Encore (TV series)

Encore is a Canadian drama anthology television series which aired on CBC Television in 1960.

This article is about the 1960s Canadian drama series. For the 2017 American reality series, see Encore! (TV series).

Encore
Genredrama
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
Running time50–60 minutes
Release
Original networkCBC Television
Original release26 June (1960-06-26) –
25 September 1960 (1960-09-25)

Premise

This was a series of dramas broadcast previously on such anthologies as Folio, General Motors Presents and Showtime.[1]

Scheduling

This 50-minute series (except for the debut's full hour time slot) was broadcast Sundays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 26 June to 25 September 1960.

Presenting Barry Morse

After Encore, the remaining 10 minutes of the time slot to 10:00 p.m. featured Presenting Barry Morse in which the actor discussed dramatic literature and history and provided readings of dramatic works.[1]

Episodes
  1. A Phoenix Too Frequent (1958; Paul Almond producer; Christopher Fry writer), starring Rosemary Harris and Don Harron
  2. The Last of the Hot Pilots (Andy Lewis writer), starring Alan Young
  3. The Desperate Search (Harvey Hart producer; Len Peterson writer), starring Janine Sutto
  4. The Oddball (Melwyn Breen producer; Bernard Slade writer), starring Corinne Conley and Tom Harvey
  5. Love Story 1910 (Basil Coleman producer; Leslie MacFarlane writer), starring Eric House, Frances Hyland, Barry Morse and Tony Van Bridge
  6. How to Make More Money than Men (Norman Campbell producer; Bernard Slade writer), starring Corinne Conley and Tom Harvey
  7. The New Men (Ronald Weyman producer; C. P. Snow writer; Jacqueline Rosenfeld adaptation), starring John Colicos, Don Harron and Barry Morse
  8. Murder Story (Leo Orenstein producer; Ludovic Kennedy writer; Leslie Duncan adaptation), starring Eric Christmas, Barry Morse and Jeremy Wilkin
  9. Mr. Arcularis (Harvey Hart producer; Conrad Aiken writer; Robert Herridge adaptation), starring John Drainie and Lois Nettleton
  10. Here Today (Melwyn Breen producer; Andy Lewis writer), starring Robert Goulet and Kate Reid
  11. Sun in My Eyes (Harvey Hart producer; written by Jack Kuper), starring Toby Robins and Al Waxman
  12. The Giaconda Smile (Eric Till producer; Aldous Huxley writer; Rita Greer Allen adaptation), starring Pamela Brown, Dawn Greenhalgh, Barry Morse and Tony Van Bridge
  13. Race For Heaven (Melwyn Breen producer; David Swift writer), starring Hugh Webster and Chris Wiggins
  14. The Beckoning Hill (Paul Almond producer; Arthur Murphy writer), starring Michael Craig

References
  1. Corcelli, John (May 2005). "Encore". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
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