The Tommy Banks Show is 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...

 variety and talk show television series which aired on CBC Television

CBC Television

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 from 1971 to 1974.

Premise

This Edmonton-produced series was recorded in the Student Union Theatre at the University of Alberta

University of Alberta

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, featuring guests from Canada and other nations. On one episode, the visitors were musician Bruce Cockburn

Bruce Cockburn

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 and nutritionist Adelle Davis

Adelle Davis

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. The series was broadcast locally in Edmonton until it was distributed nationally on CBC in 1971. Some guests have included leaders from the Church of Satan

Church of Satan

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 and the Canadian operations of the Ku Klux Klan

Ku Klux Klan

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Scheduling

This series was broadcast over three seasons as follows:

Day	Time	Season run	Notes
Wednesdays	10:30 p.m.	29 December 1971 to 5 April 1972	30 minutes
Saturdays	10:00 p.m.	15 July to 9 September 1972	60 minutes
Fridays	10:30 p.m.	22 September 1972 to 18 May 1973	30 minutes
Wednesdays	10:30 p.m.	10 October 1973 to 9 January 1974	30 minutes
Thursday	9:00 p.m.	16 May 1974	30 minutes
Fridays	7:30-8:00 p.m.	21 Jun-2 Aug 1974	rebroadcast, 30 minutes