Web of Life is a Canadian nature television series which aired on CBC Television from 1959 to 1963.

Web of Life
GenreNature documentary
Presented byIan McTaggart-Cowan
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
Production
ProducerTom Connachie
Production locationsVancouver, British Columbia
EditorJohn Fuller
Camera setupRobert Reid
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
Release10 October 1959 (1959-10-10) –
28 September 1963 (1963-09-28)

Premise

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This nature series was hosted by University of British Columbia zoology professor Ian McTaggart-Cowan and produced at CBC Vancouver. Episodes used film recorded in the Arctic, the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Uganda, the American south and in the series home province (British Columbia).[1]

Episodes of Web of Life were purchased by Granada Television for British television audiences.[2]

Scheduling

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This half-hour series was broadcast in four runs from 1959 to 1963, except 1962, as follows (times in North American Eastern zone):

Day Time Season run
Sundays 3:30 p.m. 10 October 1959 3 January 1960
Sundays 3:30 p.m. 3 April 1960 26 Jun 1960
Fridays 5:30 p.m. 14 May 1961 26 August 1961
Fridays 5:30 p.m. 19 April 1963 28 September 1963

References

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  1. ^ Corcelli, John (May 2005). "Web of Life". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  2. ^ Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952–1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 70. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.
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