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Terry is a biopic of Canadian amputee athlete Terry Fox, dramatizing his national Marathon of Hope run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. The film, produced by Shaftesbury Films, aired as a television movie on CTV in 2005. It was written by Dennis Foon and directed by Don McBrearty, and was created in part because the earlier 1983 film The Terry Fox Story had been criticized by Fox's family for inaccurately depicting his personality. Shawn Ashmore portrays Fox. Unlike Eric Fryer, who previously portrayed Fox in The Terry Fox Story, Ashmore is not an amputee. For some scenes, a real amputee body double was used, while in others, digital editing was used to superimpose a prosthesis over Ashmore's real leg. The film's cast also includes Matt Gordon as Fox's publicist Bill Vigars, Catherine Disher and David Huband as Fox's parents Betty and Rolly, and Noah Reid as his brother Darrell. The film concludes with a mixed montage of footage of the actual Fox and the film version to the music of "Turnaround" by Stan Rogers.
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Terry is a biopic of Canadian amputee athlete Terry Fox, dramatizing his national Marathon of Hope run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. The film, produced by Shaftesbury Films, aired as a television movie on CTV in 2005. It was written by Dennis Foon and directed by Don McBrearty, and was created in part because the earlier 1983 film The Terry Fox Story had been criticized by Fox's family for inaccurately depicting his personality. Shawn Ashmore portrays Fox. Unlike Eric Fryer, who previously portrayed Fox in The Terry Fox Story, Ashmore is not an amputee. For some scenes, a real amputee body double was used, while in others, digital editing was used to superimpose a prosthesis over Ashmore's real leg. The film's cast also includes Matt Gordon as Fox's publicist Bill Vigars, Catherine Disher and David Huband as Fox's parents Betty and Rolly, and Noah Reid as his brother Darrell. The film concludes with a mixed montage of footage of the actual Fox and the film version to the music of "Turnaround" by Stan Rogers.
What Were They Thinking? is a Canadian documentary television series that debuted on August 9, 2006 on The Comedy Network. It is produced by Soapbox Productions. It would normally air Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. It is not currently airing new episodes on television.
What's the Good Word? was a Canadian word-based game show that aired on that country's CTV network from 1972–1976. The host was John Barton.
The Toronto Santa Claus Parade is a Santa Claus parade held annually in mid-November in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. More than a half million people attend the parade every year. The parade starts at 12:30pm and ends approximately 3:30pm. Television coverage begins at 1:30pm and re-broadcasts again after 4pm following the end of the parade.
Tooth Fairy, Where Are You? is a 25-minute made for TV animated short produced by Lacewood Productions and directed by Paul Schibli. It was originally broadcast on Canada's CTV Television Network in the year 1991.
A Kin to Win was a Canadian television game show initially produced in Montreal in 1961 then aired on the CTV network in 1962. Jimmy Tapp was the programme's host.
Stars on Ice was a weekly television ice show, broadcast from 1976 to 1981 on the CTV Television Network in Canada. The series was hosted by Alex Trebek and later, Doug Crosley, and featured skaters such as Toller Cranston. The program was produced on an ice rink set up at Studio 6 of CFTO-TV in Toronto. The series was produced and directed by Michael Steele, had a regular cast of 14 world-class ice professionals, most of whom lived and taught skating locally in and around Toronto. The variety show format on ice consisted of a glitzy "show opener" by the regular cast of skaters and a bigger budget production number with elaborate set pieces in the middle of the half-hour. Rounding out the half hour were famous and novelty-act figure skaters, vaudeville-type acts, and "affordable" non-skating celebrities at the b-list phase of their careers, such as Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz formerly of The Monkees, Eddie Mekka of Laverne & Shirley, and 1960s recording artist Donovan. Due to being only minimally dependent on language, and its unusual ice/variety show format, the series went on to be widely syndicated throughout the world.
Grand Old Country was a Canadian television variety series airing on CTV from 1975 to 1980. The show was hosted by country music singer Ronnie Prophet. The show featured a variety of Canadian country music performers with a mix of others. The show aired successfully for five seasons before it was retitled "The Ronnie Prophet Show". It aired for one more season under that name.
Zeyda and the Hitman is a 2004 Canadian television film comedy. The story is about a grandfather who hires a contract killer to assassinate his allergy-prone son-in-law.
Hudson's Bay is a 1959 Western television series set in Canada and starring Barry Nelson and George Tobias. Sidney J. Furie directed 14 out of the 20 episodes.
5-4-3-2-Run is a Canadian game show for kids that ran from about 1988 to 1990 on CTV in Canada and on many independent stations in the United States. Hosted by Andrew Cochran, the show combined general knowledge questions, wacky stunts and messy surprises similar to Double Dare.
Learning the Ropes is a Canadian-produced sitcom.The series stars Lyle Alzado as Robert Randall, a teacher who works as a professional wrestler in the evening. Although his children knew about Randall's double life, the family was forced to keep it secret at school. The series featured guest appearances by many members of the National Wrestling Alliance.
Network is a Canadian variety television series which aired on CTV for one season during the 1962-63 television season. The show was co-hosted by Bill Brady and Denyse Ange. Live and taped segments were aired from either the studio or elsewhere in Canada.
Anything You Can Do was a Canadian stunt-based game show that aired on that country's CTV network and in syndication in the United States from 1971–1974. The host in the show's first season was Gene Wood, who at the time was also the announcer on Beat the Clock. For the last two seasons, Don Harron was the host. Bill Luxton was the announcer for the series, which taped at the studios of CJOH in Ottawa, Ontario. The game was billed as a "battle of the sexes" and was played by two teams of three, men against women.
Any Woman Can is a Canadian home improvement television series which aired on CTV between October 1974 and September 1975. Hosted by Monica Parker, the show featured home repair tips for homemakers such as small machine repairs.
Here Come the Seventies was a Canadian documentary television series seen nationally on CTV from 1970 to 1973 normally on Thursday nights at 9:30. The programs were produced by Philip S. Hobel and Douglas J. Leiterman, who previously produced The Fabulous Sixties series for CTV. "Communications - The Wired World" was the first episode to air, on 17 September 1970. Toronto electronic music group Syrinx produced the programme's theme song, "Tillicum," which became a minor Canadian radio hit in 1971.
The Fabulous Sixties was a 10-part Canadian television documentary miniseries narrated by Peter Jennings. Each episode featured a year from the 1960s. The programmes were produced by Philip Hobel and Douglas Leiterman under the production units Hobel-Leiterman Productions and Document Associates. The duo then produced the regular-season series Here Come the Seventies and Target: The Impossible for CTV. The first episode aired on CTV 12 October 1969 with the following episodes broadcast as occasional specials into 1970. The series was released on DVD 24 April 2007 by MPI Home Video.