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Peter Gzowski
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Born the great great grandson of a Polish
noble, Sir Casimir Gzowski, Peter Gzowski grew up in Cambridge
(formerly Galt), Ontario. Candid snapshots reveal a
happy child despite his parents' early divorce. He talks
about his early life and the close relationship he had with
his mother, who died when he was only 14 years old and attending
Ridley College boarding school. His father was an alcoholic
who weaved in and out of his life.
Bitten by the journalism bug while still in his teens, Gzowski
rose from the small-town sheets of Timmins, Moose Jaw and
Chatham to editing positions at Canada's largest and most
influential magazines and newspapers. By 1970, he was
ready to move to radio, as host of the immensely popular This
Country In The Morning. By the late seventies, however,
he was demonstrably unready to host his own late-night television
show, the mega-flop 90 Minutes Live.
The Gzowski story is told with archival film footage, rare
photographs and interviews with colleagues, Robert Fulford,
June Callwood, Alex Frame and Martin O'Malley, as well as
Gzowski's five children and his partner Gillian. The
camera follows him to Moose Jaw for the final broadcast of
Morningside, to chronicle of the end of a national
institution.
Original Air Date - October 12, 1997
Links
Peter
Gzowski: CBC.ca
Peter
Gzowski dies: CBC news
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