On Camera (Canadian TV series)

On Camera was a Canadian dramatic anthology television series which aired on CBC Television from 1954 to 1958.

On Camera
Genre	anthology
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	16 October 1954 (1954-10-16) – 22 September 1958 (1958-09-22)

Premise

Various dramatic and comedic works were featured in On Camera, as written or adapted by Canadian writers.^[1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast for four seasons as follows:

Day	Time	Season run
Saturdays	9:00 p.m.	16 October 1954 to 2 July 1955
Saturdays	9:00 p.m.	1 October 1955 to 23 June 1956
Mondays	8:30 p.m.	29 October 1956 to 22 September 1958

Episodes

Featured plays and presentations during On Camera's series run included:

• "Absentee Murder" (Charles Templeton)
• "The Almighty Voice" (a censored version of George Salverson's radio play Blasphemy)^[2]
• "Blind Date" (Jacqueline Rosenfeld)
• "Mr. Gidding Attacks" (Henry Feisen)
• "Gold Mine in the House" (J. N. Harris story; Sidney Furie adaptation)
• "The Guests" (Jack Benthover)
• "The Last Long Crusade" (Doris French)
• "Markheim" (Robert Louis Stevenson story)^[3]
• "The President's Ghost" (Michael Sheldon)
• "Stagecoach Bride" (Elsie Park Gowan)
• "Thank You, Edmondo" (Mac Shoub)
• "Two From King Street" (Jack Kuper)
• "Waltz" (Stanley Mann)
• "Who Destroyed The Earth" (Len Peterson)

Hugh Garner and Joseph Schull also wrote for the series. Episode producers included Paul Almond, Arthur Hiller, Charles Jarrott and Ted Kotcheff.