People of Our Times
People of Our Times is a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television from 1974 to 1977.
Premise
Each episode featured a particular noted cultural personality providing a television essay on a particular topic.Scheduling
This half-hour series was broadcast as follows :Episodes
;1974- "3 Cheers for Toronto", a tour of the city according to Robertson Davies
- "The Politics of Experience", R. D. Laing
- "The Vassar Girl, 1933-74", Mary McCarthy recounts America in the context of the Watergate scandal
- "Let Us Be True To One Another", Vivian Rakoff, concerning loneliness
- "Enough of a Terrible Beauty", Conor Cruise O'Brien of Ireland concerning The Troubles
- "Am I My Brother's Keeper?", Jessica Mitford discusses the prison system
- "Stewart Alsop - A Memoir", a posthumous broadcast in which the American journalist discusses his mortality
- "Guardian of Dreams", featuring British singer Mabel Mercer
- "Reflections From The Waterfront", with American author Eric Hoffer
- "The Prospects For Humanity", Arnold Toynbee
- "Coming Home Again", in which Mordecai Richler speaks of his years outside Canada and his desire to move back
- "A Celebration", with Michel Tremblay whose plays initially found few audiences outside Quebec
- "Will There Always Be An England?", with A. J. P. Taylor
- "Perceptions of France", Mavis Gallant
- "The Devil's Decade", concerning the 1930s, hosted by Claud Cockburn
- "Defending The Peaceable Isles", concerning self-government in Scotland with Scottish National Party leader Donald Stewart
- an essay with Jiddu Krishnamurti
- series finale with Arnold Toynbee