Sunshine Sketches (TV series)

Sunshine Sketches
Also known as Addison Spotlight Theatre
Genre drama/humour
Written by Stephen Leacock (original material)
Don Harron (adaptation)
Henry Kaplan (adaptation)
Starring Timothy Findley
Peggi Loder
Peg Dixon
Frank Perry
Narrated by John Drainie
Country of origin Canada
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
Production
Producer(s) Robert Allen
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel CBC Television
Original run 9 September 1952 – 31 March 1953

Sunshine Sketches, also known as Addison Spotlight Theatre, is a Canadian dramatic television series which aired on CBC Television from 1952 to 1953. It was the first English-language drama to be broadcast on Canadian television.

Premise

The series was an adaptation of Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock. Don Harron and Henry Kaplan wrote the episodes from this material. It was later titled Addison Spotlight Theatre for its sponsor, an automobile dealer.[1]

The series was filmed in Beaverton, Ontario.[1]

Cast

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. from 9 September 1952 to 31 March 1953. Its debut marked the first Canadian broadcast of an English-language dramatic series.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Corcelli, John (February 2005). "Sunshine Sketches". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

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