Titans (Canadian TV series)
Titans is a Canadian docudrama series that was produced for the 1981/82 season by CBC and Citytv (Titans Television Limited). The shows premise revolves around staged interviews conducted by Patrick Watson with an actor who portrays a historical figure, conceptually similar to Watson's earlier series, Witness to Yesterday.
| Titans | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tom O'Neill |
| Starring | Patrick Watson |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Moses Znaimer |
| Producer | Lisa Smith |
| Release | |
| Original release | 3 July 1981 – 22 August 1982 |
| Related | |
| Witness to Yesterday | |
The program began as a summer series on CBC Television starting 3 July 1981.[1] And its initial run ended on 25 September 1981. A second run of the series aired from 18 April to 22 August 1982.
Guest actors
Following are some of the historical persons featured in the series, with the actors who portrayed them:[1][2]
- Napoleon – David Calderisi
- Nefertiti – Marilyn Lightstone
- Galileo – Chris Wiggins
- Queen Elizabeth I – Frances Hyland
- Stephen Leacock – W. O. Mitchell
- Nostradamus – Len Birman
- Confucius – John Neville
- Albert Einstein – John Marley
- Billy Bishop – Cedric Smith
- George Sand – Andrea Martin
- Alexander Graham Bell – Patrick Watson
See also
- Meeting of Minds – a similar interview series produced by Steve Allen
References
- Groen, Rick (3 July 1981). "Titans recycles a good TV idea". The Globe and Mail. p. 17.
- Allan, Blaine. "Tidewater to Tzigane (includes Titans)". Directory of CBC Television Series. Queen's University. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
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