A Month of Sundays
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A Month of Sundays was a Canadian
film anthology television miniseries
which aired on CBC Television
in 1981.
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Television in Canada
Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...
film anthology television miniseries
Miniseries
A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
which aired on CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
in 1981.
Premise
Each episode consisted of various films according to a theme, as hosted by Harry BrownHarry Brown (journalist)
Harold Andrew Brown was a Canadian radio and television host, who was associated with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation...
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Episodes
The films were presented during a three-hour time slot at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 25 January to 15 February 1981.- 25 January 1981: Films on the theme of war were broadcast: the World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
drama "Bravery In The Field", the World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
documentary "For King And Country" (an excerpt from The Days Before Yesterday), "The Last Corvette" featuring the HMCS SackvilleHMCS Sackville (K181)HMCS Sackville was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later served as a civilian research vessel. She is now a museum ship located in Halifax, Nova Scotia and the last surviving Flower-class corvette.-Wartime service:...
and "Six War Years" by Barry BroadfootBarry BroadfootBarry Samuel Broadfoot, CM was a Canadian interviewer and history writer from Winnipeg, Manitoba.His historical research consisted of interviewing various Canadians from all over the country about their memories of their lives during specific historical periods such as the Great Depression and...
which was previously developed for CBC's Performance series.
- 1 February 1981: Films on women writers were featured, namely "Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Road To Green Gables", another documentary about the Anne Of Green Gables musical itself, and "The Garden And The Cage" about Gabrielle RoyGabrielle RoyGabrielle Roy, CC, FRSC was a French Canadian author.- Biography :Born in Saint Boniface , Manitoba, Roy was educated at Saint Joseph's Academy...
and Marie-Claire BlaisMarie-Claire BlaisMarie-Claire Blais, is a Canadian author and playwright.- Life :Born in Quebec City, Quebec, she was educated at a convent school and at Université Laval. It was at Laval that she met Jeanne Lapointe and Father Georges Lévesque, who encouraged her to write and, in 1959, to publish her first...
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- 8 February 1981: This week's theme concerned flying. Snow geese were featured on "Flight Of The Snows", aviation's history was featured on "Man Aloft", and "Whiskey Whiskey Papa" profiled various pilots.
- 15 February 1981: Winter was the theme of the final programme including scenes from WinterludeWinterludeWinterlude is an annual festival in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec that celebrates winter.Winterlude is run by Canada's National Capital Commission and was started in 1979. The event is one of Ottawa's most important tourist draws, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors each year...
in Ottawa and "The Dawson Patrol", a 1978 dramatization of an ill-fated 1910 North West Mounted PoliceRoyal Canadian Mounted PoliceThe Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,...
journey towards Dawson city.