Children's Cinema
| Children's Cinema | |
|---|---|
| Genre | children's film |
| Presented by | Robert Homme |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30-60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | 22 December 1969 – 28 June 1975 |
Children's Cinema is a Canadian children's film television series which aired on CBC Television from 1969 to 1975.
Premise
Bob Homme (The Friendly Giant) hosted this series of films for children from Canada and other nations.[1]
Scheduling
The initial series was run weekdays at 10:00 a.m. (North American Eastern time) for half-hour time slots during the Christmas holidays from 22 December 1969 to 2 January 1970. Regular season runs began October 1970 and were broadcast Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern time) as follows:
| Duration | Season run | |
|---|---|---|
| 60 minutes | 3 October 1970 | 17 April 1971 |
| 60 minutes | 2 October 1971 | 8 April 1972 |
| 30 minutes | 15 April 1972 | 30 June 1973 |
| 60 minutes | 15 September 1973 | 6 April 1974 |
| 30 minutes | 6 April 1974 | 6 July 1974 |
| 60 minutes | 5 October 1974 | 28 June 1975 |
References
- ^ Corcelli, John (August 2005). "Children's Cinema". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
External links
- Allan, Blaine (1996). "Children's Cinema". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
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