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The Canadian Establishment (TV series)

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Country of origin
  
Canada

No. of seasons
  
1

Executive producer(s)
  
Cameron Graham

First episode date
  
21 September 1980

Presented by
  
Patrick Watson

Language
  
English

Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
7

Running time
  
60 minutes

Final episode date
  
2 November 1980

Genre
  
Documentary film

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The Canadian Establishment was a Canadian documentary television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1980.

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Premise

The series profiles the lives and work of wealthy Canadians. It is based on Peter C. Newman's book, The Canadian Establishment whose first volume was published in 1975.

Patrick Watson was the series host and narrator.

Production

The $1 million series had one of the highest CBC Television project budgets of its time.

Scheduling

Hour-long episodes were first broadcast on Sundays at 9 p.m. (Eastern) from 21 September to 2 November 1980. The series was repeated in 1981 between May and July.

The series was broadcast in the United States on WNYC-TV from April to May 1985.

References

The Canadian Establishment (TV series) Wikipedia