The Restless Wave

For the book by John McCain and Mark Salter, see The Restless Wave (book).

The Restless Wave is a Canadian historical television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1970.

The Restless Wave
Genre	historical documentary
Presented by	Liston McIlhagga
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Producer	Frank Williams
Production location	Montreal
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	2 August (1970-08-02) – 16 August 1970 (1970-08-16)

Premise

This series was a documentary of the Royal Canadian Navy. Episodes included interviews as conducted by Bill Herbert and Sheridan Nelson, supplemented by film materials from Canadian and European sources.^[1]

Scheduling

This series was broadcast on Sundays at 4:00 p.m. Eastern from 2 to 16 August 1970.

Episodes

1. This opening episode featured the navy's history from its 1910 inception until World War II; one of the first recruits, Rear Admiral Victor G. Brodeur, was featured in an interview
2. This episode concentrated on early World War II activity until 1943
3. The concluding episode concerned the final years of World War II and events towards the amalgamation of the Navy into the Canadian Armed Forces