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Five Years in the Life

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Five Years in the Life
Genrereality
Narrated byAllan McFee
Theme music composerBob Ruzicka
ComposerBen McPeek
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
Production
Executive producerPeter Kelly (1971-1972)
ProducersMichael Rothery (1968-1971)
Nick Bakyta
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
Release28 June 1968 (1968-06-28) –
4 September 1972 (1972-09-04)

Five Years in the Life is a Canadian reality television series which aired on CBC Television from 1968 to 1972.

Premise

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The lives of selected Canadian families were profiled in this series with the initial intent to revisit them five years later. However, public interest in the series caused the CBC to revisit featured families more frequently and to profile additional families. Profiled people included an architect, an Inuit artist, a Jamaican immigrant and a lighthouse operator from Newfoundland. The various segments were produced with numerous directors.[1]

Scheduling

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This half-hour series was broadcast for five seasons as follows (times are Eastern):

Day Time Season run
Fridays 8:30 p.m. 28 June to 30 August 1968
Mondays 8:30 p.m. 30 June to 1 September 1969
Mondays 8:30 p.m. 6 July to 7 September 1970
Thursdays 10:00 p.m. 1 July to 9 September 1971
Mondays 7:30 p.m. 3 July to 4 September 1972

References

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  1. ^ Corcelli, John (April 2002). "Five Years in the Life". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
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