''Sunshine Sketches'', also known as ''Addison Spotlight Theatre'', is a
Canadian
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dramatic television series which aired on
CBC Television
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from 1952 to 1953. It was the first English-language drama to be broadcast on Canadian television.
Premise
The series was an adaptation of ''
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town'' by
Stephen Leacock.
Don Harron
Donald Hugh Harron, (September 19, 1924 – January 17, 2015) was a Canadian comedian, actor, director, journalist, author, playwright, and composer. Harron is best remembered by American audiences as a member of the cast of the long-running co ...
and Henry Kaplan wrote the episodes from this material. It was later titled ''Addison Spotlight Theatre'' for its sponsor, an automobile dealer.
The series was filmed in
Beaverton, Ontario.
Cast
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Timothy Findley as Peter Pupkin
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Peggi Loder as Zena Pepperleigh
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Eric House as Dean Drone
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Peg Dixon as Lillian Drone
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Frank Perry as Mallory Tompkins
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Paul Kligman as Josh Smith
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Gerry Sarracini as the poet
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Barbara Hamilton as the poet's wife
* Gerry Campbell as the drugstore clerk
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John Drainie as narrator
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Robert Christie as Golgotha Gingham
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Hugh Webster as Shorty
Scheduling
This half-hour series was broadcast on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. from 9 September 1952 to 31 March 1953. Its debut marked the first Canadian broadcast of an English-language dramatic series.
References
External links
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* {{IMDb title, 0251547, Sunshine Sketches
CBC Television original programming
1952 Canadian television series debuts
1953 Canadian television series endings
1950s Canadian comedy-drama television series
Black-and-white Canadian television shows