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词条 Witness to Yesterday
释义

  1. Synopsis

  2. Production

  3. Episodes

     Global Television Network episodes (1974)   CICA/TVOntario episodes (1974-76)  

  4. Reception

  5. 1998 revival

     History Television episodes (1998) 

  6. See also

  7. References

  8. External links

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Witness to Yesterday is a Canadian docudrama television series which featured staged interviews with historical personalities. It was first broadcast by Global Television Network in 1974, then produced by TVOntario to 1976. A 12-episode revival of the series was produced in 1998 for History Television.

Synopsis

Each episode featured a historical person as portrayed by a guest actor in conversation with host Patrick Watson who took the role of an interviewer.

Witness to Yesterday was among the first series to be broadcast by Global. Original episodes were broadcast on Global in a regular Tuesday 10:00 p.m. time slot from 8 January 1974 to 21 May 1974. The debut episode featured Brenda Donohue as Joan of Arc.

Production

The series was produced in Montreal by Look Hear Productions, a division of the McConnell advertising company.[1]

Laurier Lapierre conducted research for the series. Scripts were written, but the filming often incorporated ad-lib dialogue. Each episode was produced for approximately $6000 with actors paid from $600 to $2500. Host Patrick Watson earned 15% of the international sales income plus his base $500 per episode.[2] Writers included Patrick Watson, Patrick Withrow and Doug Scott.

Global Television Network encountered financial difficulties in its initial months and cancelled most of its original Canadian programming by May 1974. Global owed Look Hear Productions $130,000 for producing 24 episodes of Witness to Yesterday. The last episode filmed prior to Global's cancellation featured Donald Sutherland as doctor Norman Bethune.[1] Global eventually paid 30% of its bill for the series as part of its financial settlement with creditors.[1]

CBC Television considered picking up the series but by then had booked other productions.[1] Witness to Yesterday was transferred to Toronto educational station CICA-TV (OECA) which planned the production of three new episodes for the 1974-75 season and another 13 for the 1975-76 season, in addition to rebroadcasting the initial 20 episodes.[2]

Episodes

Global Television Network episodes (1974)

Global broadcast the series on a regular 10 p.m. Tuesday time slot.

No.Historical figureStarringOriginal air dateNotes{{Episode list EpisodeNumber = 1 Title = Joan of Arc Aux2 = Sandy Dennis1974|1|8|df=y}} Aux4 = Pilot episode[2][3]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 2 Title = Sitting Bull Aux2 = August Schellenberg1974|1|15|df=y}} Aux4 = [4]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 3 Title = Queen Victoria Aux2 = Kate Reid1974|1|22|df=y}} Aux4 = [5]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 4 Title = René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle Aux2 = Laurier LaPierre1974|1|29|df=y}} Aux4 = [6]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 5 Title = Catherine the Great Aux2 = Zoe Caldwell1974|2|5|df=y}} Aux4 = [7]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 6 Title = Patrick J. Whelan Aux2 = Patrick McFadden1974|2|12|df=y}} Aux4 = [8]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 7 Title = Sarah Bernhardt Aux2 = Denise Pelletier1974|2|19|df=y}} Aux4 = [9]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 8 Title = Billy the Kid Aux2 = Richard Dreyfuss1974|2|26|df=y}} Aux4 = [10]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 9 Title = John A. Macdonald Aux2 = Robert Christie1974|3|5|df=y}} Aux4 = [11]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 10 Title = Nell Gwyn Aux2 = Dawn Greenhalgh1974|3|12|df=y}} Aux4 = [12]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 11 Title = Christopher Columbus Aux2 = William Hutt1974|3|19|df=y}} Aux4 = [13]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 12 Title = William Shakespeare Aux2 = Barry Morse1974|3|26|df=y}} Aux4 = [14]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 13 Title = Thomas Paine Aux2 = Robert Vaughn1974|4|2|df=y}} Aux4 = [15]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 14 Title = Walter Raleigh Aux2 = Chris Wiggins1974|4|9|df=y}} Aux4 = written by Doug Scott[16]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 15 Title = Socrates Aux2 = Mavor Moore1974|4|16|df=y}} Aux4 = [17]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 16 Title = Judas Iscariot Aux2 = Donald Davis1974|4|23|df=y}} Aux4 = [18]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 17 Title = Mata Hari Aux2 = Maruska Stankova1974|4|30|df=y}} Aux4 = [19]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 18 Title = Duke of Wellington Aux2 = Christopher Plummer1974|5|7|df=y}} Aux4 = [20]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 19 Title = Leonardo da Vinci Aux2 = Patrick Watson1974|5|14|df=y}} Aux4 = [21]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 20 Title = Rembrandt Aux2 = Robert Markle1974|5|21|df=y}} Aux4 = [22]
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CICA/TVOntario episodes (1974-76)

Historical figureStarring{{Episode list Title = Al Capone Aux2 = Henry Ramer ShortSummary =
}}{{Episode list		 Title = George Gershwin Aux2 = Steve Allen ShortSummary =
}}{{Episode list		 Title = Akhenaten Aux2 = Allan Migicovsky ShortSummary =
}}{{Episode list		 Title = Mohandas Gandhi Aux2 = Louis Negin ShortSummary =
}}{{Episode list		 Title = Earl of Durham Aux2 = Colin Fox ShortSummary =
}}{{Episode list		 Title = Emma Goldman Aux2 = Marilyn Lightstone ShortSummary =
}}{{Episode list		 Title = Lucrezia Borgia Aux2 = Alexandra Bastedo ShortSummary =
}}{{Episode list		 Title = Adolf Hitler Aux2 = Robin Gammell ShortSummary =
}}{{Episode list		 Title = Catherine de' Medici Aux2 = Sydney Sturgess ShortSummary =
}}{{Episode list		 Title = Norman Bethune Aux2 = Donald Sutherland ShortSummary =
}}{{Episode list		 Title = Mark Twain Aux2 = Alex Trebek ShortSummary =
}}{{Episode list		 Title = George Bernard Shaw Aux2 = Barry Morse ShortSummary =
}}{{Episode list		 Title = Grigori Rasputin Aux2 = August Schellenberg ShortSummary =
}}{{Episode list		 Title = Mary Todd Lincoln Aux2 = Marian Waldman ShortSummary =
}}{{Episode list		 Title = Cleopatra Aux2 = Jayne Meadows ShortSummary =
}}

Reception

Witness to Yesterday was sold to broadcasters in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and on other Canadian stations.[23]

Blaik Kirby of The Globe and Mail deemed the premiere to be "flat and undramatic", noting that French-Canadian actress Geneviève Bujold should have been considered for the role of Joan of Arc over the less appropriate performance from American Sandy Dennis.[24] Later, Kirby gave the overall series a favourable review, noting that it "was in almost everyone's opinion, one of the very best of Global's Canadian programs, which were a worthy achievement even as a group."[25]

1998 revival

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New episodes of Witness to Yesterday were broadcast by History Television in 1998. Watson again hosted the series and was its primary writer with additional writing by Hugh Graham.[31] 12 episodes were completed of a 13-episode plan under a $700,000 budget.[26] Eight episodes were recorded in December 1997 at St. Thomas University in Fredericton. The remaining episodes were recorded in Toronto. Alan Gough directed this series revival with Watson.[27] New Brunswick company Cinefile and Toronto's The Film Works co-produced the series revival. Victor Solnicki and Barry Cameron were executive producers from Cinefile and The Film Works respectively. Its budget was supported by History Television, PBS which aired these episodes and a $168,500 credit from provincial agency Film NB.[28]

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History Television episodes (1998)

No.Historical figureStarringOriginal air dateNotes{{Episode list EpisodeNumber = 1 Title = Marie Antoinette Aux2 = Cynthia Dale1998|3|24|df=y}} Aux4 = [27]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 2 Title = Niccolò Machiavelli Aux2 = David Calderisi1998|3|31|df=y}} Aux4 =
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 3 Title = Marie Curie Aux2 =1998|4|7|df=y}} Aux4 =
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 4 Title = Genghis Khan Aux2 = Gordon Tootoosis1998|4|14|df=y}} Aux4 = [28]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 5 Title = Amelia Earhart Aux2 = Martha Burns1998|4|21|df=y}} Aux4 = [27]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 6 Title = Tecumseh Aux2 = Raoul Trujillo1998|4|28|df=y}} Aux4 = [27]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 7 Title = Mary Pickford Aux2 = Charmion King1998|5|5|df=y}} Aux4 = [27]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 8 Title = Mary Ann Shadd Aux2 = Sylvia Sweeney1998|5|19|df=y}} Aux4 = [29]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 9 Title = Vladimir Lenin Aux2 = Michael Ironside1998|5|26|df=y}} Aux4 = [30]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 10 Title = William Stephenson Aux2 = John Neville1998|6|2|df=y}} Aux4 = [31]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 11 Title = Alexander the Great Aux2 = Paul Gross1998|6|9|df=y}} Aux4 = [31]
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 12 Title = Sigmund Freud Aux2 =1998|6|16|df=y}} Aux4 =
}}

See also

  • Titans (Canadian TV series), a similar series (1981–82) in which Watson also starred
  • Meeting of Minds, a similar series created by Steve Allen in the late 1950s, aired locally to critical acclaim in 1971 and nationally on PBS from 1977 to 1981. Allen appeared on a 1976 episode of Witness to Yesterday as George Gershwin.

References

1. ^{{cite news | first=Jim | last=Bawden | title=Watson Goes Back to Yesterday | newspaper=Toronto Star | date=26 April 1998 }}
2. ^{{cite news | title=Channel 19 takes over Witness | newspaper=The Globe and Mail | date=19 September 1974 | page= | first=Blaik | last=Kirby }}
3. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PUU0AAAAIBAJ&pg=1944%2C3290628 | title=Joan of Arc grilled... again | first=Frank | last=Penn | date=10 January 1974 | page=31 | newspaper=Ottawa Citizen | accessdate=26 August 2012 }}
4. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P0U0AAAAIBAJ&pg=1174%2C4917339 | title=Daily television programs | newspaper=Ottawa Citizen | page=26 | date=15 January 1974 | accessdate=27 August 2012 }}
5. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UFY_AAAAIBAJ&pg=1075%2C2024478 | title=Television tonight | newspaper=Windsor Star | page=19 | date=22 January 1974 | accessdate=28 August 2012 }}
6. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V1Y_AAAAIBAJ&pg=1100%2C4131353 | title=Television tonight | newspaper=Windsor Star | page=23 | date=29 January 1974 | accessdate=28 August 2012 }}
7. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7Dg_AAAAIBAJ&pg=945%2C1266809 | title=Television tonight | newspaper=Windsor Star | page=21 | date=5 February 1974 | accessdate=27 August 2012 }}
8. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8Tg_AAAAIBAJ&pg=1012%2C3379427 | title=Television tonight | newspaper=Windsor Star | page=19 | date=12 February 1974 | accessdate=27 August 2012 }}
9. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oEQ_AAAAIBAJ&pg=1115%2C1003491 | title=Television tonight | newspaper=Windsor Star | page=17 | date=19 February 1974 | accessdate=27 August 2012 }}
10. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pkQ_AAAAIBAJ&pg=937%2C3184322 | title=Television tonight | newspaper=Windsor Star | page=21 | date=26 February 1974 | accessdate=27 August 2012 }}
11. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wVA_AAAAIBAJ&pg=893%2C1223073 | title=Tuesday evening | newspaper=Windsor Star | page=19 | date=5 March 1974 | accessdate=26 August 2012 }}
12. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=x1A_AAAAIBAJ&pg=733%2C3400563 | title=Television tonight | newspaper=Windsor Star | page=19 | date=12 March 1974 | accessdate=26 August 2012 }}
13. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mVs_AAAAIBAJ&pg=709%2C1046812 | title=Television tonight | newspaper=Windsor Star | page=19 | date=19 March 1974 | accessdate=26 August 2012 }}
14. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nls_AAAAIBAJ&pg=744%2C3363050 | title=Television tonight | newspaper=Windsor Star | page=19 | date=26 March 1974 | accessdate=26 August 2012 }}
15. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JVM_AAAAIBAJ&pg=739%2C432328 | title=Television tonight | newspaper=Windsor Star | page=15 | date=2 April 1974 | accessdate=27 August 2012 }}
16. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KVM_AAAAIBAJ&pg=2958%2C2300087 | title=Tuesday evening | newspaper=Windsor Star | page=TV Times | date=6 April 1974 | accessdate=26 August 2012 }}
17. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LlM_AAAAIBAJ&pg=2680%2C4365162 | title=Tuesday evening | newspaper=Windsor Star | page=TV Times | date=13 April 1974 | accessdate=26 August 2012 }}
18. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qmRAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2254%2C1968329 | title=Tuesday evening | newspaper=Windsor Star | page=TV Times | date=20 April 1974 | accessdate=26 August 2012}}
19. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sGRAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2627%2C4449872 | newspaper=Windsor Star | date=27 April 1974 | title=TV Times / Tuesday evening | accessdate=26 August 2012 }}
20. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D1M_AAAAIBAJ&pg=755%2C2036763 | newspaper=Windsor Star | date=7 May 1974 | title=Television tonight | page=27 | accessdate=27 August 2012 }}
21. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FVM_AAAAIBAJ&pg=801%2C4509431 | newspaper=Windsor Star | date=14 May 1974 | title=Television tonight | page=23 | accessdate=27 August 2012 }}
22. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p1s_AAAAIBAJ&pg=843%2C1649081 | newspaper=Windsor Star | date=21 May 1974 | title=Television tonight | page=29 | accessdate=27 August 2012 }}
23. ^1 2 {{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pW1kAAAAIBAJ&pg=2810%2C3108194 | title=Patrick Watson lives it up... | newspaper=Calgary Herald | first=Paul | last=King | date=26 April 1974 | page=TV Times 38–39 | accessdate=26 August 2012 }}
24. ^{{cite news | title=Watson's Witness falls slightly flat | first=Blaik | last=Kirby | newspaper=Globe and Mail | date=9 January 1974 | page=14 }}
25. ^1 2 3 {{cite news | title=Applause, Applause offers lots to look at | first=Blaik | last=Kirby | newspaper=The Globe and Mail | date=24 May 1974 | page=14 }}
26. ^{{cite news | url=http://playbackonline.ca/1999/10/04/26783-19991004/ | title=Agenda grows at MIPCOM '99 | work=Playback | date=4 October 1999 | accessdate=8 October 2012 }}
27. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news | title=Witness to Yesterday returns to the airwaves | last=Cameron | first= Amy | newspaper=Telegraph Journal | location=Saint John, New Brunswick | date=21 March 1998 }}
28. ^1 {{cite news | url=http://playbackonline.ca/1998/01/12/20357-19980112/ | title=Atlantic Scene: D'Entremont wins Japan prize and develops situation comedy | date=12 January 1998 | first=Andy | last=Hoffman | work=Playback | accessdate=1 September 2012 }}
29. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/200/301/ic/can_digital_collections/seeds/seeds/series1/episode-0211-f/filmography-f.html | title=Sylvia Sweeney: Filmographie | work=Mémoires d'un pays | language=French | accessdate=8 September 2012 }}
30. ^{{cite news | title=Hasselhoff tops the bill as Nick Fury | date=26 May 1998 | page=C7 | first=Bonnie | last=Malleck | newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator }}
31. ^1 2 {{cite news | title=Yesterday's man returns to TV Fine Tuning | last=Allemang | first=John | newspaper=The Globe and Mail | date=31 March 1998 | page=C2 }}

External links

  • {{IMDb title|0168437}} (1974–76)
  • {{IMDb title|0274299}} (1998)
  • {{cite web | url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=2065 | title=Witness to Yesterday | publisher=Canadian Communications Foundation | first=Pip | last=Wedge | date=January 2008 }}

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