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which aired on CTV between 1961 and 1965. It was hosted by Royce Frith.

Premise

Each week, a guest panel was invited to discuss a current event. Pre-selected viewers were also polled and their responses were tabulated and presented on the next show. Each episode cost an estimated $3500 (), among the most expensive domestic CTV productions.

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was ''Telepolls sponsor.

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, then based at CTV's Ottawa affiliate CJOH-TV, was a correspondent for the program.

Notable episodes

Glen Haw, a lawyer for the Jehovah's Witnesses sect appeared on 14 January 1961 to discuss their doctrine against

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. Haw stormed off the set following a statement by Kildare Dobbs, another panelist on that episode. The newspaper industry was the subject of a 3 January 1965 episode. The poll on that occasion found that three-quarters of respondents felt that Canada's papers did a "good job" covering the news, although 55% of those polled indicated the papers placed too much emphasis on sensationalism.

Broadcast

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References

External links

''Telepoll'' at Canadian Communications Foundation

''Telepoll'' at TVArchive.ca
1961 Canadian television series debuts 1965 Canadian television series endings CTV Television Network original programming 1960s Canadian television talk shows Television shows filmed in Toronto