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The Manipulators

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Genre
  
drama

Country of origin
  
Canada

No. of seasons
  
1

First episode date
  
28 January 1970

Network
  
CBC Television

Language
  
English

Created by
  
Ed McGibbon

Original language(s)
  
English

Executive producer(s)
  
Philip Keatley

Final episode date
  
5 September 1971

Number of seasons
  
1

The Manipulators was a Canadian drama television series which aired on CBC Television from 1970 to 1971.

Contents

Premise

Parole officers and their clients were featured characters in this colour filmed series. Its working title was The Double Bind, reflecting the dual responsibilities of parole officers to both former prisoners and the legal system. The production was based on The Clients, a pilot half-hour series broadcast locally in Vancouver.

Cast

  • Marc Strange as Rick Nicholson
  • Roxanne Irwin as Maggie Campbell
  • Gregory Nash as Campbell's son
  • Al Kozlik as Bill
  • Anthony Holland as Clem
  • Dorothy Davies as the staff psychologist

    • Scheduling

    This hour-long series was broadcast on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. (Eastern) for five episodes from 28 January to 25 February 1970 for its first season. Its second and final season aired seven episodes on Sundays at 9:00 p.m. from 31 January to 14 March 1971. Episodes were rebroadcast from 25 July to 5 September 1971.

    Season 1

  • "Spike In The Wall", starring Linda Goranson, Jace Vander Veen (Daryl Duke director)
  • "Where There Is Fear" (Don Eccleston director)
  • "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep" (Daryl Duke director)

    • Season 2

  • "Turn To The Wind", starring Jace Vander Veen
  • "The Code", starring Joseph Golland, Ted Rekert
  • "Bell And Bonnie, Bonnie And Bell", starring Rae Brown, Judy De Moor, Ivor Harris
  • "X-Kalay", starring Margot Kidder

    • References

    The Manipulators Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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