Check-Up

This article is about the television series. For the term referring to routine medical examinations, see check-up.

Check-Up was a Canadian television series about medical information that aired on CBC Television in 1963.

Check-Up
Written by	Alan King
Presented by	Lloyd Robertson
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer	John Livingston
Producer	Denny Spence
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	8 July (1963-07-08) – 23 September 1963 (1963-09-23)

Premise

The series was produced by the CBC in collaboration with the Canadian Medical Association.^[1] Each episode focused on a particular medical condition and featured doctors conducting a diagnosis and treatment of a patient. This was followed by interviews conducted by the host Lloyd Robertson and a guest panel of the physician, who discussed how the treatment plan was developed. The program concluded with a follow-up to the patient.^[2]

Production

Norrie Swanson of the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Association served as a consultant for Check-Up. Denny Spence produced the series with Eric Koch as supervising producer.

Scheduling

The half-hour series aired Mondays at 7:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 8 July to 23 September 1963.