''Producers' Workshop'' is a

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dramatic and documentary television series which aired on CBC Television in 1955.

Premise

This series presented a variety of fiction and non-fiction works. Documentaries included subjects such as the

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and bees. In another episode,

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's ''Of All Things'' was given a television adaptation with host

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. Plays seen on ''Producers' Workshop'' included ''Big Boys Shouldn't Cry'' (Ted Allan), ''Flesh Of My Flesh'' (Guy Parent producer; Mac Shoub writer), ''The Strike'' (George Salverson) and ''The Vise'' (

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writer).

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast Fridays at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 8 July to 2 September 1955.

References

External links

* {{Cite web , url=http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Per.html , first=Blaine , last=Allan , title=Producers' Workshop , publisher= Queen's University , year=1996 , accessdate=7 May 2010 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617013844/http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Per.html , archivedate=17 June 2010 CBC Television original programming 1950s Canadian anthology television series 1955 Canadian television series debuts 1955 Canadian television series endings Black-and-white Canadian television shows