Most Favoured Programs
Rocket Robin Hood
In the year 3000, Rocket Robin Hood and the rest of his merry men form an intergalactic version of their medieval namesakes. From their base on Sherwood Asteroid, the heroes endeavor to free the good peoples of the space ways from the tyranny of Prince John and the Sheriff of N.O.T.T. (National Orbital Terrestrial Territories).
This fifty-two episode ...
Switchback
Switchback was a popular Sunday morning kids series which was originally developed in Vancouver and was later produced other CBC regional stations, including Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa and Halifax. It was a live magazine variety show which employed a fast-moving format of rock videos, camp serials like Batman, puppets, personality interv ...
Swiss Family Robinson
After a violent storm leaves the Robinson family stranded on a deserted island, they must struggle to survive. With only each other and their wits to rely on, the parents, their two teenage sons and eight year-old daughter, try to build a life for themselves in this exotic and perilous uncharted territory.
It is the family's resourcefulness, the harr ...
Saturday Night at the Movies
Saturday Night at the Movies, the longest still-running series in Canadian television history, introduces a double bill of old movies every Saturday night on TVO. The films are usually American, sometimes British, and very rarely Canadian, air uncut and uninterrupted. Each double bill encompasses a certain theme and sometimes there are guests in the stu ...
What's for Dinner?
A mixture of cooking tips and off-beat comedy, the show features chef Ken Kostick and his often-wacky sidekick, actress (and sous chef) Mary Jo Eustace as they cook fast meals in between trading banter and good-natured insults.
Do It For Yourself
Do it For Yourself was a half-hour how-to show which featured Mary Bellows doing the fix-it solo and there was also a segment dedicated to plants with Mary along with John Reeves. We produced 278 half hours and the show ran for 3 years on the CBC network. It also aired on the USA network, Lifetime and PBS in the United States. If I so say so myself it w ...
Pick a Letter
Pick a Letter was a series produced by Screen Gems (Canada) Limited which was syndicated to television stations in Canada and the U.S. In the series, animator George Feyer would tell a story through drawings starting with letters of the alphabet. The series was directed and produced by Jean-Claude Tramont.
Dear Aunt Agnes
Agnes Peabody was a lovable 65-year-old eccentric who moved in with her pre-teen nephew and teenage niece while the children's divorced parents were off pursuing careers in far-flung locales. The show was designed for eight to 12 year olds with a conscious effort to create a non-traditional family situation in which children are given the responsibil ...
Max, The 2000 Year Old Mouse
The animated Max, the 2000 year old mouse, used to recall his adventures over the last 2000 years giving historical lessons. Each episode lasted about 5 minutes and sometimes played at the end of a Rocket Robin Hood episodes as a time filler.
A total of 104 episodes were produced by Steve Krantz for Krantz Animation.
Camp Cariboo
As the title suggests, an attempt is made to bring all the fun of summer camp to television. Knowing that children of this age group are attuned to fast-paced action, the pace is moderated by the recognition that young viewers want to interact directly with the programming they watch. To that end, the show is set in an idyllic camp setting where there i ...
Polka Dot Door
The theme for the "Polka Dot Door," a five-day-a-week children's series, explained the main concept of the show "songs, stories and so much more!" Two human hosts a man and a woman led simple games, stories and songs inside a giant playhouse that had (egad!) a polka-dotted front door. Each show had a specific theme, with the stuffed toy inhabitants (inc ...
Due South
Due South originally aired on CBS in the United States and CTV in Canada, as a made-for-television movie in 1994. The series ran from 1994 to 1996, when it was cancelled by CBS. After a one year hiatus, CTV revived the series in 1997 with international investment, and it ran for two seasons until 1999.
The basic premise of the series is a Royal Canad ...
Denny's Sho*
Denny Doherty, formerly of the Mamas and the Papas pop group, returned to Halifax to host this 13-week summer series of light musical entertainment featuring Canadian and foreign stars. The tapings saw the partial reunion of the Mamas and the Papas, when singer-actress Michelle Phillips and former husband, singer-songwriter John Phillips joined Denny in ...
Degrassi High/Degrassi Jr. High
Degrassi High / Junior High was set in Toronto, and focused on the lives of teenage students. The characters were realistic and dealt with real life issues auch as sex, drugs, dating, pregnancy, rock and roll, and much more. The actors looked like real people, not models. This added to how realistic Degrassi was.
Degrassi Junior High ran for three se ...
Fred Penner's Place
In 1984 the CBC inaugurated the popular children's TV show Fred Penner's Place. The daily series was introduced in the USA on the Nickelodeon cable network in 1989, by which time Penner stood among the leading Canadians in the children's music field.
The young audience joins Fred in his own private place in a forest glade which he reaches through a ...
Huckleberry Finn and His Friends
Huckleberry Finn and His Friends was a 26-part series documenting the exploits of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, based on books by American writer Mark Twain. The series was the only filmed version of the Twain classic to cover every episode in the original novel.
Though this Canada-Germany co-produced series was filmed in 1979, it did not appear o ...
Party Game, The
This simple charade game show offered the "home team" regulars and their guest opponents, a loosely structured format within which they could show off all their talents for acting, mimicry, comedy and ad-libbing.
My Secret Identity
My Secret Identity was a television series starring Jerry O'Connell as Andrew Clements; a 14-year-old teenager with a typical, ordinary life. However, while looking for his scientist friend, Benjamin Jeffcoate, he trips on something and before he could hit the ground, a giant radiation beam hits him, causing him to develop a steel body. Also, he finds h ...
Last of the Mohicans
Normandie Productions, the Canadian subsidiary of Television Programs of America, produced Last of the Mohicans in Canada, with U.S. stars and directors and Canadian crews, equipments, and supporting actors. The CBC guaranteed air dates for the 39 episodes, which were also syndicated to 139 stations in the U.S. and sold to networks in the U.K., Australi ...
Babar
Based on the famous books by Laurent de Brunhoff, this is the animated story of Babar, a young elephant who undergoes many challenges and adventures. But Babar always finds the strength to rise above difficulty and search out every cloud's silver lining. Babar is crowned king of the elephants, plans and builds Celesteville, and becomes a father himself. ...