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''The Tenth Decade'' is a Canadian documentary television miniseries which aired on
CBC Television CBC Television (also known as CBC TV, or simply CBC) is a Television in Canada, Canadian English-language terrestrial television, broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcasting, p ...
in 1971.


Premise

The series presented Canada's political history between 1957 and 1967, or the tenth decade since the nation's
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.
John Diefenbaker John George Diefenbaker (September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was the 13th prime minister of Canada, serving from 1957 to 1963. He was the only Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative party leader between 1930 an ...
of the Progressive Conservative party became prime minister in the 1957 election. He was defeated by
Lester B. Pearson Lester Bowles Pearson (23 April 1897 – 27 December 1972) was a Canadian politician, diplomat, statesman, and scholar who served as the 14th prime minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. He also served as Leader of the Liberal Party of C ...
and his Liberal party in 1963. The series concentrated on the lives and careers of both Diefenbaker and Pearson, supported by interview and archival footage. The music score was composed by Larry Crosley and performed by several orchestras which were not credited in the series, including the
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.


Scheduling

This hour-long series was broadcast on Wednesdays at 9:00 p.m. from 27 October to 22 December 1971. It was rebroadcast on CBC Television at various times in 1972 and 1976.


Episodes

No episode was broadcast on 17 November 1971 due to a
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game.


See also

Graham later produced separate miniseries on prime ministers Diefenbaker and Pearson: * '' First Person Singular: Pearson – The Memoirs of a Prime Minister'' (1973) * '' One Canadian: The Political Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker'' (1976–77)


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External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tenth Decade CBC Television original programming 1971 Canadian television series debuts 1971 Canadian television series endings 1970s Canadian documentary television series 1970s Canadian television miniseries