Document (TV series)

Document is a Canadian documentary television series that aired once a month on CBC Television from 1962 to 1969. This innovative series featured various documentaries, employing both direct cinema and traditional documentary techniques.[1][2] The series, appearing on occasional random days and times, was given a monthly schedule in 1965 as a mid-year replacement for This Hour Has Seven Days.

Document
GenreDocumentary
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons7
Production
Executive producersPatrick Watson
Douglas Leiterman
Richard Nielsen (1968-1969)
Release
Original networkCBC Television
Original releaseSeptember 16, 1962 (1962-09-16) –
May 27, 1969 (1969-05-27)

The Toronto Telegram's Chester Bloom expressed criticism of bias over the broadcast of "The Servant of All" episode of September 16, 1962. Bloom's politics sided with the Progressive Conservative party.[3]

Production

The first executive producers for this series were Patrick Watson and Douglas Leiterman, whose intention was to air a documentary approximately each month to provide a detailed treatment of a subject. By the second season, 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.[4] Richard Nielsen became executive producer during the final episodes.

Episodes
No.Title [1]ProducersOriginal air date
1"The Servant of All"Beryl Fox and Douglas LeitermanSeptember 16, 1962 (1962-09-16)
Selecting a Prime Minister
2"Joshua, a Nigerian Portrait"Allan KingMarch 6, 1963 (1963-03-06)
3"The Pull to the South"TBAMarch 21, 1963 (1963-03-21)
Should Canada become "The 51st State"?
4"The Balance of Terror"Beryl Fox and Douglas LeitermanJuly 28, 1963 (1963-07-28)
5"The Peacemakers"Allan KingNovember 26, 1963 (1963-11-26)
pacifism
6"The Quiet Takeover"Douglas LeitermanDecember 15, 1963 (1963-12-15)
computers
7"The Chief"Beryl Fox and Douglas LeitermanMarch 25, 1964 (1964-03-25)
(rebroadcast January 31, 1965)
John Diefenbaker
8"Bjorn's Inferno"Allan KingApril 20, 1964 (1964-04-20)
poet Bjorn Halverson
9"The Image Makers"TBAMay 20, 1964 (1964-05-20)
American and Canadian public relations
10"The Single Woman and the Double Standard"Beryl FoxDecember 13, 1964 (1964-12-13)
11"Richard and Lillian: Two Portraits"TBADecember 27, 1964 (1964-12-27)
12"Strike: Man Against Computers"Larry ZolfMarch 28, 1965 (1965-03-28)
13"At the Moment of Impact"Jim CarneyNovember 7, 1965 (1965-11-07)
14"The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam"Beryl FoxDecember 5, 1965 (1965-12-05)
Vietnam War
15"Joan Baez"TBADecember 26, 1965 (1965-12-26)
Joan Baez
16"A Sense of Captivity"Ross McLeanJanuary 23, 1966 (1966-01-23)
Canadian prison system
17"The Story of Sandy"TBAFebruary 27, 1966 (1966-02-27)
18"How to Go Out of Your Mind"TBAApril 24, 1966 (1966-04-24)
the Millbrook experiments involving LSD
19"No Balm in Gilead"TBASeptember 22, 1968 (1968-09-22)
20"Resurrection City"Robert Hoyt (director)November 17, 1968 (1968-11-17)
the Poor People's Campaign
21"Occupation"TBAFebruary 23, 1969 (1969-02-23)
22"Violence"James Shaw and John David HamiltonApril 13, 1969 (1969-04-13)
23"If I Don't Agree, Must I Go Away?"Peter PearsonMay 27, 1969 (1969-05-27)

References
  1. Morris, Peter (1984). The Film Companion. Toronto: Irwin Publishing. pp. 88–89. ISBN 0-7725-1505-0.
  2. Corcelli, John (April 2002). "Document". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
  3. Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 428. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.
  4. Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. pp. 408–409. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.
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