nov 1, 1960 - In an attempt to find the formula for the Don Messer magic, Max Ferguson will interview Messer, Charlie Chamberlain and Marg Osburne for a Close-Up profile. As usual, Frank Willis will be host of the program.

Nov 29, 1960 - Close-Up presents an hour-long study of Canadian Indians and the contrast between their life on reserves and in urban centres. Most of the filming for this program was done in Winnipeg (which now has more Indians than the most populous of Manitoba's 53 reserves) and on the Peguis reserve near Hodgson, in Manitoba's Interlake district.

Dec 13, 1960 - Lawrence Durrell, widely-acclaimed British author, is interviewed by Elaine Grand. Durrell is best-known for his four novels, under the general title of "The Alexandria Quartet." His first important work, "The Black Book," which a critic has said "has never been safe to publish either in England or the United States" was hailed by T. S. Eliot as "the first piece of work by a new English writer to give any hope for the future of prose-fiction." The novel has been described as a novel of moral exhaustion and has been compared with Henry Miller's banished Tropic novels. Durrell, 47, was born in India of Irish parents.

Dec 20, 1960 - Thornton W. Burgess, who has had some 70 books and 15,000 newspaper stories published in 50 years, will be the guest. Old Mother West Wind was his first book.

Dec 27, 1960 - Close-Up cameras will focus on the rickshaw boys of India. The life of a rickshaw boy, although not the best, earns him a living which is high by the standards of millions in India. Even this may be snatched away from him because a recent World Health Organization report found that many rickshaw pullers die of TB or heart disease, and the abolition of the rickshaw has been advocated. Director Allan King.

Jan 3, 1961 - Singer Harry Belafonte reveals his opinions on racial discrimination as it affects him as a popular entertainer, and as it affects other colored people. Belafonte is interviewed by Diana Maddox.

Jan 10, 1961 - An exclusive film interview given by the late Hon. Clarence Decatur Howe to Douglas Leiterman of the CBC will be featured on Close-Up Tuesday when the network show presents a special documentary on the life of the great Liberal cabinet minister who died last week. Mr. Howe, in his interview, sketched the highlights of his public career. In addition, the program will include film of Mr. Howe while he was in office and a commentary by Blair Fraser. The documentary will be presented along with the originally scheduled study of conditions in the dying mining town of Glace Bay, N.S.

Jan 17, 1961 - Pierre Berton will interview Joel Aldred, former CBC announcer and president of CFTO, a Toronto TV station.

Jan 24, 1961 - Sam Etcheverry, former Alouette quarterback will be a guest. Dr. R. Wright of the British Columbia Research Council and R. B. Currie, head of the Federal Emergency Measures Organisation will debate fallout shelters before an invited audience.

Jan 31, 1961 - Fallout shelters — life or death. Close-Up studies this subject in a special hour-long program, entitled Three Feet of Earth. Douglas Leiterman, Close-Up story editor, will interview a number of experts on nuclear warfare in an attempt to assess the value of fallout shelters. The film will illustrate the type of destruction that could be caused by a nuclear attack. The program will discuss the following questions; Should Canadians spend $500 on fall-out shelters to increase the chances of surviving in a desolate world? Does a shelter offer reasonable protection? If everyone built one, would nuclear war be more likely to take place?

Feb 7, 1961 - Professor emeritus of English at Victoria College, and known as Canada's unofficial poet laureate, will be interviewed by J. Frank Willis. In the interview, filmed in a Toronto park last summer, Pratt recalls his early years when he sold brown sugar and corsets in a Newfoundland store, and explains how he invested In a medicine called the "universal lung healer" and earned enough money to come to Toronto to attend university. He also talks about his poetry. Dr. Pratt is 78.

Feb 14, 1961 - Allan Funt of the CBS Candid Camera will be interviewed.

Mar 7, 1961 - "A Matter Of Pride." The shock of unemployment on a family, and the blow to pride and security, will be studied in a special hour-long program. A family from Hamilton, Ont. will be the subject for this study.

Mar 14, 1961 - Livingston Merchant, newly-appointed as U.S. ambassador to Canada, a position he held earlier, will be interviewed by Blair Fraser of Maclean's magazine. They will discuss the more thorny problems of Canada-U.S. relations.

Apr 11, 1961 - The program will be concerned with sexual offenders.

Apr 14, 1961 - The dramatic first person story of the revisit to Europe in 1961 by Simon Cutter, a former inmate of eight concentration camps.

May 9, 1961 - A discussion of the Kennedy doctrine with John Freeman, U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey and Robert Needham of the Toronto Star.

May 16, 1961 - Originally scheduled for April 25, the Hutterite question in Alberta is reviewed.

Jun 6, 1961 - Dr. C. H. Hale, historian, talks about Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister, on the 70th anniversary of his death

Jun 13, 1961 - Nuclear defence with statements by Canada's Defence Minister Harkness, Liberal Leader L. B. Pearson and CCF Leader Hazen Argue.

Jun 27, 1961 - Pierre Berton interviews writer W.O. Mitchell, creator of Jake and The Kid, which begins on the CBC-TV network July 7

Jul 4, 1961 - Peanuts Meets Huckleberry Hound; the originator of comic-strip character Peanuts, Charles Schulz; and Huck Hound's creators. Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, discuss their cartoons.

Jul 18, 1961 - Interviews with actress Ann Bancroft and actor Peter O'Toole, both of whom have skyrocketed to theatrical success.

Jul 25, 1961 - Panel discusses President Kennedy's remarks on Berlin.

Aug 1, 1961 - Walter Lippmann, author and journalist, gives views on Kennedy administration, situation In Cuba, Laos and Berlin, in interview with Howard K. Smith, originally done for CBS Reports.

Aug 8, 1961 - Three Feet of Earth. A repeat of the special hour-long Close-Up program outlining the progress the Federal Emergency Measures organization has made in the Inst six months, including results of a survey of fallout shelters in Canada The program explains tax exemption on shelters and interviews experts on nuclear warfare on the value of such shelters.

Aug 15, 1961 - On the 14th anniversary of India's independence, Close-Up studies the complex problems which face this sub-continent. Blair Fraser interviews many prominent Indians in politics, industry and education. He also talks with Mr. S. K. Patil, minister of food, and possible successor to Prime Minister P. Nehru.; Percy Saltzman interviews industrialist H. H. MacMilian of Vancouver.

Aug 22, 1961 - Euthanasia. A study of mercy killing. Elaine Grand, Barbara Moon and Bob Quintrell combine in a series of interviews with leading medical and religious figures to give a comprehensive view of this controversial subject. Lord Chorley talks about his unsuccessful bill in the House of Lords to make euthanasia legal "with proper safeguards."

Aug 29, 1961 - Careers and problems of two great Negro singers: June Callwood interviews Ethel Waters and Elaine Grand interviews Paul Robeson.

Sep 5, 1961 - Morocco. A film study of contemporary Morocco by director Allan King. The film has sought to recapture a picture of traditional Morocco life, which has changed little from centuries ago.

Sep 19, 1961 - Coffin Murder Case

Sep 26, 1961 - East Germany, a study of the current situation in East Germany and Berlin including interviews with refugees and local authorities.

Oct 1, 1961 - This week, Dr. Cheddi Chagan, leader of British Guiana's Peoples Progressive Party which won the elections last week, is interviewed by Douglas Leiterman. The party's leftist views liave made some observers fear an anti-western attitude by this self-governing country within the British Commonwealth. Dr. Jagan has announced that he will press for immediate independence for his country. Originally scheduled for Sept. 12th.

Oct 15, 1961 - An interview with Duncan Macpherson, political cartoonist of the Toronto Daily Star.

Oct 22, 1961 - Interviews with Rt. Hon. James G. Gardiner, former Liberal minister of agriculture and Robert Alan Aurthur, playwright-producer.

Oct 29, 1961 - Italian director Federico Fellini and Vancouver oilman Frank McMahon interviewed.

Nov 5, 1961 - Canadian writer Mordecai Richler interviewed.

Nov 19, 1961 - A film story on Yugoslavia.

Nov 26, 1961 - The European Common Market: a study of the plan examining Britain's role and the effect the trade pact will have on Canada.

Dec 3, 1961 - A follow-up report on last week's examination of the European Common Market. Close-Up will emphasize North American viewpoints on this widely discussed issue. Taking part will be Hon. Donald Fleming, minister of finance; Hon. Lester B. Pearson, leader of the Liberal opposition; and T. C. Douglas. leader of the New Democratic Party. The program will assess the effects the European Common Market will have on Canadian and United States trade, in view of the possibly entry of Great Britain into the market.

Dec 10, 1961 - Lister Sinclair interviews Sir Oswald Mosley, former leader of the British Fascist movement.

Dec 17, 1961 - The Nicest Christmas Present; memories of the invasion of the French islands of St. Pierre and Miquilon on December 24, 1941, recalled by the people who took part in it.

Dec 31, 1961 - Poor Berton's Almanac; a light-hearted look at interviewing styles, with Pierre Berton.

Jan 14, 1962 - George Ronald, interviewer, writer and director of CBC-TV's Close-Up, toured Canada and the United States collecting material for a Close-Up program on medical quackery. The program examines quackery in the treatment of cancer and arthritis.

Mar 4, 1962 - The Teacher. To mark education week (March 4 to 10), a film is presented covering a week's activities in a Vancouver class room. A teacher talks about the problems of dealing with a class of about 40 students—his rewards, and his relationships with bright students, with slow ones, with parents and with the administration. The program includes an informal discussion among five teachers on various aspects of education. Host is J. Frank Willis. Directed by Bob Quintrell. Cameraman, Robert Reid.

May 6, 1962 - Percy Saltzman interviews William Zeckendorf, American real estate tycoon. There is also a discussion on death in boxing. Panel includes boxers Rocky Marciano and Joe Walcott along with two sportswriters, a referee and a doctor.

May 20, 1962 - Close-Up on South America. A documentary on South America with narrator James Morris, a British writer.

Jun 3, 1962 - A Close-Up of Elaine Grand. A self-interview. Miss Grand has built successful television careers both in Canada and in Britain as an interviewer. The second segment of this program features an interview with Vancouver-born ballerina Lynn Seymour. Miss Seymour left Vancouver in 1954 on a Sadlers Wells scholarship and became a member of the Royal Ballet Company.

Jun 24, 1962 - Close-Up presents a study of the "colour problem" in Halifax. More than one-eighth of Canada's Negro population lives in the greater Halifax area. Many of these Negroes claim, with a great amount of support from some white residents that they are being discriminated against in housing and employment. Close-Up looks at the Halifax Negro problems and talks to some of the people concerned with the situation.

Nov 4, 1962 - J. Frank Willis' guests are three American Negroes: Dick Gregory, well-known comedian; Joseph C. Kennedy, social psychologist; and Lewis Lomax, writer-broadcaster.

Nov 11, 1962 - An hour-long documentary report on birth-control in Canada. Produced by story-editor George Ronald, the program features interviews with: Rev. Edward Sheridan, S. J. rector of Regis College, a Jesuit Seminary in Toronto; the Rt. Rev. Henry Hunt, Anglican Suffragan Bishop of Toronto; Rt. Rev. James Mutchmor, moderator of the United Church of Canada; and Bishop James Albert Pike of the California Episcopal Diocese San Francisco. Other persons appearing are Justice Minister Donald Fleming; A. R. Kaufman; Mary Scott; Dorothea Ferguson; Dr. John Rock; Arnold Toynbee; Sir Julian Huxley and Vincent Kelly.

Apr 21, 1963 - Portrait of Lenny. A profile on U.S. comedian Lenny Bruce, classified as the dean of "sick" comedians. He finds humour in such subjects as religion, funeral homes and race relations, presenting monologues, gags, dramatizations and mimicry. The face-to-face interview is conducted by Nat Hentoff, noted writer and close friend of Bruce. Besides seeing scenes of Bruce on stage, viewers hear comments about the comedian from Malcolm Muggeridge, British drama critic Kenneth Tynan, and New York radio commentator Gene Shepperd. (The program was originally scheduled for March 31 but was pre-empted by an NHL semi-final game.)

May 26, 1963 - Marking the 20th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a special documentary recalls the horror of the Nazi slaughter of Polish Jews. Two Canadians who lived through the grim days of the uprising, Mrs. Chaika Spiegel of Montreal and Dr. Henry Fenigstein of Toronto, tell of their experiences and their escape from the wholesale murder which wiped out a community of 60,000 persons. (This program was preempted on May 12 by a special Close-Up report on the Birmingham Negro situation.)

Jun 2, 1963 - CBC's famed documentary program presents the first of two half-hour programs on nationalism and separatism in Quebec, examining the causes and effects of the renewed ferment in the province.

Jun 9, 1963 - Nationalism and Separatism, Part Two. In this program six French Canadians offer their intellectual analyses of the unrest in Quebec. They are: Gerard Pelletier, editor in chief of La Presse; Pierre-Elliot Trudeau, professor of law at the University of Montreal; Pierre Borugault, editor of L'Independance; Abbe Gerard Dion, of Laval University; Dr. Guy Marcoux, an independent M.P.; and Maurice Sauve, a former premier of Quebec.

Jun 23, 1963 - Jingle Jungle. Jingles have today become the ubiquitous selling device of practically all radio and television advertisers. The program includes interviews with some of the leading jingle creators of both the U.S. and Canada, and studies the effect of jingles, and commercials in general, on the public, particularly the younger members of society. Among those interviewed are: Maurice Rapkin, a Toronto composer who is generally regarded as the "grand old man" of the business in Canada; and Mitch Leigh, a New York musician who runs one of the biggest jingle production houses in the U.S.

Jun 30, 1963 - "Le Grand Charles" views the life of French president Charles de Gaulle through film clips, his memoirs and interviews. Those interviewed include biographer Georges Cattaui, who discusses de Gaulle's childhood; and Emmanuel D'Astaier de la Vigerie, a leading member of the French resistance during World War II. J. Frank Willis is host.

Jul 7, 1963 - This weeks program is in two parts: The first, a story on the Dam-Busters of World War Two, features an interview with Dr. Barnes Wallis in England. Dr. Wallis, now chief designer at Vickers-Armstrong aircraft plant, was responsible for designing and developing the famous skipping bomb used by the allies to destroy two German dams. Scenes from the recent movie, entitled The Dam Busters, will be included. The second part deals with the tradition of duelling in Austria.

Jul 14, 1963 - A special hour-long program, preempting Discovery. The story behind the labour dispute between the Seafarers' International Union and the Canadian Great Lakes grain carrier Howard L. Shaw is presented. The Shaw has been anchored in Chicago since April 22 because longshoremen of the International Longshoremen's Association, an SIU affiliate, have refused to load the boat. Reason given is that the Shaw is manned by non-union members. The Shaw's crew are members of the Canadian Maritimes Union, formed in 1961 by Michael Sheehan, former associate of Hal Banks of the SIU. Close-Up story editor George Ronald interviews longshoremen of the ILA, captain and crew members of the Shaw, CLC president Claude Jodoin and Michael Sheehan.

Aug 11, 1963 - Pianist Artur Rubinstein is interviewed in his Paris home by Charles Wasserman. J. Frank Willis is host.