Stopwatch and Listen

*Stopwatch and Listen*
Stopwatch and Listen
Genre	comedy
Starring	Sam Aaron; Barbara Hamilton; Alfie Scopp
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Producer	Ross McLean
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	CBC Television
Original release	12 September –; 10 October 1952

Stopwatch and Listen is a Canadian comedy television series which aired on CBC Television in 1952.

Premise[]

This mockumentary series was based on a 1951 programme on CBC Radio's Trans-Canada Network. All aspects of the production were managed by producer Ross McLean. He chose a theme such as feature films or telephones six weeks prior to airdate then conducted rehearsals on the resulting scripts four weeks later. This culminated in a live broadcast of that episode.^[1]

Scheduling[]

This half-hour series debut was broadcast on Fridays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 12 September to 10 October 1952. Its time slot was filled by CBC Concert after this.^[2]

References[]

^ Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952–1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 91. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.
^ Barris, Alex (24 October 1952). "On the Screen". The Globe and Mail. p. 8.

External links[]

Allan, Blaine (1996). "Stopwatch and Listen". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
Stopwatch and Listen at IMDb

[WTWY-1] Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952–1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 91. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.

[2] Barris, Alex (24 October 1952). "On the Screen". The Globe and Mail. p. 8.

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