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Original language(s) English First episode date 9 September 1952 | 4.7/10 Country of origin Canada Running time 60 minutes Final episode date 1 May 1953 Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Presented by Budd KnappDonald Harron Original release 9 September 1952 – 1 May 1953 Similar Front Page Challenge, The Rez, Ford Star Jubilee, The Judy Garland Show, Life with Judy Garland |
The Big Revue was a Canadian variety television show. It was the first ever production of CBC Television when both debuted in 1952. The show was directed by Norman Jewison and written by John Aylesworth and Frank Peppiatt. The pilot episode first aired on 9 September 1952.
The series was hosted by actress Toby Robins who would later rise to fame as a panelist on Front Page Challenge. It was on The Big Revue that Don Harron introduced TV audiences to his country bumpkin alter ego, "Charlie Farquharson" (who years later would be immortalized on the American series Hee Haw and the Canadian series The Red Green Show.).
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