Sunshine Sketches (TV series)
Appearance
Sunshine Sketches | |
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Also known as | Addison Spotlight Theatre |
Genre | drama/humour |
Written by | Stephen Leacock (original material) Don Harron (adaptation) Henry Kaplan (adaptation) |
Starring | Timothy Findley Peggi Loder Peg Dixon Frank Perry |
Narrated by | John Drainie |
Country of origin | Kanada |
Original language | Englisch |
No. of seasons | 1 |
Production | |
Producer | Robert Allen |
Running time | 30 Minuten |
Original release | |
Network | CBC Television |
Release | 9 September 1952 31 March 1953 | –
Sunshine Sketches, also known as Addison Spotlight Theatre, is a Canadian dramatic television series which aired on CBC Television from 1952 to 1953. It was the first English-language drama to be broadcast on Canadian television.
Premise
[edit]The series was an adaptation of Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock. Don Harron and Henry Kaplan wrote the episodes from this material. It was later titled Addison Spotlight Theatre for its sponsor, an automobile dealer.[1]
The series was filmed in Beaverton, Ontario.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Timothy Findley as Peter Pupkin
- Peggi Loder as Zena Pepperleigh
- Eric House as Dean Drone
- Peg Dixon as Lillian Drone
- Frank Perry as Mallory Tompkins
- Paul Kligman as Josh Smith
- Gerry Sarracini as the poet
- Barbara Hamilton as the poet's wife
- Gerry Campbell as the drugstore clerk
- John Drainie as narrator
- Robert Christie as Golgotha Gingham
- Hugh Webster as Shorty
Scheduling
[edit]This half-hour series was broadcast on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. from 9 September 1952 to 31 March 1953. Its debut marked the first Canadian broadcast of an English-language dramatic series.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Corcelli, John (February 2005). "Sunshine Sketches". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
External links
[edit]- Allan, Blaine (1996). "Sunshine Sketches". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- Sunshine Sketches at IMDb