''Of All People'' 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 ...

biographical television series which aired on

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from 1972 to 1974.

Premise

This series featured profiles of Canadians who were not celebrities such as couple Fred and Mary Allison celebrating a 50th anniversary, octogenarian coin and stamp collector Vinnie Green, Newfoundlander Leonard Evans and his 14 children, and Uxbridge Township dogcatcher Anne Barrett. One episode included poet Al Purdy who later received the

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and

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Production

Segment producers included

Martyn Burke Martyn Burke (born 1952) is a Canadian director, novelist and screenwriter from Toronto, Ontario. Biography Born in Hamilton, Ontario, to Freda and Les Burke who immigrated from England to Canada during World War II as part of the British Civ ...

Martin Lavut Martin Lavut (December 18, 1934 – January 26, 2016) was a Canadian filmmaker born in Montreal, Quebec. He wrote and directed numerous theatrical and television dramas, and documentary films. Among his dramas are the films '' Certain Practices'', ' ...

and

Donald Shebib Donald Everett "Don" Shebib (born 27 January 1938) is a Canadian film director. Shebib is a central figure in the development of English Canadian cinema who made several short documentaries for the National Film Board of Canada and CBC Televisi ...

. The theme music for the series was a song called "You Of All People", written and performed by Jack Schechtman. The song was released on his album, "From Soup to Nuts".

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Mondays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 12 June to 21 August 1972. It returned the following year on Sundays at 10:30 p.m. from 27 May to 19 August 1973, then finally Mondays at 10:00 p.m. from 3 June to 2 September 1974.

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* {{Authority control CBC Television original programming 1972 Canadian television series debuts 1974 Canadian television series endings