The Winners (Canadian TV series)

The Winners was a Canadian biographical television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1982.

The Winners
Genre	biography
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producer	Stanley Colbert
Producer	Laura Phillips
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	17 January (1982-01-17) – 2 September 1982 (1982-09-02)

Premise

This series, sponsored by Shell Canada, presented docudramas of Canadian heroes.

Scheduling

The half-hour episodes were originally broadcast on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. from 17 January to 28 March 1982. It was rebroadcast later that year on Sunday evenings from 15 July to 2 September.

Episodes

1. Athol Murray, founder of Notre Dame College, Saskatchewan, portrayed by Donnelly Rhodes ("The Winners"); Gordon Ruttan (writer), Brian Walker (director)
2. Emily Murphy, portrayed by Martha Henry, co-starring Douglas Campbell, William Hutt, Gerard Parkes and Douglas Rain; John Kent Harrison (writer), Martin Lavut (director)
3. H.R. MacMillan - Norman Klenman (writer), Lawrence S. Mirkin (director)
4. Pauline Johnson, portrayed by Fern Henry - Munroe Scott (writer), Martha Coolidge (director)
5. J.A. Bombardier, portrayed by Yvon Ponton, James Brown (writer), Jean Lefleur (director)
6. Charlotte Whitton, portrayed by Kate Lynch; Carol Bolt (writer), Graham Parker (director)
7. John Wesley Dafoe - Fiona McHugh (writer), Scott Hylands (director)
8. Marion Hilliard, portrayed by Chapelle Jaffe, co-starring Peter Dvorsky, Janet-Laine Green, Lois Maxwell and Mary Pirie; Fiona McHugh (writer), Zale Dalen (director)
9. Reginald Fessenden, portrayed by Alan Scarfe; George Robertson (writer), Richard Gilbert (director)
10. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, portrayed by Michael J. Reynolds co-starring John Friesen and Eric Peterson; George Robertson and Alan Scarfe (writers)

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "The Winners". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.