Crossfire
GenreCurrent affairs
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes4
Production
ProducersCliff Solway
Art Stinson
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
Release3 April (1956-04-03) 
24 April 1956 (1956-04-24)

Crossfire is a Canadian current affairs television program which aired on CBC Television in April 1956, and which featured debate and panel show formats.

Premise

This program was a mid-season replacement for Citizens' Forum during April 1956. In some episodes of Crossfire, a studio audience posed questions to several experts on a particular topic. Other episodes featured a debate for or against a given subject, resembling a court cross-examination, with a studio audience deciding the winning side of the argument.[1][2]

  • 3 April 1956 - debut
  • 10 April 1956 - pre-empted for an NHL hockey playoffs broadcast[3]
  • 17 April 1956 - "Comic Books - Harmless or Dangerous?", under the audience question format[4]
  • 24 April 1956 - "Youth Wants to Know - How to be a Success" - an audience of youths poses questions to an expert panel[5]

Broadcast

This half-hour program was broadcast on Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 3 to 24 April 1956.

References

  1. Dube, Bernard (3 April 1956). "TViewing". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 13. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  2. Corcelli, John (February 2005). "Crossfire". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  3. Dube, Bernard (10 April 1956). "TViewing". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 13. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  4. "Highlights". Ottawa Citizen. 17 April 1956. p. 26. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  5. "Highlights". Ottawa Citizen. 24 April 1956. p. 24. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
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