In 1988 the Kids in the Hall taped a TV pilot, which aired on HBO in the United States and CBC in Canada that fall. More episodes of the program, which was produced by the CBC and Lorne Edwards's Broadway Video, began airing on both networks in 1989. Read More »
Posted on Nov 4, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Renowned Canadian actor Eric Peterson joins Rewind host Michael Enright this week to look at 75 years of drama on CBC Radio. CBC's drama series have served as a showcase and training ground for home-grown talent. Read More »
Posted on Oct 31, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In this 1991 clip, Julia Child, an author and TV host, sips tea with CBC Radio's Vicki Gabereau and recalls her past with the U.S. diplomatic service. Child has helped change the way North Americans think about food. Read More »
Posted on Oct 28, 2011 6:00:00 AM
"Basically I can't draw," Margaret Atwood tells CBC's Peter Gzowski as she illustrates a few of her cartoon characters in this clip from 90 Minutes Live in 1978. The accomplished writer is also a cartoonist for This Magazine. Using the pseudonym Bart Gerrard. Read More »
Posted on Oct 21, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In this illuminating 1969 interview, Neil Young discusses the bitter end of Buffalo Springfield, the "dirty" music industry, groupies and his recording process as a solo musician. He also alludes to using the "live" method of recording on his next album. Read More »
Posted on Oct 14, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Gordon Lightfoot made a guest appearance on The Tommy Hunter Show in 1981. Lightfoot and the band performed Shadows and Old Dan's Records. The Tommy Hunter Show air from 1965-1992 and featured Canadian and international country and western music stars. Read More »
Posted on Oct 12, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Rick Mercer goes bungee jumping in Whistler, B.C., with Man in Motion Rick Hansen on an episode of the Rick Mercer Report. Read More »
Posted on Oct 8, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The Tragically Hip is one of Canada's favourite bands, selling out arenas with music powered by driving guitars and thoughtful lyrics. In this 1999 interview Gord Downie tells CBC reporter Laurie Brown it took just one rehearsal before the band felt like a success. Read More »
Posted on Oct 7, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Preston Manning makes a guest appearance on Royal Canadian Air Farce. Manning made four guest appearances on Air Farce - one where he famously cackled about how he loved that word "Refoooooorm". Read More »
Posted on Oct 1, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In 1966, CBC Television invited some of North America's greats blues performers to gather in a Toronto studio and record performances together and individually. The session lasted over three days and the results were originally televised as a 90-minute special of the CBC series, Festival. Read More »
Posted on Sep 30, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The cast of Royal Canadian Air Farce, Kids in the Hall and Brent Butt performed a doughnut shop sketch on the All-Star Comedy Homecoming. Read More »
Posted on Sep 24, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Singer Rosemary Clooney appeared on the CBC Television variety series Chrysler Festival in 1957. The Chrysler Festival was a variety miniseries that aired in 1957 and featured several concerts that were broadcast on television. Read More »
Posted on Sep 23, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Singer Jann Arden makes a guest appearance on the Royal Canadian Air Farce in 1997 to fire the Chicken Cannon with Col. Stacey, played by Don Ferguson. Read More »
Posted on Sep 20, 2011 6:00:00 AM
CBC Radio 3 host Grant Lawrence spends some time with Kids' CBC musical star Mamma Yamma in the studio for a special New Year's recording. Read More »
Posted on Sep 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Throughout his career, Paul Anka has worked with the CBC on various productions - from 1965's Chateau Laurier Presents Paul Anka to Paul Anka: RSVP in 2003. Read More »
Posted on Sep 16, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Oscar Peterson's dazzling technique combined with his swinging style made him one of the greatest and most influential jazz pianists in the world. Over the course of his life and his career, Peterson made numerous appearances on CBC/Radio-Canada. Read More »
Posted on Sep 9, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Poet, musician, novelist, ladies' man, monk, actor - Leonard Norman Cohen is one of Canada's most influential cultural icons. Cohen has made numerous appearances on CBC/Radio-Canada and been the subject of countless interviews. Read More »
Posted on Sep 2, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell performed on a 1968 CBC-TV special Our Kind of Crowd, which also featured Canadian group 3's A Crowd and Richard Pryor. Read More »
Posted on Aug 26, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Billy Bob Thornton and his band, The Boxmasters, appears on Q with host Jian Ghomeshi. The now infamous interview saw a stand-offish Thornton refusing to answer questions. Read More »
Posted on Aug 23, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Jefferson Airplane appears on Rock Scene Like It Is in October 1967. The special broadcast featured several musical performances, including the Doors, Dionne Warwick, Sergio Mendes, Brasil 66, Eric Andersen and a big band led by Don Thompson. Read More »
Posted on Aug 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Mick Jagger performs at the April 25, 1965 Rolling Stones concert at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. The band was featured on the Music Hop on CBC Television that week. Read More »
Posted on Aug 16, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King makes a guest appearance on the CBC Television program Sunday on April 16, 1967. Read More »
Posted on Aug 15, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Rick Mercer gets his 'Celebrity Tip' from Canadian author Margaret Atwood in a 2005 episode of the Rick Mercer Report. Read More »
Posted on Aug 14, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Children's entertainer Fred Penner appears on Mr. Dressup with Ernie Coombs. Read More »
Posted on Aug 13, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Bill Cosby stops by Take 30 to chat with host Paul Soles in 1969. During the interview, with a cigar in hand, Cosby describes the pitfalls of sudden fame and professes a love for Air Canada. Read More »
Posted on Aug 13, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Winnipeg band, The Guess Who, worked as the house band of CBC-TV's Let's Go for two years beginning in 1967. They performed on a May 1968 CBC Show of the Week special, hosted by one of the CBC's first bona fide stars - Juliette. Read More »
Posted on Aug 12, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Security deals with excited female fans who charged the stage at the Sept. 7, 1964 performance by The Beatles at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. Read More »
Posted on Aug 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
American entertainer and pianist Liberace appeared on Chrysler Festival on CBC-TV on April 17, 1957, accompanied by his brother, violinist George Liberace. The Chrysler Festival was a variety miniseries that aired in 1957 and featured several live concerts that were broadcast on television. Read More »
Posted on Aug 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Radio commentator Jean Hinds speaks with Mrs. Bastedo, wife of Saskatchewan's then lieutenant governor Frank Bastedo in a broadcast of women's programming. Read More »
Posted on Aug 3, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Arcade Fire band members Win Butler, Regine Chassagne and Richard Parry appear on CBC's QTV in 2010 ahead of the release of their third studio album. The award-winning Montreal-based band came to prominence after they released their 2004 album Funeral. Read More »
Posted on Jul 29, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Mystery guest Eleanor Roosevelt towers above Front Page Challenge panelists Gordon Sinclair, Toby Robins, Pierre Berton and guest panelist Marguerite Higgins. Read More »
Posted on Jul 26, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The Reverend Jim Bevel, a key member of the civil rights movement, speaks with Georgia Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon Calvin Craig as interviewer Robert Hoyt looks on. Read More »
Posted on Jul 23, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Recognition came early for Wayne Gretzky. He began signing autographs at age 10. By 11, he was dubbed "The Great Gretzky." And by the time of this March 1974 interview with CBC's Peter Gzowski, the 13-year-old was a seasoned hockey star. Read More »
Posted on Jul 23, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Radio Canada International journalist Hanna Nowakowski interviews John Lennon and Yoko Ono at their 1969 "bed-in" at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Read More »
Posted on Jul 22, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Gordon Lightfoot has made several appearances on CBC. In the 1960s, Lightfoot performed with the Swinging Eight, a group featured on CBC-TV's Country Hoedown. He was later commissioned to write the Canadian Railroad Trilogy for a special Centennial broadcast. Read More »
Posted on Jul 22, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Jean Chretien and Pamela Wallin meet their alter egos played by Roger Abbott and Luba Goy on a 1997 episode of Royal Canadian Air Farce. Read More »
Posted on Jul 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Jim Morrison and the Doors appeared on Rock Scene Like It Is in October 1967. It represents the Doors only Canadian television appearance. Read More »
Posted on Jul 15, 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
In parade of comic voices, Robin Williams has the studio audience at CBC-TV's 90 Minutes Live in stitches in this 1978 clip. Even when he settles into the guest's chair for a chat with host Peter Gzowski, Williams can't turn off his shtick. Read More »
Posted on Jul 9, 2011 2:08:35 PM
Composer Igor Stravinsky enjoys rock star-like status as he departs CBC after conducting the CBC Symphony Orchestra for a special, Stravinsky at Eighty. Read More »
Posted on Jul 9, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Paul Shaffer and Ashley MacIsaac perform with Rita MacNeil in a 1996 episode of Rita & Friends. The series ran on CBC from 1994-1997 as a variety show that featured many musical artists. Read More »
Posted on Jul 8, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Paul Martin turns the camera on Rick Mercer while filming a segment for the Rick Mercer Report. Mercer visited the then-prime minister at 24 Sussex in Ottawa in 2005. Read More »
Posted on Jul 3, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Colin Mochrie (left) and his real-life pal guest star Wayne Brady take a photo break in full-costume ahead of a 2005 shooting of an episode of Getting Along Famously. Read More »
Posted on Jun 24, 2011 6:00:00 AM
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