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Mumble Bumble
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Mumble Bumble
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Mumble Bumble is a 67 x five-minute co-production between Egmont Imagination and Cinar. It follows the adventures of an imaginative blue hippopotamus and his best friends, Chic'o, the inquisitive chicken, and Greens, the busy frog who never looks before he leaps. The idea, which is designed to be both educational and entertaining for a preschool audience, was devised by an architect called Christian Skjott. In Canada it was broadcast on CBC Television.Stay Tuned
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star 6Stay Tuned was a Canadian comedy television series which aired on CBC Television from 1976 to 1977.Life with Billy
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star 6Life with Billy is a 1994 Canadian television film based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Brian Vallée. The film was nominated for five Gemini Awards, and won three. The film begins with Jane Hurshman shooting her common-law husband Billy Stafford in his sleep, and then shows the resulting police investigation and trial, interspersed with flashbacks showing the domestic abuse that Stafford inflicted on Hurshman over the course of their relationship.Great Movies
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star 7.5Great Movies was a Canadian series of mid-season feature films which aired on CBC Television from 1957 to 1970.The Friendly Giant
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star 8.5The Friendly Giant is a popular Canadian children's television program that aired on CBC Television from September 1958 through to March 1985. It featured three main characters: a giant named Friendly, who lived in a huge castle, along with his puppet animal friends Rusty and Jerome. The two principal puppets were manipulated and voiced by Rod Coneybeare.Pirates: Adventures in Art
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star 8Pirates: Adventures in Art is a Canadian animated children's television show produced by DHX Media. The Creative Producer and Executive Story Editor for the show is award-winner Jed MacKay, and is produced by Katrina Walsh. Its theme song is sung by multi-award-winning Canadian band Great Big Sea.Dieppe
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star 6Dieppe is a two-part Canadian television mini-series that aired on CBC Television in 1993. It was based on the book Unauthorized Action: Mountbatten and the Dieppe Raid by Brian Loring Villa. The series chronicled the events that led up to the infamous World War II Dieppe Raid on August 19, 1942, which resulted in 3,367 Canadian troopers either being captured, wounded or killed. It was criticized for not being completely accurate, and overdramatizing the events that took place.The Family Circle
1957
The Family Circle
1957
The Family Circle was a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television in 1957.Champion
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star 10Champion is a Canadian sports biography television series which aired on CBC Television in 1969.Canadian Stars
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star 10Canadian Stars is a Canadian interview television series which aired on CBC Television in 1978.The Defence of Canada
1986
This series of films, written and hosted by journalist and military historian Gwynne Dyer, examines Canada's role in the international power game, its tradition of alliances with world powers, and our future role on the world stage. The series combines recent footage shot in ten countries with archival films dating back to the Boer War (1899) and interviews with noted military leaders, politicians, and frontline troops.Gold Trails and Ghost Towns
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Gold Trails and Ghost Towns is a historical documentary show first produced for Canadian syndication. Created and produced by Kelowna television station CHBC-TV and hosted by Mike Roberts with historian storyteller Bill Barlee. The show was filmed in a studio which resembled an old trapper's cabin. Mike and Bill discuss history of the old West by prospectors around 1900 in British Columbia.CBC News Magazine
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star 10CBC News Magazine was a weekly Canadian news television series which debuted on CBC Television on September 8, 1952. The series presented the week's international news highlights and documentaries from CBC correspondents around the world. It ran until 1981 when it was cancelled in order to make way for The Journal. Lorne Greene, then an announcer and newsreader for the CBC, was narrator for the series in its early years. It was hosted by the anchor of The National from the 1970s until its demise.SketchCom
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star 3SketchCom was a 1998 Canadian television comedy series, created by Roger Abbott and Don Ferguson of the Royal Canadian Air Farce. The series aired on Monday evenings, 7:30 pm in most time zones. The first of the series' 13 episodes aired 5 October 1998 and aired most weeks until early 1999. Different sketch performers were featured in each episode. CBC did not renew SketchCom for the 1999-2000 television season. Program funding included contributions from Bell Canada's Broadcast and New Media Fund and the Canadian Television Fund.The Inventors
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star 4The Inventors is a Canadian science biography television series which aired on CBC Television in 1979.CODCO
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star 6CODCO was a Canadian comedy troupe from Newfoundland, best known for a sketch comedy series which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1992. Founded as a theatrical revue in 1973, CODCO drew on the province's cultural history of self-deprecating "Newfie" humour, frequently focusing on the cod fishing industry. The troupe's name was an abbreviation of "Cod Company". Following the end of CODCO, two of the troupe's core members and an occasional guest collaborator, as well as some of their sketch characters, moved on to the new series This Hour Has 22 Minutes.What on Earth
1971
What on Earth
1971
What on Earth is a Canadian quiz and talk show series which aired on CBC Television from 1971 to 1975.The Vacant Lot
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star 7The Vacant Lot was a short-lived comedy sketch show which CBC Television ran for only six episodes starting in December 1993. The Vacant Lot was extended for another 13 episodes, but the CBC later changed their minds and the remaining 13 episodes, although scripted, were never taped. CBC sold the show to Comedy Central, which didn't air the episodes until July 1994. The Vacant Lot was shown for a 4 July marathon on that network. Nick McKinney, a member of The Vacant Lot, is the brother of The Kids in the Hall member and Saturday Night Live veteran Mark McKinney. The show's other cast members were Rob Gfrorer, Vito Viscomi and Paul Greenberg. The Vacant Lot's opening theme music was "Pretty Vacant" by The Sex Pistols.The Collaborators
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star 5The Collaborators was a Canadian police procedural crime drama television series which aired on CBC Television between December 1973 and December 1974.Best Recipes Ever
2010
Best Recipes Ever
2010
Best Recipes Ever is a Canadian cooking show, which debuted January 4, 2010 on CBC Television. Produced by the CBC in conjunction with Canadian Living magazine, the show was hosted by Kary Osmond until January 2013, when Christine Tizzard took over as host. In each half-hour episode the host demonstrates how to make three dishes, all of which fit a specific theme such as 'Best Comfort Food' or 'Best Middle Eastern Take Out'. Reruns of the show air in the United States on the Live Well Network in selected markets as a digital subchannel.
