Altogether was a Canadian

Television in Canada

Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...

 musical variety television miniseries

Miniseries

A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...

 which aired on CBC Television

CBC Television

CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

 in 1975.

Premise

This musical variety series was hosted by Ken Maslowsky, a vocalist who performed on the show with fellow-singer Iona Iliant. Bob McMullin, who previously worked on CBC's Let's Go

Let's Go (CBC TV series)

Let's Go was a CBC Television entertainment series, hosted Chad Allen, the former frontman from The Guess Who, from 1964 to 1968, featuring musical guests. The Guess Who, fronted by Burton Cummings, played as the house band....

, was the series' musical director. Miriam Bronstein, the Chai Folk Ensemble, Harvey Chochinov, Scott Walker and Sara Somner were among the show's guests.

Production

Altogether was produced by Dale Nelson in Winnipeg on location at the Manitoba Theatre Club.