''Drop-In'' was a Canadian
television series
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for youth broadcast on
CBC Television
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from 28 September 1970 to 1974. Various hosts were featured throughout the course of the series to present a variety of topics.
The show was broadcast three times per week in the 1970–1971 season. This was increased to four times per week in the following year.
''Dress Rehearsal''
Prior to the fall launch of the series, eight preview episodes were aired on
CBC Television
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beginning 7 July 1970. These were entitled ''Dress Rehearsal'', but otherwise featured hosts such as Susan Conway,
Lynne Griffin,
Nina Keogh, and
Rex Hagon
Rex Hagon is a Canadians, Canadian actor and television host.
Education
Hagon attended Upper Canada College, Upper Canada College. He is a graduate of sociology from the University of Toronto.
Life
His performing career began in his youth, ...
, who would be seen on the regular series from that October. Conway and Hagon had previously appeared together as child actors on the Canadian dramatic television series "The Forest Rangers".
The first season was taped entirely in Toronto. For its second and subsequent seasons ''Drop Ins format changed to one where episodes were produced locally in several Canadian cities, with local children as hosts.
Hosts
Partial list of hosts, who appeared with inconsistent frequency throughout the series:
* Hub Beaudry
* Jeffrey Cohen
* Susan Conway
* Christopher Dean
*
Lynne Griffin
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Rex Hagon
Rex Hagon is a Canadians, Canadian actor and television host.
Education
Hagon attended Upper Canada College, Upper Canada College. He is a graduate of sociology from the University of Toronto.
Life
His performing career began in his youth, ...
* Dean Keitel
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Nina Keogh
* Debbie Perret
*
Pat Rose
* Jeannie Wright
* Tommy Wright
* Daniel Stepchuk
References
External links
Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series: ''Drop-In'' (page 9)Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series: ''Dress Rehearsal'' (page 8)
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1970 Canadian television series debuts
1974 Canadian television series endings
CBC Television original programming
1970s Canadian children's television series
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