Expo This Week was a Canadian news television series which aired on CBC Television in 1967.
| Expo This Week | |
|---|---|
| Genre | news |
| Presented by | Peter Reilly Chantal Beauregard Lloyd Robertson |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Thom Benson |
| Producers | Jim Guthro Peter Elkington |
| Production location | Montreal |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | 2 May – 17 October 1967 |
| Related | |
Premise
editThis series provided weekly reports during Expo 67, the World's Fair in Montreal. Besides news of the past week's activities, episodes featured interviews with visitors and celebrities and reports on Expo venues.[1]
Peter Reilly hosted the series until he left and was replaced by Lloyd Robertson in September. Chantal Beauregard was added as co-host from July.
Production
editThe CBC's international broadcast centre at Expo 67 was budgeted at $10 million. The series was produced in colour, using technologically advanced portable video equipment for location reports.[2]
Jim Guthro initially produced the series with assistance from David Pears. From July, Guthro was replaced by Peter Elkington who was first assisted by Wilfred Haydon, then from September by Bill Bolt.
Series sponsor was Shell Canada, supplemented by Chrysler Canada during the first six weeks.
Scheduling
editThis half-hour series was broadcast Tuesdays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 2 May to 17 October 1967.
See also
edit- Pavilion (TV series), another CBC TV series on Expo 67.
References
edit- ^ Corcelli, John (May 2005). "Expo This Week". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952–1967. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.
External links
edit- Allan, Blaine (1996). "Expo This Week". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.