The Great Canadian Culture Hunt


The Great Canadian Culture Hunt was a Canadian documentary television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1976.

Premise

Canadian culture was featured in this series of documentaries hosted by actor Gordon Pinsent.

Scheduling

This hour-long series was broadcast Wednesdays from 10 March to 14 April 1976. The first three episodes were broadcast at 8:30 p.m. after which the episodes began at 8:00 p.m.

Episodes

  1. 10 March 1976, "Politics and Culture" – featured opinions from Greg Curnoe, Yvon Deschamps, Hugh Faulkner, Herschel Hardin, Peter C. Newman, Lise Payette, Hamilton Southam and Peter Swann.
  2. 17 March 1976, "Home Movies" – concerned the national film industry and the often inconsistent support from both the private and public sectors
  3. 24 March 1976, "The Music Industry" – Bruce Cockburn, Murray McLauchlan and Anne Murray were interviewed
  4. 31 March 1976, "The Publishing Industry" – featured Margaret Atwood, Robert Kroetsch, Irving Layton, Michael Ondaatje and Audrey Thomas
  5. 7 April 1976, "Theatre" – featured writers Carol Bolt, David Freeman, David French, Michel Garneau, Michel Tremblay, and directors Bill Glassco, Martin Kinch and Paul Thompson.
  6. 14 April 1976, "The Television Industry" -
The final program dealt with television, and centred on the research and
opinions of U.S. scholar George Gerbner, dean on the Annenberg School of
Communications.