The Canadian Establishment (TV series) explained

The Canadian Establishment is a Canadian documentary television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1980.

Premise

The series profiles the lives and work of wealthy Canadians. It is based on Peter C. Newman's book, The Canadian Establishment whose first volume was published in 1975.

Patrick Watson was the series host and narrator.

Production

The $1 million series had one of the highest CBC Television project budgets of its time.

Scheduling

Hour-long episodes were first broadcast on Sundays at 9 p.m. (Eastern) from 21 September to 2 November 1980. The series was repeated in 1981 between May and July.^[1]

The series was broadcast in the United States on WNYC-TV from April to May 1985.^[2]

Episodes

No.

Title

Original air date

External links

• Web site: The Canadian Establishment . Blaine . Allan . . 1996 . 11 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924012734/http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/CBC.html . 24 September 2015 . dmy-all .

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Canadian Establishment . John . Corcelli . April 2002 . Canadian Communications Foundation . 7 May 2010 .
2. News: Tycoons in Canada in a series . John . Corry . 15 April 1985 . The New York Times . 14 January 2014 .