Five Years in the Life

Five Years in the Life is a Canadian reality television series which aired on CBC Television from 1968 to 1972.

Five Years in the Life
Genre	reality
Narrated by	Allan McFee
Theme music composer	Bob Ruzicka
Composer	Ben McPeek
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
Production
Executive producer	Peter Kelly (1971-1972)
Producers	Michael Rothery (1968-1971) Nick Bakyta
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	28 June 1968 (1968-06-28) – 4 September 1972 (1972-09-04)

Premise

The lives of selected Canadian families were profiled in this series with the initial intent to revisit them five years later. However, public interest in the series caused the CBC to revisit featured families more frequently and to profile additional families. Profiled people included an architect, an Inuk artist, a Jamaican immigrant and a lighthouse operator from Newfoundland. The various segments were produced with numerous directors.^[1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast for five seasons as follows (times are Eastern):

Day	Time	Season run
Fridays	8:30 p.m.	28 June to 30 August 1968
Mondays	8:30 p.m.	30 June to 1 September 1969
Mondays	8:30 p.m.	6 July to 7 September 1970
Thursdays	10:00 p.m.	1 July to 9 September 1971
Mondays	7:30 p.m.	3 July to 4 September 1972