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Live a Borrowed Life

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Live a Borrowed Life
Genrequiz show
Written byBernard Slade
Presented byCharles Templeton
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
Production
ProducersClaude Baikie (1959)
Drew Crossan (1960-1961)
and Len Casey (1961-1962)
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
Release1 July 1959 (1959-07-01) –
25 June 1962 (1962-06-25)

Live a Borrowed Life was a Canadian quiz show television series which aired on CBC Television from 1959 to 1962.

Premise

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This series adopted the Front Page Challenge concept for the realm of biography. In each episode, each of three guests would represent a historical person whose identity the panelists would guess.[1] Charles Templeton was the series host.[2]

Initially, the regular panelists were Anna Cameron (of Open House), Bill Walker and Elwy Yost, joined by a guest panelist. By the 1960–1961 season, Cameron had moved to the United Kingdom and was replaced by a second guest panelist. In the middle months of 1960, the series was produced in other locations, namely Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver and Winnipeg.

Scheduling

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The initial episodes of this half-hour series was broadcast on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 1 July to 23 September 1959. It was picked up for a full season in the same day and time slot from 30 September 1959 to 21 September 1960. Its second full season was seen on Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. (29 September 1960 – 29 June 1961), then its final season moved to Mondays at 8:30 p.m. from 25 September 1961 to 25 June 1962.

Controversy

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The series drew some controversy when George Rolland, who promoted white racial supremacist views, was brought on the show to represent Abraham Lincoln.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 233. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.
  2. ^ Corcelli, John (February 2005). "Live a Borrowed Life". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  3. ^ Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 236. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.
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