News Profile
1972 Canadian TV series or program
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News Profile is a Canadian news and biography television series which aired on CBC Television from 1972 to 1974.
Genrenews / biography
Directed byCurt Laughlin
Barry McLean
Barry McLean
Presented byJan Tennant
Country of originCanada
| News Profile | |
|---|---|
| Genre | news / biography |
| Directed by | Curt Laughlin Barry McLean |
| Presented by | Jan Tennant |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| Production | |
| Editors | Bill Boyd Dave Quance |
| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | 17 September 1972 – 26 May 1974 |
Premise
Jan Tennant hosted this series in which each episode included a brief headline newscast followed by a feature on a particular personality.[1]
Profiles
Some of the people presented on News Profile included:
- 1972–1973 season
- Salvador Allende (Chilean president)
- Idi Amin (Ugandan president)
- Willy Brandt (German chancellor)
- Alan Eagleson (ice hockey)
- Francisco Franco (Spanish head of state)
- Edward Heath (British prime minister)
- Ferdinand Marcos (Philippine president)
- Juan Perón (Argentine president)
- 1973–1974 season
- Charles Best (insulin)
- Michel Couvin (Canadian Commissioner in South Vietnam)
- Richard J. Daley (Chicago mayor)
- Duke Ellington (musician)
- William Higgitt (RCMP Commissioner)
- Robert Lemieux (October Crisis lawyer)
- Peter Lougheed (Alberta premier)
- Georges Pompidou (French president)
Scheduling
This 15-minute series was broadcast on Sundays at 12:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 17 September 1972 to 26 May 1974.