Crossfire (Canadian TV program)

Crossfire is a Canadian current affairs television program which aired on CBC Television in April 1956, and which featured debate and panel show formats.

Crossfire
Genre	Current affairs
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producers	Cliff Solway Art Stinson
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	3 April (1956-04-03) – 24 April 1956 (1956-04-24)

Premise

This program was a mid-season replacement for Citizens' Forum during April 1956. In some episodes of Crossfire, a studio audience posed questions to several experts on a particular topic. Other episodes featured a debate for or against a given subject, resembling a court cross-examination, with a studio audience deciding the winning side of the argument.^[1][2]

• 3 April 1956 - debut
• 10 April 1956 - pre-empted for an NHL hockey playoffs broadcast^[3]
• 17 April 1956 - "Comic Books - Harmless or Dangerous?", under the audience question format^[4]
• 24 April 1956 - "Youth Wants to Know - How to be a Success" - an audience of youths poses questions to an expert panel^[5]

Broadcast

This half-hour program was broadcast on Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 3 to 24 April 1956.

References

1. Dube, Bernard (3 April 1956). "TViewing". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 13. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
2. Corcelli, John (February 2005). "Crossfire". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
3. Dube, Bernard (10 April 1956). "TViewing". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 13. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
4. "Highlights". Ottawa Citizen. 17 April 1956. p. 26. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
5. "Highlights". Ottawa Citizen. 24 April 1956. p. 24. Retrieved 6 January 2015.

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "Crossfire" (PDF). Queen's University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.