''Expo This Week'' was a
Canadian news television series which aired on
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-l ...
in 1967.
Premise
This series provided weekly reports during
Expo 67, the World's Fair in
Montreal. Besides news of the past week's activities, episodes featured interviews with visitors and celebrities and reports on Expo venues.
Peter Reilly
Peter Reilly (26 November 1933 – 15 March 1977) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a broadcaster and journalist by career.
Career
He was elected at the Ottawa West riding in the ...
hosted the series until he left and was replaced by
Lloyd Robertson in September. Chantal Beauregard was added as co-host from July.
Production
The CBC's international broadcast centre at Expo 67 was budgeted at $10 million. The series was produced in
colour, using technologically advanced portable video equipment for location reports.
Jim Guthro initially produced the series with assistance from David Pears. From July, Guthro was replaced by Peter Elkington who was first assisted by Wilfred Haydon, then from September by Bill Bolt.
Series sponsor was
Shell Canada, supplemented by
Chrysler Canada
Stellantis Canada (formerly, FCA Canada, Inc. and Chrysler Canada) is the wholly owned subsidiary of Stellantis through its North American division operating in Canada. Incorporated in 1925, the Chrysler Corporation of Canada acquired a Maxwell ...
during the first six weeks.
Scheduling
This half-hour series was broadcast Tuesdays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 2 May to 17 October 1967.
See also
*''
Pavilion (TV series)'', another CBC TV series on Expo 67.
References
External links
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Queen's University Queen's or Queens University may refer to:
*Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada
*Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
**Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1950)
**Queen's University of Belfast ...
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CBC Television original programming
1967 Canadian television series debuts
1967 Canadian television series endings
Expo 67