Sunshine_Sketches_(TV_series)

<i>Sunshine Sketches</i> (TV series)

Sunshine Sketches (TV series)

Canadian TV series or program


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.

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

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