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Reluctant Nation

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Genre
  
docudrama

Country of origin
  
Canada

No. of seasons
  
1

Final episode date
  
20 October 1966

Number of seasons
  
1

Written by
  
Eric Koch Melwyn Breen

Original language(s)
  
English

First episode date
  
15 September 1966

Network
  
CBC Television

Language
  
English

Starring
  
Tom Harvey Arch McDonnell

Reluctant Nation is a Canadian historical docudrama television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1966.

Contents

Premise

This series was produced as a Canadian Centennial project, featuring dramatic portrayals of historical Canadian leaders who are interviewed in the format of contemporary television journalism. This public affairs style highlighted concerns which faced the early Canadian Confederation such as dealings with the United States and Europe, dealings among Canadian provinces and the role of francophones in the new nation.

John Saywell of York University was a series consultant.

Cast

  • Arch McDonnell as a reporter
  • Tom Harvey as a reporter
  • Antony Parr as Andrew George Blair
  • Claude Bede as William Stevens Fielding
  • Jack Creley as Wilfrid Laurier
  • Robert Christie as John A. Macdonald
  • Robert Goodier as HonorĂ© Mercier
  • Paul Kligman as Oliver Mowat
  • E. M. Margolese as John Norquay
  • Norman Welsh as Goldwin Smith
  • William Osler as William Van Horne

    • Scheduling

    This half-hour series was broadcast on Thursdays at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern time) from 15 September to 20 October 1966.

    References

    Reluctant Nation Wikipedia
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