Scope (Canadian TV series)

Scope is a Canadian anthology television series which aired on CBC Television from 1954 to 1955.

Scope
Genre	anthology
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
Production
Producers	Norman Campbell Harvey Hart
Production location	Toronto
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	19 December 1954 (1954-12-19) – 1 May 1955 (1955-05-01)

Premise

This series was one of the CBC's early venues for broadcasting artistic works. It consisted of various presentations such as ballet, documentary, drama and opera.^[1] The debut episode featured Sunshine Town, a musical version of the Stephen Leacock story. The National Ballet of Canada performed The Nutcracker for the second episode. The third episode in January 1955 featured Eric Nicol's review of the previous year. Another episode included a performance of The Telephone, the Gian Carlo Menotti opera, highlighting a theme of communications. Sketches by Federico García Lorca and Anton Chekhov formed an episode concerning the topic of marriage. "Sea of Troubles", a documentary by Lister Sinclair, was featured in another episode.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast Sundays at 10:00 p.m. from 19 December 1954 to 1 May 1955.

References

1. Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952–1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 271. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "Scope". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
• Scope at IMDb