Profiles (TV series)
Encyclopedia
Profiles is a Canadian
biographical television miniseries which aired on CBC Television
from 1979 to 1980.
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...
biographical television miniseries 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...
from 1979 to 1980.
Scheduling
The five episodes of this series were broadcast approximately monthly at random times between 27 December 1979 and 16 April 1980.Episodes
- Eric Arthur (architect-writer), hosted by June CallwoodJune CallwoodJune Rose Callwood, was a Canadian journalist, author and social activist. She was born in Chatham, Ontario and grew up in nearby Belle River.-Early life and career:...
- Douglas Crozier (medicine), hosted by Joe Coté
- Walter Kenyon (archaeologist), hosted by Joe Coté
- Madelaine Parent (union movement), hosted by Sharon DunnSharon DunnSharon Dunn is a Canadian journalist.-Biography:A graduate of Dalhousie University, Dunn began her career in broadcasting at CJCB-TV in Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1975, quickly advancing to CBC Halifax as the six o’clock television news anchor.In 1979, when Dunn was twenty-four, she was a news anchor...