Country of origin Canada No. of seasons 1 Executive producer(s) Stanley Colbert First episode date 17 January 1982 Network CBC Television Number of episodes 10 Language English | Original language(s) English No. of episodes 10 Producer(s) Laura Phillips Final episode date 2 September 1982 Number of seasons 1 Genre Biographical film | |
The Winners was a Canadian biographical television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1982.
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Premise
This series, sponsored by Shell Canada, presented docudramas of Canadian heroes.
Scheduling
The half-hour episodes were originally broadcast on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. from 17 January to 28 March 1982. It was rebroadcast later that year on Sunday evenings from 15 July to 2 September.
Episodes
- Athol Murray, founder of Notre Dame College, Saskatchewan, portrayed by Donnelly Rhodes ("The Winners"); Gordon Ruttan (writer), Brian Walker (director)
- Emily Murphy, portrayed by Martha Henry, co-starring Douglas Campbell, William Hutt, Gerard Parkes and Douglas Rain; John Kent Harrison (writer), Martin Lavut (director)
- H.R. MacMillan - Norman Klenman (writer), Lawrence S. Mirkin (director)
- Pauline Johnson, portrayed by Fern Henry - Munroe Scott (writer), Martha Coolidge (director)
- J.A. Bombardier, portrayed by Yvon Ponton, James Brown (writer), Jean Lefleur (director)
- Charlotte Whitton, portrayed by Kate Lynch; Carol Bolt (writer), Graham Parker (director)
- John Wesley Dafoe - Fiona McHugh (writer), Scott Hylands (director)
- Marion Hilliard, portrayed by Chapelle Jaffe, co-starring Peter Dvorsky, Janet-Laine Green, Lois Maxwell and Mary Pirie; Fiona McHugh (writer), Zale Dalen (director)
- Reginald Fessenden, portrayed by Alan Scarfe; George Robertson (writer), Richard Gilbert (director)
- Vilhjalmur Stefansson, portrayed by Michael J. Reynolds co-starring John Friesen and Eric Peterson; George Robertson and Alan Scarfe (writers)
References
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