Marketplace (TV series)

Marketplace
The most recent version of the show's logo.
Also known as	'CBC News: Marketplace'
Genre	Newsmagazine Investigative Journalism Consumer Affairs
Presented by	Charlsie Agro David Common Asha Tomlinson
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	43
No. of episodes	> 500
Production
Executive producer(s)	Caroline Harvey (executive producer) Litsa Sourtzis (senior producer)
Producer(s)	Kathleen Coughlin Tiffany Foxcroft Megan Griffith-Greene Greg Sadler Virginia Smart Jeannie Stiglic Nelisha Vellani Andreas Wesley
Editor(s)	Morna Scott-Dunne Simon Parubchak
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Release
Original network	CBC Television
Picture format	16:9 Widescreen
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	5 October 1972 – present
External links
Website

Marketplace is an award-winning Canadian television series, broadcast on CBC Television. The series is a consumer advocacy newsmagazine, which airs investigative reports on issues such as product testing, health and safety, fraudulent business practices and other news issues of interest to product and service consumers. The program is in its 44th season, which began in October 2016.

Launched in 1972, the program was influential in the banning of urea formaldehyde foam insulation and lawn darts in Canada, the legislation of warnings on exploding pop bottles, successful prosecution of retailers for false advertising, new standards for bottled water and drinking fountains, new regulations to make children's sleepwear less flammable, and the implementation of safer designs for children's cribs.

Marketplace was originally hosted by Joan Watson and George Finstad. Other hosts have included Bill Paul, Harry Brown, Norma Kent, Jacquie Perrin, Christine Johnson, Erica Johnson, Jim Nunn, Tom Harrington and Wendy Mesley. The program's current hosts are David Common, Charlsie Agro and Asha Tomlinson.

Early seasons of the series had a theme song, "The Consumer", which was written and performed by Stompin' Tom Connors. For several years, every episode would begin with Connors singing the song, which became a hit.