Stopwatch and Listen

Stopwatch and Listen
Genre comedy
Starring Sam Aaron
Barbara Hamilton
Alfie Scopp
Country of origin Canada
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 5
Production
Producer(s) Ross McLean
Running time 30 minutes
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release 12 September – 10 October 1952

Stopwatch and Listen is a Canadian comedy television series which aired on CBC Television in 1952.

Premise

This mockumentary series was based on a 1951 programme on CBC Radio's Trans-Canada Network. All aspects of the production were managed by producer Ross McLean. He chose a theme such as feature films or telephones six weeks prior to airdate then conducted rehearsals on the resulting scripts four weeks later. This culminated in a live broadcast of that episode.[1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series debut was broadcast on Fridays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 12 September to 10 October 1952. Its time slot was filled by CBC Concert after this.[2]

References

  1. Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 91. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.
  2. Barris, Alex (24 October 1952). "On the Screen". The Globe and Mail. p. 8.
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