Genre current affairs Original language(s) English Producer(s) Patrick Watson First episode date 26 December 1960 Network CBC Television Cast Laurier LaPierre | Country of origin Canada No. of seasons 4 Running time 30 minutes Final episode date 27 July 1964 Number of seasons 4 | |
Presented by Davidson Dunton (1960–1963), Laurier LaPierre (1963–1964) People also search for This Hour Has Seven Days | ||
Inquiry is a Canadian current affairs television series which aired on CBC Television from 1960 to 1964.
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Premise
Topics for the first two seasons included censorship, the Columbia River Treaty, the isolation of immigrants, the military, nuclear power, politics, pollution, Quebec separatism and taxation. In the third season the series was able to expand its coverage, including international topics, thanks to a 25% increase in the series budget from the CBC. Warner Troyer also emerged as a leading journalistic talent first in writing, then in production of stories, then joining Dunton in interviews.
Davidson Dunton, previously chairman of the CBC, was the first host of this Ottawa-produced series. When Dunton was appointed to the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism in 1963, he was replaced by Laurier LaPierre. Producer Patrick Watson had earlier made an unsuccessful offer to Pierre Trudeau to host Inquiry.
The title card for the series indicated that its name be pronounced /ɪŋˈkwaɪəri/ rather than /ˈɪn.kwɪri/.
When Inquiry ended in 1964, many of the core participants in the series joined This Hour Has Seven Days, including LaPierre, Troyer and Watson.
Scheduling
This half-hour series was broadcast for four seasons as follows (Eastern times):