''French for Love'' was a
Canadian French-language instructional 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 1965 to 1966.
Premise
This Montreal-produced series taught English audiences how to speak in French. Initial hosts Gerard and Sheila Arthur, a married couple who also created the series, were previously featured on CBC Radio's ''Time For French'' series. The Arthurs performed sketches to demonstrate French conversation in a manner that could be explained to an English audience. Other features of the episodes included "What The Dictionaries Don't Tell" which described French nuances and idioms, plus "Pages choisies" where Gerard Arthur read a French passage then translated this to English.
New hosts, Felixe Fitzgerald and Paul Hebert, appeared from 28 February 1965 when Gerard Arthur left the series and Sheila Arthur focused on scriptwriting. The Arthurs reappeared in the 1966 season but left the performance of the instructional sketches to actors such as Raymond Cosgrove, Yvon Dufour,
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Given name
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Scheduling
The half-hour series was broadcast regionally on
CBMT
CBMT-DT (channel 6) is a television station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, broadcasting the English-language service of CBC Television. It is owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation alongside Ici Radio-Canada Télé flagship CB ...
from 1962. Its first nationally broadcast episodes were aired Sundays at 2:00 p.m. from 3 January to 30 May 1965. The ''Time For French'' CBC Radio series was renamed to ''French For Love'' later that year. Episodes of the second network-wide season were broadcast Sundays at 3:30 p.m. from 3 April to 10 July 1966.
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CBC Television original programming
1965 Canadian television series debuts
1966 Canadian television series endings
Television shows filmed in Montreal