Bob Homme starred in the popular children's television program, The Friendly Giant, from 1958-1985. In the 15-minute show, Homme played the giant, Friendly, who lived in a huge castle and was friends with Rusty the Rooster and Jerome the Giraffe. Read More »
Posted on Nov 1, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This sketch was used in the planning for covering election night in 1979. In the sketch, you can see the intended look for camera 2 and camera 7 - which would be used for a close up in an interview area and for a close up on the host of the evening. Read More »
Posted on Oct 25, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Alex Tavshunsky has been drawing courtroom illustrations for the news media from 1993. Many of his court illustrations have been created for CBC TV newscasts. Read More »
Posted on Oct 18, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This split screen shows a costume design and then what the character ended up actually looking like. The costume is for Volpone, which broadcast on CBC in December 1969 Read More »
Posted on Oct 11, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Reach for the Top pitted Canada's brightest high school students against each other in a question and answer game. Topics that ranged from the classics to popular culture, from history to mathematics Read More »
Posted on Oct 4, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This title card was used for the children's program Butternut Square, which aired on CBC from 1964-1967. The show starred Ernie Coombs, who played Mr. Dressup. The character would go on to become one of the best known-names in children's programming. Read More »
Posted on Sep 27, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This costume sketch was used for a the 1975 production of the Nutcracker, which aired on Dec. 17, 1975. The Royal Winnipeg Ballet production was produced by Norman Campbell and aired on Musicamera. Read More »
Posted on Sep 20, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This graphic was used on the children's series Mr. Dressup. Mr. Dressup would frequently draw pictures on his drawing board to tell stories or to play a game with one of his visiting friends. The show was produced by CBC Television from 1967-1996 Read More »
Posted on Sep 13, 2011 9:45:24 AM
This set sketch was used to conceptualize the opening monologue set-up for The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour. The variety show aired on CBC Television from 1970-71, and starred Lorne Michaels and Hart Pomerantz. Read More »
Posted on Sep 6, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The Tommy Hunter Show had a 27-year run from 1965-1992 and featured Canadian and international country and western music stars. To many of his fans, Hunter was known as "Canada's Country Gentleman". Read More »
Posted on Aug 23, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This sketch was created by costume designers working on Royal Gambit. It shows the design of a costume to be worn by the Henry VIII character. Read More »
Posted on Aug 16, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The award-winning Tabloid graphic is featured in the television section of the annual. It was produced by art director David Mackay for CBC Television. It was hosted by Dick MacDougal and weatherman Percy Saltzman. Read More »
Posted on Aug 9, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The Forest Rangers was the first Canadian television show produced entirely in colour. The show focused on a group of Junior Rangers who take over an abandoned fort near the village of Indian River in northern Ontario. Read More »
Posted on Aug 2, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This CBC test pattern card was used in the early days of black and white television. Test patterns are typically broadcast at times when the transmitter was active but not program was being broadcast. Read More »
Posted on Jul 26, 2011 6:00:00 AM
A Journey Back focuses on the story of a Holocaust survivor Jack Garfein, a New York off-Broadway producer who is brought back to his hometown in Slovakia for the first time and then to the Auschwitz and Birkenhau death camps in Poland to discover his past. Read More »
Posted on Jul 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This graphic was used in a 1991 episode of Front Page Challenge. Deborah Grey, the first Reform candidate to earn a seat in the House of Commons, was the guest on Feb. 8, 1991 episode. Read More »
Posted on Jul 12, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This 1966 graphic was used for Hockey Night in Canada, which marked the first season the games were broadcast in colour. Read More »
Posted on Jul 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
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