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The Tommy Banks Show

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Written by
  
Colin McLean

Original language(s)
  
English

Producer(s)
  
Don McRae

First episode date
  
29 December 1971

Network
  
CBC Television

Presented by
  
Tommy Banks

Language
  
English

Country of origin
  
Canada

No. of seasons
  
3

Location(s)
  
Edmonton

Final episode date
  
1974

Number of seasons
  
3

Genre
  
Variety show

The Tommy Banks Show is a Canadian variety and talk show television series which aired on CBC Television from 1971 to 1974.

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Premise

This Edmonton-produced series was recorded in the Student Union Theatre at the University of Alberta, featuring guests from Canada and other nations. On one episode, the visitors were musician Bruce Cockburn and nutritionist Adelle Davis. The series was broadcast locally in Edmonton until it was distributed nationally on CBC in 1971. Some guests have included leaders from the Church of Satan and the Canadian operations of the Ku Klux Klan.

Scheduling

This series was broadcast over three seasons as follows:

References

The Tommy Banks Show Wikipedia