''The Winners'' was a Canadian biographical 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 1982.

Premise

This series, sponsored by Shell Canada, presented docudramas of Canadian heroes.

Scheduling

The half-hour episodes were originally broadcast on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. from 17 January to 28 March 1982. It was rebroadcast later that year on Sunday evenings from 15 July to 2 September.

Episodes

# Athol Murray, founder of Notre Dame College, Saskatchewan, portrayed by

Donnelly Rhodes Donnelly Rhodes Henry (December 4, 1937 – January 8, 2018) was a Canadian actor. He had many American television and film credits, probably best known to American audiences as the hapless escaped convict Dutch Leitner on the soap opera spoof ' ...

("The Winners"); Gordon Ruttan (writer), Brian Walker (director) #

Emily Murphy Emily Murphy (born Emily Gowan Ferguson; 14 March 186826 October 1933) was a Canadian women's rights activist and author. In 1916, she became the first female magistrate in Canada and the fifth in the British Empire after Elizabeth Webb Nichol ...

, portrayed by Martha Henry, co-starring Douglas Campbell, William Hutt,

Gerard Parkes Gerard Parkes (October 16, 1924 – October 19, 2014) was an Irish-Canadian actor. He was born in Dublin and moved to Toronto in 1956. He is known for playing Doc on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television series ''Fraggle Rock'' and ...

and Douglas Rain; John Kent Harrison (writer), Martin Lavut (director) # H.R. MacMillan - Norman Klenman (writer), Lawrence S. Mirkin (director) #

Pauline Johnson Emily Pauline Johnson (10 March 1861 – 7 March 1913), also known by her Mohawk language, Mohawk stage name Tekahionwake (pronounced ''dageh-eeon-wageh'', ), was a Canadian poet, author, and performer who was popular in the late 19th and earl ...

, portrayed by Fern Henry - Munroe Scott (writer), Martha Coolidge (director) # J.A. Bombardier, portrayed by Yvon Ponton, James Brown (writer), Jean Lefleur (director) # Charlotte Whitton, portrayed by

Kate Lynch Kate Lynch (born June 29, 1959) is a Canadian film, television and stage actress, drama teacher, theatre director and playwright. Biography In 1980 she won the Genie Award for Best Actress for '' Meatballs''. She was notably adept at improvisa ...

; Carol Bolt (writer), Graham Parker (director) # John Wesley Dafoe - Fiona McHugh (writer), Scott Hylands (director) # Marion Hilliard, portrayed by Chapelle Jaffe, co-starring Peter Dvorsky,

Janet-Laine Green Janet-Laine Green (born December 31, 1951) is a Canadian actress, director, producer and teacher, active for over 25 years. Best known for her roles in '' She's the Mayor'', '' Seeing Things'' and '' This is Wonderland'', this Toronto-based film ...

Lois Maxwell Lois Ruth Maxwell (née Hooker; February 14, 1927 – September 29, 2007) was a Canadian actress. She was best known for portraying Miss Moneypenny in the first 14 Eon Productions, Eon-produced James Bond in film, ''James Bond'' films (1962–1 ...

and Mary Pirie; Fiona McHugh (writer),

Zale Dalen Zale Dalen was a Canadians, Canadian film and television director. He is known for the 1980 film ''The Hounds of Notre Dame'', for which he garnered a Genie Award nomination for Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement i ...

(director) #

Reginald Fessenden Reginald Aubrey Fessenden (October 6, 1866 – July 22, 1932) was a Canadian-American electrical engineer and inventor who received hundreds of List of Reginald Fessenden patents, patents in fields related to radio and sonar between 1891 and 1936 ...

, portrayed by Alan Scarfe; George Robertson (writer), Richard Gilbert (director) #

Vilhjalmur Stefansson Vilhjalmur Stefansson (November 3, 1879 – August 26, 1962) was an Arctic explorer and ethnologist. He was born in Manitoba, Canada. Early life and education Stefansson, born William Stephenson, was born at Arnes, Manitoba, Canada, in 1879. ...

, portrayed by Michael J. Reynolds co-starring John Friesen and

Eric Peterson Eric Neal Peterson (born October 2, 1946) is a Canadian stage, television, and film actor, known for his roles in three major Canadian television series – '' Street Legal'' (1987–1994), '' Corner Gas'' (live-action 2004–2009 and fi ...

; George Robertson and Alan Scarfe (writers)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Winners CBC Television original programming 1982 Canadian television series debuts 1982 Canadian television series endings 1980s Canadian documentary television series