Children's Cinema
1969 Canadian TV series or program
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Children's Cinema is a Canadian children's film television series which aired on CBC Television from 1969 to 1975.
| Children's Cinema | |
|---|---|
| Genre | children's film |
| Presented by | Robert Homme |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30–60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | 22 December 1969 – 28 June 1975 |
Premise
Bob Homme (The Friendly Giant) hosted this series of films for children from Canada and other nations.[1]
Scheduling
The initial series was run weekdays at 10:00 a.m. (North American Eastern time) for half-hour time slots during the Christmas holidays from 22 December 1969 to 2 January 1970. Regular season runs began October 1970 and were broadcast Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern time) as follows:
| Duration | Season run | |
|---|---|---|
| 60 minutes | 3 October 1970 | 17 April 1971 |
| 60 minutes | 2 October 1971 | 8 April 1972 |
| 30 minutes | 15 April 1972 | 30 June 1973 |
| 60 minutes | 15 September 1973 | 6 April 1974 |
| 30 minutes | 6 April 1974 | 6 July 1974 |
| 60 minutes | 5 October 1974 | 28 June 1975 |
