First Person (1960 TV series)

For the later American show, see First Person (2000 TV series).

First Person
Genre	drama anthology
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
Production
Executive producer	Raymond Whitehouse
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	8 June 1960 (1960-06-08) – 8 February 1961 (1961-02-08)

First Person is a Canadian dramatic television series which aired on CBC Television from 1960 to 1961.

Premise

This dramatic anthology consisted of adapted and original stories whose teleplays were produced out of CBC Toronto.

This series is distinct from Adrienne Clarkson's First Person talk show in 1966.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was first broadcast over 20 weeks on Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 8 June to 19 October 1960. Then it was given a full season on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. from 26 October 1960 to 8 February 1961.

Episodes

Some of the teleplays included:

June–October 1960

• The Anniversary (Basil Coleman producer; Michael Jacot writer)
• At the Railing (David Gardner producer; Robert Presnell Jr. writer), starring Martha Buhs and Robert Goulet
• Aunt Jeannie and the Idol (Audrey Piggott writer)
• Bulgarian Bread (Paul Wayne writer)
• The Click of Beads
• Earn Money at Home (W. O. Mitchell writer)
• End of Innocence (Paul Almond producer; Vincent McConnor writer), starring Kenneth Wolff
• Final at Furnell (Melwyn Breen producer; Willis Hall writer), starring Bill Glover and Deborah Turnbull
• Harry (Ted Pope producer; Fletcher Barry writer; Rosemary Timperley adaptation)
• Kukla (Audrey Piggott writer)
• The Magnet (Harvey Hart producer; Hugh Garner writer), starring Don Francks and Charmion King
• The Man Who Knew A Good Thing (George McCowan producer; Herb Hosie writer), starring Michael Forest
• The Man With Two Hands
• Night River (Basil Coleman producer; George Salverson writer), starring Powys Thomas and Terry Carter
• Some Are So Lucky (David Gardner producer; Hugh Garner writer)

October 1960-February 1961

• The Gold Dress (Stephen Vincent writer)
• Guardian Angel (Frederick Hazlett Brennan story; Hugh Garner adaptation)
• Man in Town (John Gray writer)
• A Matter of Some Importance (Roy Shields writer)
• Overlaid (David Gardner producer; Robertson Davies story; Wallace Christie adaptation), based on Davies' theatre play, starring Alex McKee and Aileen Seaton
• The Trouble With Pyecraft (Eric Till producer, H. G. Wells writer; Douglas Cleverdon adaptation), a comedy starring Tony Van Bridge (Pyecraft) and Gillie Fenwick (Formalyn)
• Venice Libretto (Herb Hosie writer)
• Witness to Murder (Wenzell Brown story; M. Charles Cohen adaptation)
• A Woman Called Anne (Basil Coleman producer; Pamela Lee writer), starring Norma Renault, Ruth Springford, and Norman Welsh

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "First Person". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.