Man Alive
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- This article is about the Canadian programme Man Alive. For the British Man Alive Programme, see Man Alive BBC TV.
Man Alive was a Canadian television series, which aired documentary programming on issues of faith and spirituality.
The program, which debuted in 1967 on CBC Television, was hosted from its inception by Roy Bonisteel. Bonisteel retired in 1989, and was replaced by Peter Downie. Later hosts included Arthur Kent and R. H. Thomson.
Man Alive took a diverse non-denominational approach to religious and spiritual matters. Documentary programming aired on the series covered issues as wide-ranging as nuclear war, UFOs, Holocaust survivors, sexual abuse, Third World development, family relationships, people with disabilities, the Vatican Bank scandal and profiles of religious figures such as Mother Theresa, Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama.
The series is airing no more.
