''Summerscope'' is a

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current affairs television series which aired on

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in 1980.

Premise

This series consisted of reports and discussion on topics such as

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and the

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, the restoration and maintenance of old buildings, the presence of Nazi war criminals in Canada, the McDonald

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and the

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Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast Thursdays at 10:00 p.m. from 5 June to 11 September 1980.

References

External links

* {{cite web , url=http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Sta.html , first=Blaine , last=Allan , title=Summerscope , publisher= Queen's University , year=1996 , accessdate=7 May 2010 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311070603/http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Sta.html , archivedate=11 March 2014 , df=dmy-all CBC Television original programming 1980 Canadian television series debuts 1980 Canadian television series endings 1980s Canadian television news shows