Document | |
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Genre | documentary |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 7 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Patrick Watson Douglas Leiterman Richard Nielsen (1968-1969) |
Release | |
Original network | CBC Television |
Original release | 16 September 1962 – 27 May 1969 |
Document is a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television from 1962 to 1969.
Various documentaries were featured in this occasional series.
The first executive producers for this series were Patrick Watson and Douglas Leiterman. Their intention was to air a documentary approximately each month to provide a detailed treatment of a subject. By the second season of Document, Leiterman became executive producer on This Hour Has Seven Days and concentrated his work on that series. Watson became a host of Document at that time. Richard Nielsen became executive producer during the final episodes.
This series appeared on occasional random days and times from 16 September 1962 to 27 May 1969. It was given a monthly schedule in 1965 as a mid-year replacement for This Hour Has Seven Days in its Sunday night time slot.
Episodes of Document included:
The Toronto Telegram's Chester Bloom expressed criticism of bias over the broadcast of "The Servant of All" episode of 16 September 1962. Bloom's politics sided with the Progressive Conservative party.