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Hard Times (Canadian TV series)

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Directed by
  
David Rabinovitch

Country of origin
  
Canada

No. of seasons
  
1

First episode date
  
4 August 1975

Number of seasons
  
1

Language
  
English

Presented by
  
Ed Reid

Original language(s)
  
English

Producer(s)
  
David Rabinovitch

Final episode date
  
2 September 1975

Genre
  
Documentary film

Hard Times was a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television in 1975.

Contents

Premise

Ed Reid hosted this series of documentaries concerned Canadian life in the 1930s, particularly the history of the Great Depression. Newsreels and historic photographs were combined with interviews of people recounting their Depression-era experiences.

Hard Times was a prime-time repackaging of segments which previously aired in 1974 and 1975 on the daytime Take 30 series. Reid was a Take 30 co-host at that time.

Scheduling

This series aired on Mondays at 10:30 p.m. from 4 August to 2 September 1975.

References

Hard Times (Canadian TV series) Wikipedia