Eight Stories Inside Quebec

Eight Stories Inside Quebec was a Canadian documentary television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1966.

Eight Stories Inside Quebec
Presented by	Peter Desbarats
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer	Paul Wright
Production locations	Montreal London
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	20 July (1966-07-20) – 7 September 1966 (1966-09-07)
Related
More Stories From Inside Quebec

Premise

This series of eight documentaries concerned Quebec life and culture, presented for an English-Canadian audience, hosted by Peter Desbarats who later hosted La Difference.

Production

CBC Montreal produced all episodes except "What Went Wrong with Belgium?" which was produced out of CBC's London bureau in conjunction with Aujourd'hui, a French-language series.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 20 July to 7 September 1966.

Episodes

1. 20 July 1966: "Jean-Paul Desbiens" (Arnold Gelbart director; Howard Ryshpan writer)
2. 27 July 1966: "This Blooming Business of Bilingualism" (Peter Pearson director)
3. 3 August 1966: "Between Two Worlds" (Felix Lazarus director; C. J. Newman writer), regarding the Jewish community in Montreal
4. 10 August 1966: "Where are the English of Yesteryear?", exploring the decline of Quebec City's English population through the eyes of a young girl from London, England
5. 17 August 1966: "Confederation of Two, directed by Dennis Miller director; Marion Andre Czerniecki story editor), about three mixed-language couples
6. 24 August 1966: "The Ballad of Louis Cyr (Arnold Gelbart director; Sidetracks musical score)
7. 31 August 1966: "What Went Wrong with Belgium?" (Dennis Miller director)
8. 7 September 1966: "What's the Matter With Old McGill?" (Dennis Miller director; Richard Gwyn and Sandra Gwyn writers)

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "Eight Stories Inside Quebec". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.