Document (TV series)
| Document | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Patrick Watson Douglas Leiterman Richard Nielsen (1968-1969) |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | September 16, 1962 – May 27, 1969 |
Document is a Canadian documentary television series that aired once a month on CBC Television from 1962 to 1969. This innovative series featured various documentaries, employing both direct cinema and traditional documentary techniques.[1][2] The series, appearing on occasional random days and times, was given a monthly schedule in 1965 as a mid-year replacement for This Hour Has Seven Days.
The Toronto Telegram's Chester Bloom expressed criticism of bias over the broadcast of "The Servant of All" episode of September 16, 1962. Bloom's politics sided with the Progressive Conservative party.[3]
Production[edit]
The first executive producers for this series were Patrick Watson and Douglas Leiterman, whose intention was to air a documentary approximately each month to provide a detailed treatment of a subject. By the second season, Leiterman became executive producer on This Hour Has Seven Days and focused his attention on that series; Watson became a host of Document at that time.[4] Richard Nielsen became executive producer during the final episodes.
Episodes[edit]
| No. | Title [1] | Producers | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Servant of All" | Beryl Fox and Douglas Leiterman | September 16, 1962 | |
|
Selecting a Prime Minister | ||||
| 2 | "Joshua, a Nigerian Portrait" | Allan King | March 6, 1963 | |
| 3 | "The Pull to the South" | TBA | March 21, 1963 | |
|
Should Canada become "The 51st State"? | ||||
| 4 | "The Balance of Terror" | Beryl Fox and Douglas Leiterman | July 28, 1963 | |
| 5 | "The Peacemakers" | Allan King | November 26, 1963 | |
| 6 | "The Quiet Takeover" | Douglas Leiterman | December 15, 1963 | |
|
computers | ||||
| 7 | "The Chief" | Beryl Fox and Douglas Leiterman | March 25, 1964 (rebroadcast January 31, 1965) | |
| 8 | "Bjorn's Inferno" | Allan King | April 20, 1964 | |
|
poet Bjorn Halverson | ||||
| 9 | "The Image Makers" | TBA | May 20, 1964 | |
|
American and Canadian public relations | ||||
| 10 | "The Single Woman and the Double Standard" | Beryl Fox | December 13, 1964 | |
| 11 | "Richard and Lillian: Two Portraits" | TBA | December 27, 1964 | |
| 12 | "Strike: Man Against Computers" | Larry Zolf | March 28, 1965 | |
| 13 | "At the Moment of Impact" | Jim Carney | November 7, 1965 | |
| 14 | "The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam" | Beryl Fox | December 5, 1965 | |
| 15 | "Joan Baez" | TBA | December 26, 1965 | |
| 16 | "A Sense of Captivity" | Ross McLean | January 23, 1966 | |
| 17 | "The Story of Sandy" | TBA | February 27, 1966 | |
| 18 | "How to Go Out of Your Mind" | TBA | April 24, 1966 | |
|
the Millbrook experiments involving LSD | ||||
| 19 | "No Balm in Gilead" | TBA | September 22, 1968 | |
| 20 | "Resurrection City" | Robert Hoyt (director) | November 17, 1968 | |
| 21 | "Occupation" | TBA | February 23, 1969 | |
| 22 | "Violence" | James Shaw and John David Hamilton | April 13, 1969 | |
| 23 | "If I Don't Agree, Must I Go Away?" | Peter Pearson | May 27, 1969 | |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Morris, Peter (1984). The Film Companion. Toronto: Irwin Publishing. pp. 88–89. ISBN 0-7725-1505-0.
- ^ Corcelli, John (April 2002). "Document". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
- ^ Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 428. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.
- ^ Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. pp. 408–409. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.