People of Our Times

People of Our Times
Genre	documentary
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
Production
Producers	John McGreevy Jeannine Locke
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	9 September 1974 (1974-09-09) – 17 April 1977 (1977-04-17)

People of Our Times is a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television from 1974 to 1977.

Premise

Each episode featured a particular noted cultural personality providing a television essay on a particular topic.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast as follows (times in Eastern):

Day	Time	Season run		Notes
Mondays	10:30 p.m.	9 September 1974	18 November 1974	first season
Sundays	2:00 p.m.	13 July 1975	3 August 1975	rebroadcasts
Mondays	10:30 p.m.	1 September 1975	27 October 1975	second season
Sundays	2:00 p.m.	2 January 1977	17 Apr 1977	rebroadcasts

Episodes

1974

• "31⁄2 Cheers for Toronto", a tour of the city according to Robertson Davies (debut, 9 September 1974)
• "The Politics of Experience", R. D. Laing
• "The Vassar Girl, 1933-74", Mary McCarthy recounts America in the context of the Watergate scandal
• "Let Us Be True To One Another", Vivian Rakoff, concerning loneliness
• "Enough of a Terrible Beauty", Conor Cruise O'Brien of Ireland concerning The Troubles
• "Am I My Brother's Keeper?", Jessica Mitford discusses the prison system
• "Stewart Alsop - A Memoir", a posthumous broadcast in which the American journalist discusses his mortality
• "Guardian of Dreams", featuring British singer Mabel Mercer
• "Reflections From The Waterfront", with American author Eric Hoffer
• "The Prospects For Humanity", Arnold Toynbee

1975

• "Coming Home Again", in which Mordecai Richler speaks of his years outside Canada and his desire to move back
• "A Celebration", with Michel Tremblay whose plays initially found few audiences outside Quebec
• "Will There Always Be An England?", with A. J. P. Taylor
• "Perceptions of France", Mavis Gallant
• "The Devil's Decade", concerning the 1930s, hosted by Claud Cockburn
• "Defending The Peaceable Isles", concerning self-government in Scotland with Scottish National Party leader Donald Stewart
• an essay with Jiddu Krishnamurti
• series finale with Arnold Toynbee

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "People of Our Times". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2010.