Titans (Canadian TV series)

Titans was a Canadian docudrama series produced for the 1981/82 season by CBC and Citytv (Titans Television Limited). The premise features staged interviews involving Patrick Watson and an actor who portrays a historical figure, conceptually similar to Watson's earlier series, Witness to Yesterday.

The program began as a summer series on CBC Television starting 3 July 1981.^[1] The initial run ended 25 September 1981. A second run of the series aired from 18 April to 22 August 1982.

Guest actors

Following are some of the historical persons featured in the series, with the actors who portrayed them:^[1][2]

• Napoleon - David Calderisi
• Nefertiti - Marilyn Lightstone
• Galileo - Chris Wiggins
• Queen Elizabeth I - Frances Hyland
• Stephen Leacock - W. O. Mitchell
• Nostradamus - Len Birman
• Confucius - John Neville
• Albert Einstein - John Marley
• Billy Bishop - Cedric Smith
• Alexander Graham Bell - Patrick Watson

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Groen, Rick (3 July 1981). "Titans recycles a good TV idea". The Globe and Mail. p. 17. 
2. ^ Allan, Blaine. "Tidewater to Tzigane (includes Titans)". Directory of CBC Television Series. Queen's University. http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Tid.html. Retrieved 2008-05-12. 

External links

• TVArchive.ca: Titans
• Titans at the Internet Movie Database