Festival_(Canadian_TV_series)
Festival (Canadian TV series)
Canadian TV series or program
Festival (initially titled Festival '61) is a Canadian entertainment anthology television series which aired on CBC Television from 1960 to 1969.
Quick Facts Festival, Country of origin ...
| Festival | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 9 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Robert Allen[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | 10 October 1960 (1960-10-10) – 26 March 1969 (1969-03-26) |
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CBC Television aired dramatic and musical anthology series such as Scope and Folio during the 1950s. Robert Allen, a producer on Folio, became supervising producer of the new Festival series.[2][3]
The production cost of a typical Festival drama show was approximately $45,000 in 1961, among the highest production costs of CBC programming at the time.[4] Productions such as a ballet performance or a Gilbert and Sullivan play could cost $60,000 for CBC.[4]
This series was broadcast as follows:
More information Day, Time ...
| Day | Time | Season run | Duration (minutes) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 9:30 p.m. | 10 October 1960 | 19 June 1961 | 60-90 |
| Monday | 9:30 p.m. | 2 October 1961 | 11 June 1962 | 60-90 |
| Monday | 9:30 p.m. | 1 October 1962 | 20 May 1963 | 60-135 |
| Wednesday | 9:30 p.m. | 2 October 1963 | 24 June 1964 | 90 |
| Wednesday | 9:30 p.m. | 7 October 1964 | 30 June 1965 | 30 |
| Wednesday | 9:30 p.m. | 15 September 1965 | 6 July 1966 | 30 |
| Wednesday | 9:30 p.m. | 14 September 1966 | 10 May 1967 | 90 |
| Wednesday | 9:30 p.m. | 4 October 1967 | 8 May 1968 | 90 |
| Wednesday | 9:30 p.m. | 30 October 1968 | 26 March 1969 | 90 |
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1960-61
Festival was pre-empted some weeks with such programming as specials from the Omnibus or Hall of Fame series, or by sports (hockey, football), or by other special programs.
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| Title | Writer | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "H.M.S. Pinafore" | Gilbert and Sullivan | 10 October 1960 (1960-10-10) | |
| Features the Stratford Festival cast, produced by Norman Campbell[1] | |||
| "Colombe" | Jean Anouilh (play), Ivor Barry (adaptation) | 17 October 1960 (1960-10-17) | |
| Starring Kathleen Widdoes, Jeremy Wilkin, Mary Savidge, Timothy Findley[5] | |||
| "The Old Ladies" | Hugh Walpole | 31 October 1960 (1960-10-31) | |
| Drama starring Martita Hunt (Agatha), Frances Hyland (Miss Berringer), Betty Leighton (Lucy Amorest)[6][7] | |||
| "Peking Opera" | Unknown | 21 November 1960 (1960-11-21) | |
| Recorded in Montreal, the Chinese troupe performs acrobatics, dance, mime, music and weapon-play.[8] | |||
| "Julius Caesar" | William Shakespeare, adapted by Paul Almond | 19 December 1960 (1960-12-19) | |
| Starring Gillie Fenwick, Bruno Gerussi, Frances Hyland, Douglas Rain, Kate Reid, William Shatner, Fritz Weaver; produced by Paul Almond[9] | |||
| "Ring Round the Moon" | Jean Anouilh | 2 January 1961 (1961-01-02) | |
| Starring Toby Robins, Sharon Acker, Leo Ciceri[10] | |||
| "Home of the Brave" | Arthur Laurents | 9 January 1961 (1961-01-09) | |
| Starring James Doohan, Ted Follows, Mavor Moore, Dino Narizzano, George Sperdakos[11] | |||
| "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" | Oscar Wilde | 16 January 1961 (1961-01-16) | |
| Starring Margaret Braidwood, Martha Buhs, John Colicos, Joseph Shaw[12] | |||
| "Elektra" | Richard Strauss, Franz Kraemer translation | 23 January 1961 (1961-01-23) | |
| Starring Richard Cassily, Victor Godfrey, Virginia Gordoni, Ilona Kombrink, Elena Nikolaidi;[13] Music was performed by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Walter Susskind. The production was recorded early January 1961 in Toronto and cost $60,000.[14] | |||
| "The Subject is Beethoven" | Unknown | 6 February 1961 (1961-02-06) | |
| Glenn Gould performs the music of Beethoven, accompanied by cellist Leonard Rose[15] | |||
| "Three Sisters" | Anton Chekhov | 13 February 1961 (1961-02-13) | |
| Starring Frances Hyland, Michael Learned, Kate Reid[16] | |||
| "Night Must Fall" | Emlyn Williams | 20 February 1961 (1961-02-20) | |
| Drama starring Madeleine Christie, Neil McCallum, Jill Showell[17] | |||
| "The Dumb Waiter / The Zoo Story" | Unknown | 6 March 1961 (1961-03-06) | |
| Two plays by Harold Pinter and Edward Albee respectively[18] | |||
| "Orphee" | Christoph Willibald Gluck | 13 March 1961 (1961-03-13) | |
| Opera[19] | |||
| "An Omnibus of American Songs" | Unknown | 20 March 1961 (1961-03-20) | |
| Music performance by Edie Adams, Robert Goulet, Myron McCormick[20] | |||
| "Great Expectations" | Charles Dickens | 27 March 1961 (1961-03-27) | |
| Starring Rex Hagon, Michael Learned, Cathleen Nesbitt, Douglas Rain[21] | |||
| "Royal Gambit" | Unknown | 3 April 1961 (1961-04-03) | |
| Starring Katherine Blake, Albert Dekker, Louise Nicol, Kate Reid, Tani Seitz[22] | |||
| "The Subject is Beethoven (repeat)" | Unknown | 17 April 1961 (1961-04-17) | |
| Rebroadcast from 6 February 1961, featuring Glenn Gould[23] | |||
| "Pictures in the Hallway" | Seán O'Casey | 24 April 1961 (1961-04-24) | |
| Starring Douglas Rain (narrator), Frances Hyland, Diana Maddox, Liam Redmond[24] | |||
| "The Dybbuk" | S. Ansky | 1 May 1961 (1961-05-01) | |
| Starring Luther Adler (Rabbi), Dino Narizzano (Channon), Avra Petrides (Leah), Joseph Wiseman (Messenger); produced by Harvey Hart, adapted by Mac Shoub[25] | |||
| "The Police" | Sławomir Mrożek | 8 May 1961 (1961-05-08) | |
| Starring Charmion King, Mavor Moore, Liam Redmond, Joseph Wiseman[26] | |||
| "Falstaff" | Verdi | 15 May 1961 (1961-05-15) | |
| Featuring Louis Quilico[27] | |||
| "The Pupil" | Henry James | 22 May 1961 (1961-05-22) | |
| Starring Albert Dekker, William Job[28] | |||
| "The Quare Fellow" | Brendan Behan | 29 May 1961 (1961-05-29) | |
| Starring Douglas Campbell, Liam Redmond, Chris Wiggins[29] | |||
| "The Offbeats" | Jacques Languirand (English adaptation of his play Les Insolites) | 5 June 1961 (1961-06-05) | |
| Starring Peter Brockington, James Doohan (Jules), James Edmond, Gillie Fenwick, Jill Foster, Eric House (Barman), Charles Palmer (Ernest), Catherine Proctor, Drew Thompson (Pitt); produced by Mario Prizek[30] | |||
| "The Killdeer" | Unknown | 12 June 1961 (1961-06-12) | |
| Starring Don Bryn, Kate Reid[31] | |||
| "The Luck of Ginger Coffey" | Brian Moore (novel), M. Charles Cohen (adaptation) | 19 June 1961 (1961-06-19) | |
| Starring Douglas Rain, Diana Maddox;[32] season finale produced by Harvey Hart.[33] | |||
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1961-62
The program was simply billed as Festival in its second season. Most pre-empted weeks were for special episodes of Camera Canada.
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| Title | Writer | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Pirates of Penzance" | Gilbert and Sullivan | 2 October 1961 (1961-10-02) | |
| A performance by the Stratford Festival, recorded in Toronto; starring Irene Byatt (Ruth), Andrew Downie (Frederic), Howell Glynne (Sergeant of Police), Eric House (Major General), Harry Mossfield (Pirate King), Marion Studholme (Mabel); directed for television by Norman Campbell[34][35] | |||
| "Ondine" | Jean Giraudoux | 9 October 1961 (1961-10-09) | |
| Kathleen Widdoes plays the title role[36] | |||
| "The Dream of Peter Mann" | Bernard Kops | 16 October 1961 (1961-10-16) | |
| [37] | |||
| "Land of the Old Song" | Unknown | 23 October 1961 (1961-10-23) | |
| Ed McCurdy performs Nova Scotian folk songs[38] | |||
| "The Blue Hotel" | Stephen Crane, adapted by James Agee | 6 November 1961 (1961-11-06) | |
| Starring Howard Da Silva[39] | |||
| "Carmen" | Bizet | 20 November 1961 (1961-11-20) | |
| Featuring the Metropolitan Opera's Belen Amparan[40] | |||
| "Sleep of Prisoners" | Christopher Fry | 27 November 1961 (1961-11-27) | |
| Paul Almond produced this drama[41] | |||
| "Swan Lake" | Tchaikovsky | 18 December 1961 (1961-12-18) | |
| Performed by the National Ballet Company of Canada[42] | |||
| "A Cradle of Willow" | Dorothy Wright | 25 December 1961 (1961-12-25) | |
| Christmas drama starring Eric Christmas, Leo Ciceri, Dino Narizzano, Tony Van Bridge[43] | |||
| "Traveller Without Luggage" | Jean Anouilh | 1 January 1962 (1962-01-01) | |
| Starring Geoffrey Alexander James Douglas, Jane Mallet, Norman Renault, Mary Savidge[44] | |||
| "The Day of the Dodo" | Ron Boorne | 8 January 1962 (1962-01-08) | |
| Drama concerning aeronautical workers; starring John Drainie, Bruno Gerussi, William Needles, Kate Reid[45] | |||
| "The Lady's Not For Burning" | Christopher Fry | 15 January 1962 (1962-01-15) | |
| Starring Zoe Caldwell (Jennet Jourdemayne), Eric Christmas (Mayor Hebble Tyson), Donald Harron (Thomas Mendip), Mary Savidge (Margaret Devize); produced by Paul Almond, costumes by Horst Daniz, sets by Rudi Dorn[46] | |||
| "An Evening With Gilbert and Sullivan" | Unknown | 22 January 1962 (1962-01-22) | |
| Portions of Gilbert and Sullivan's works are performed by the Stratford Light Opera: portions of The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance and The Yeoman of the Guard, plus the full version of Trial By Jury; produced by Norman Campbell[47] | |||
| "The Queen and the Rebels" | Ugo Betts | 5 February 1962 (1962-02-05) | |
| Starring Barbara Chilcott, Donald Harron, Charmion King, Mavor Moore[48] | |||
| "Elizabeth the Queen" | Maxwell Anderson | 12 February 1962 (1962-02-12) | |
| Historical drama starring Eric Christmas, Leo Ciceri, Donald Davis, Peter Donat, Judith Evelyn, Douglas Rains[49] | |||
| "Bousille and the Just" | Gratien Gelinas | 26 February 1962 (1962-02-26) | |
| Starring James Doohan, Gratien Gelinas, Charmion King, Larry Mann[50] | |||
| "The Apple Cart" | George Bernard Shaw | 5 March 1962 (1962-03-05) | |
| Starring Zoe Caldwell (Orinthia), Murray Matheson (King Magnus), Mary Savidge, Tony Van Bridge, Norman Welsh[51] | |||
| "The Offshore Island" | Marghanita Laski, adapted by Hugh Webster | 12 March 1962 (1962-03-12) | |
| Drama set following a nuclear war[52] | |||
| "The Duchess of Malfi" | John Webster | 19 March 1962 (1962-03-19) | |
| Starring Lloyd Bochner, Frances Hyland (Duchess of Malfi), Douglas Rain (Bosola), Powys Thomas, John Vernon; directed by Mario Prizek[53] | |||
| "The Luck of Ginger Coffey" | Brian Moore | 2 April 1962 (1962-04-02) | |
| repeat of 19 June 1961 broadcast[54] | |||
| "Grand Exits" | Jacques Languirand | 16 April 1962 (1962-04-16) | |
| Starring John Drainie, Frances Hyland, Norma Renault[55] | |||
| "Macbeth" | William Shakespeare | 23 April 1962 (1962-04-23) | |
| Starring Zoe Caldwell, Sean Connery, William Needles Powys Thomas[56] | |||
| "The Brass Pounder from Illinois" | Tommy Tweed | 7 May 1962 (1962-05-07) | |
| Concerns the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway under William Van Horne[57] | |||
| "The Offshore Island" | Marghanita Laski, adapted by Hugh Webster | 14 May 1962 (1962-05-14) | |
| repeat of the 12 March 1962 broadcast[58] | |||
| "Eugene Ormandy Conducts" | Unknown | 21 May 1962 (1962-05-21) | |
| The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra performs works by American songwriters under the direction of Ormandy[59] | |||
| "The Collection / A Slight Ache" | Harold Pinter | 4 June 1962 (1962-06-04) | |
| [60] | |||
| "Stravinsky at 80" | Unknown | 11 June 1962 (1962-06-11) | |
| Igor Stravinsky's birthday is celebrated as he conducts the CBC Symphony Orchestra, including a performance of his "Symphony of Psalms"; Robert Craft narrates and conducts the orchestra for certain selections; the program includes appearances by four members of the New York City Ballet, the Festival Singers of Toronto, Nadia Boulanger and George Balanchine; Franz Kraemer produced and directed this broadcast which was recorded in Toronto[61] | |||
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1962-63
Weeks not indicated were pre-empted by special broadcasts such as Camera Canada or The Telephone Hour. National election coverage pre-empted Festival on 8 April 1963.
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| Title | Writer | Original air date | |
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| "The Lark" | Jean Anouilh, adaptation by Lillian Hellman | 1 October 1962 (1962-10-01) | |
| Starring Douglas Rain and Kathleen Widdoes.[62] | |||
| "A Book With Chapters in It" | Jack Pullman | 8 October 1962 (1962-10-08) | |
| Starring Martin Stephens.[63] | |||
| "Richard Strauss: A Personal View" | Unknown | 15 October 1962 (1962-10-15) | |
| Lois Marshall (soprano) and Oscar Shumsky (violin) join Glenn Gould in this presentation of Richard Strauss's works.[64] | |||
| "The Gambler" | Ugo Betti, adaptation by Alvin Goldman | 29 October 1962 (1962-10-29) | |
| Play set in Italy following World War II, starring Susan Chapple, Rip Torn[65][66] | |||
| "The Devil's Instrument" | W. O. Mitchell | 5 November 1962 (1962-11-05) | |
| Starring Inge Bergman, Robert Christie, John Drainie, Ron Hartman, Douglas Rain[67] | |||
| "Break-Up" | Helge Krog | 12 November 1962 (1962-11-12) | |
| Starring Barbara Chilcott, Leo Ciceri, Leslie Nielsen; produced by Mario Prizek[68] | |||
| "The Gondoliers" | Gilbert & Sullivan | 19 November 1962 (1962-11-19) | |
| Stratford Festival production, starring Douglas Campbell, Ann Casson, Jack Creley, Ilona Kombrink; music by Louis Applebaum conducting the National Festival Orchestra, production by Norman Campbell[69] | |||
| "Serjeant Musgrave's Dance" | John Arden | 26 November 1962 (1962-11-26) | |
| Starring Mervyn Blake, Ted Follows, Douglas Rain; production by Eric Till[70] | |||
| "An Evening of Mozart" | Unknown | 3 December 1962 (1962-12-03) | |
| Music with Pierrette Alarie, Malcom Frager, Leopold Simoneau[71] | |||
| "Giselle" | Unknown | 17 December 1962 (1962-12-17) | |
| National Ballet of Canada performance featuring Lois Smith[72] | |||
| "A Cradle of Willow" | Dorothy Wright | 24 December 1962 (1962-12-24) | |
| Repeat of 25 December 1961[73] | |||
| "Tongues of Brass" | Unknown | 31 December 1962 (1962-12-31) | |
| Performance by Canadian jazz musicians[74] | |||
| "Music from the Films" | Unknown | 21 January 1963 (1963-01-21) | |
| Four composers present their own compositions for film, performed by the CBC Symphony Orchestra. Featuring Louis Applebaum (Action Stations, A Round is a Round), Aaron Copland (Something Wild), David Raksin (Two Weeks in Another Town), William Walton (Henry V, The First of the Few); narrated by Tony Thomas, produced by Norman Campbell[75][76] | |||
| "David, Chapter II" | M. Charles Cohen | 28 January 1963 (1963-01-28) | |
| This play concerns a Jewish arts graduate in Winnipeg who attempts to decide his life's future direction; starring Lynne Gorman, Donnelly Rhodes, Toby Tarnow, Powys Thomas; producer Harvey Hart[77][78] | |||
| "Ivan" | Anthony Terpiloff | 11 February 1963 (1963-02-11) | |
| Starring John Colicos, Gillie Fenwick, Mavor Moore, Julie Rekai[79] | |||
| "Venus Observed" | Christopher Fry | 18 February 1963 (1963-02-18) | |
| Comedy starring David Dodimead, Martha Henry; was originally scheduled for broadcast 7 January 1963, but delayed due to videotape erasure.[80] | |||
| "The Wild Duck" | Henrik Ibsen, adaptation by Alvin Goldman | 25 February 1963 (1963-02-25) | |
| Starring John Colicos, Peter Donat, Diane Leblanc, Everett Sloane[81] | |||
| "The Anatomy of Fugue" | Unknown | 4 March 1963 (1963-03-04) | |
| Music performance featuring Glenn Gould, The Canadian String Quartet and four vocalists[82] | |||
| "The Endless Echo" | Jean-Robert Remillard, translation by Alvin Goldman | 11 March 1963 (1963-03-11) | |
| Play starring Len Birman, Martha Henry[83] | |||
| "The Doctor's Dilemma" | George Bernard Shaw | 18 March 1963 (1963-03-18) | |
| Starring Zoe Caldwell, Peter Donat, Gillie Fenwick, Leo Genn[84] | |||
| "Galileo" | Bertolt Brecht, adapted by Lister Sinclair | 25 March 1963 (1963-03-25) | |
| Starring John Colicos (Galileo), Sharon Acker (Galileo's daughter), Leo Ciceri (Pope), Gillie Fenwick (Cardinal Inquisitor), Bruno Gerussi (Little Monk); narrated by Hugh Webster, directed by Mario Prizek[85][86] | |||
| "Birth of a Symphony" | Unknown | 1 April 1963 (1963-04-01) | |
| Performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 by the Festival Orchestra with conductor Karl Boehm[87] | |||
| "Laudes Evanglii" | Unknown | 15 April 1963 (1963-04-15) | |
| Miracle play which portrays the life of Jesus Christ, produced by Associated-Rediffusion and originally broadcast in the UK in 1961; featuring Ballet European choreographed by Leonide Massine, the chorus of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, with soloists and mime performers[88][89] | |||
| "Othello" | Verdi | 22 April 1963 (1963-04-22) | |
| Starring Richard Cassilly, Ilona Kombrink, John McCollum, Louis Quilico, Jan Rubes; broadcast from 8:30 Eastern due to program length of 2 hours 15 minutes[90] | |||
| "A Book With Chapters in It" | Jack Pullman | 29 April 1963 (1963-04-29) | |
| Repeat from 8 October 1962[91] | |||
| "Ballet Espagnol" | Unknown | 6 May 1963 (1963-05-06) | |
| Dance performance by Spain's Ximienez Vargas Ballet Company[92] | |||
| "The American Dream / The Sandbox" | Edward Albee | 13 May 1963 (1963-05-13) | |
| Edward Albee is interviewed by Charles Templeton between presentations of two Albee plays; recorded in Toronto and directed by Mario Prizek[93][94] | |||
| "David, Chapter II" | M. Charles Cohen | 20 May 1963 (1963-05-20) | |
| Repeat of 28 January 1963[95] | |||
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1963-64
Weeks not indicated were pre-empted by special broadcasts such as Camera Canada, Horizon or Intertel. NHL hockey playoffs pre-empted Festival on 8 April 1964.
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| Title | Writer | Original air date | |
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| "The Mikado" | Gilbert and Sullivan | 2 October 1963 (1963-10-02) | |
| Stratford Festival production, starring Maurice Brown (Mikado), Irene Byatt (Katisha), Andrew Downie (Nanki-Poo), Howell Glynne (Pooh-Bah), Eric House (The Lord High Executioner), Heather Thomson (Yum-Yum); produced by Norman Campbell[96][97] | |||
| "Antigone" | Jean Anouilh | 9 October 1963 (1963-10-09) | |
| Starring Suzanne Grossman, Budd Knapp, Dino Narizzano, Douglas Rain[98] | |||
| "The Labyrinth" | Charles Israel | 16 October 1963 (1963-10-16) | |
| James Doohan, Alice Hill, Budd Knapp, Arch McDonnell, Janis Orenstein[99] | |||
| "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" | Katherine Anne Porter | 23 October 1963 (1963-10-23) | |
| Play concerning the 1918 influenza epidemic, starring Keir Dullea, Joan Hackett[100] | |||
| "Le Médecin malgré lui" | Molière | 30 October 1963 (1963-10-30) | |
| Theatre du Nouveau Monde from Montreal performs this play in French; starring Jean Dalmain, Gabriel Gascon, Germaine Giroux, Guy Hoffman, Monique Joly, Monique Leyrac; introduction by Rene Levesque, directed by Jean Gascon[101][102] | |||
| "Viennese Night" | Unknown | 6 November 1963 (1963-11-06) | |
| Music performance featuring soloist Elizabeth Schwarzkopf and conductor Willi Boskovsky[103] | |||
| "I Spy / A Resounding Tinkle" | John Mortimer and N. F. Simpson | 13 November 1963 (1963-11-13) | |
| Two plays are featured: "I Spy" stars Henry Comor, Eric House, Hilary Vernon, and "A Resounding Tinkle" stars Helen Burns, Eric House[104] | |||
| "Pierre Boulez, Frenchman, Composer, Conductor" | Unknown | 20 November 1963 (1963-11-20) | |
| Broadcast of a Radio-Canada music performance featuring works by Debussy, Stravinsky with works by Boulez himself[105] | |||
| "The Slave of Truth" | Molière | 27 November 1963 (1963-11-27) | |
| Adaptation of Le Misanthrope starring Leo Ciceri, James Douglas, Michael Learned, Toby Robins, Norman Welsh[106] | |||
| "Roots" | Arnold Wesker | 4 December 1963 (1963-12-04) | |
| Starring Vanya Franck, Geraldine McEwan, Powys Thomas, Margery Withers[107] | |||
| "A Primer on Prima Donnas" | Unknown | 11 December 1963 (1963-12-11) | |
| Recollections of historic opera performers, performed by Joan Sutherland with Richard Bonynge conducting the CBC Symphony Orchestra[108] | |||
| "Diary of a Scoundrel" | Alexander Ostrovsky | 25 December 1963 (1963-12-25) | |
| Comedy set in mid 19th century Russia, starring Peter Donat, Norma Renault, Hilary Vernon, Hugh Webster[109] | |||
| "Still Life" | Jack Pulman | 1 January 1964 (1964-01-01) | |
| Starring Michael Crawford, Budd Knapp, Nancy Wickwire[110] | |||
| "Major Barbara" | Bernard Shaw | 8 January 1964 (1964-01-08) | |
| Starring Gillie Fenwick (Andrew Undershaft), Frances Hyland (Major Barbara)[111] | |||
| "First Love" | Ivan Turgenev | 22 January 1964 (1964-01-22) | |
| Starring Paul Harding, Jane Mallett, Richard Monette, Heather Sears[112] | |||
| "A Very Close Family" | Bernard Slade | 29 January 1964 (1964-01-29) | |
| [113] | |||
| "Pas de Dix / The Bitter Weird" | George Ballanchine, Agnes de Mille | 5 February 1964 (1964-02-05) | |
| Royal Winnipeg Ballet performance[114] | |||
| "Young Canadians in Concert" | Unknown | 19 February 1964 (1964-02-19) | |
| The Toronto Symphony Orchestra in concert, introduced by Wilfrid Pelletier, produced by Franz Kraemer[115] | |||
| "Uncle Vanya" | Anton Chekhov | 26 February 1964 (1964-02-26) | |
| Starring Winifred Dennis, Rita Gam, Eric House, William Hutt, Roberta Maxwell, John Vernon[116] | |||
| "Place des Arts" | Unknown | 4 March 1964 (1964-03-04) | |
| Zubin Mehta conducts the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Strauss's Ein Heldenleben[117] | |||
| "The Firebugs" | Max Frisch, adapted by John Bethune | 11 March 1964 (1964-03-11) | |
| Starring Patricia Collins, Jack Creley, Lou Jacobi, Cosette Lee, John Vernon[118] | |||
| "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" | Unknown | 18 March 1964 (1964-03-18) | |
| Repeat from 23 October 1963[119] | |||
| "Diary of a Scoundrel" | Unknown | 1 April 1964 (1964-04-01) | |
| Repeat from 25 December 1963[120] | |||
| "Hamlet" | William Shakespeare | 15 April 1964 (1964-04-15) | |
| Christopher Plummer stars in the BBC adaptation, recorded in Helsingør (Elsinore), Denmark[121] | |||
| "Othello" | Unknown | 22 April 1964 (1964-04-22) | |
| Repeat from 22 April 1963[122] | |||
| "Triple Play" | Unknown | 6 May 1964 (1964-05-06) | |
| Three different styles of performance: ballet (National Ballet), folk (Ian and Sylvia Tyson) and jazz (Phil Nimmons' group)[123] | |||
| "The Private Memoirs / Confessions of a Justified Sinner" | James Hogg | 13 May 1964 (1964-05-13) | |
| Drama concerning crimes motivate by religious fanaticism; starring Gillie Fenwick, Paul Harding, Paul Massie, Neil McCallum, Norma Renault[124] | |||
| "Concerti for Four Wednesdays" | Unknown | 3 June 1964 (1964-06-03) | |
| Glenn Gould discusses and performs compositions by Bach, Beethoven, Sweelinck, Weber[125] | |||
| "A Festival of Miniatures" | Unknown | 10 June 1964 (1964-06-10) | |
| Overview of music compositions by Brahms, Debussy, Granados, Haydn, Monteverdi, Mozart, Schumann, Stravinsky, Webern[126] | |||
| "Claudio Arrau" | Unknown | 17 June 1964 (1964-06-17) | |
| Sonata No. 7 in A minor (Mozart) and Sonata in C minor Opus 111 (Beethoven) are performed by Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau.[127] | |||
| "100th Birthday of Richard Strauss" | Unknown | 24 June 1964 (1964-06-24) | |
| CBC Symphony Orchestra performs with Lois Marshall (soprano), Hermann Prey (baritone) in honour of Strauss[128] | |||
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