''Festival'' (initially titled ''Festival '61'') is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

entertainment anthology 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 ...

from 1960 to 1969.

Premise

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.

Production

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. Productions such as a ballet performance or a Gilbert and Sullivan play could cost $60,000 for CBC.

Scheduling

This series was broadcast as follows:

Seasons

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.

1961-62

The program was simply billed as ''Festival'' in its second season. Most pre-empted weeks were for special episodes of ''

Camera Canada ''Camera Canada'' was a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television from 1961 to 1963. Premise This was an occasional series of documentaries concerning modern Canadian history, filmed by various producers. It was inspir ...

''.

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.

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.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0348926 CBC Television original programming 1960 Canadian television series debuts 1969 Canadian television series endings 1960s Canadian anthology television series