Marie-Soleil

Marie-Soleil was a Canadian children's television show in the 1980s and early 1990s, which aired on many stations associated with the CTV Television Network.[1] The show, starring children's entertainer Suzanne Pinel, used stories and songs to teach French to anglophone kids.[2]

The series was initially produced by Mid-Canada Communications for the MCTV stations in Northern Ontario in 1984,[3] and shot in Sudbury;[4] however, as a resident of Ottawa, Pinel found travelling to Sudbury on a regular basis to film the show difficult to reconcile with raising her children, so after a single season it went on hiatus before production was relaunched on Ottawa's CJOH-TV in 1987.[4]

The puppet character, an English-speaking dog named Fergus, was played by Jon Park-Wheeler.[4] There was also a clown named Samuel, played by Suzanne Lalonde, who spoke with sign language for the hearing impaired.[4]

The series was also later broadcast in reruns on YTV.[1]

References
  1. Janice Kennedy, "Suzanne Pinel wants Quebecers to catch the spirit of Marie- Soleil". Montreal Gazette, November 24, 1990.
  2. Janice Kennedy, "Singer delights in both languages". Ottawa Citizen, June 22, 1992.
  3. Audrey M. Ashley, "Music Pinel's medium for teaching kids French". Ottawa Citizen, November 8, 1984.
  4. Tony Atherton, "CJOH ends morning show era; After 15 years- unscripted format replaces magazine". Ottawa Citizen, July 6, 1987.


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