Stopwatch and Listen

Stopwatch and Listen is a Canadian comedy television series which aired on CBC Television in 1952.

Stopwatch and Listen
Genre	comedy
Starring	Sam Aaron Barbara Hamilton Alfie Scopp
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Producer	Ross McLean
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	CBC Television
Original release	12 September – 10 October 1952

Premise

This mockumentary series was based on a 1951 programme on CBC Radio's Trans-Canada Network. All aspects of the production were managed by producer Ross McLean. He chose a theme such as feature films or telephones six weeks prior to airdate then conducted rehearsals on the resulting scripts four weeks later. This culminated in a live broadcast of that episode.[1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series debut was broadcast on Fridays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 12 September to 10 October 1952. Its time slot was filled by CBC Concert after this.[2]

References

1. Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952–1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 91. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.
2. Barris, Alex (24 October 1952). "On the Screen". The Globe and Mail. p. 8.

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "Stopwatch and Listen". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
• Stopwatch and Listen at IMDb