The Winners (Canadian TV series)

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

The Winners
Genrebiography
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producerStanley Colbert
ProducerLaura Phillips
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
Release17 January (1982-01-17) –
2 September 1982 (1982-09-02)

Premise

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

Scheduling

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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

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  1. Athol Murray, founder of Notre Dame College, Saskatchewan, portrayed by Donnelly Rhodes ("The Winners"); Gordon Ruttan (writer), Brian Walker (director)[1]
  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)

References

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  1. ^ "TV Times". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 16 January 1982. pp. 17–18.
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