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Our Fellow Americans

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Our Fellow Americans
Genredocumentary
Created bySam Levene
Written byLarry Solway
Narrated byLarry Solway
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
ProducerSam Levene
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
Release27 May (1976-05-27) –
5 August 1976 (1976-08-05)

Our Fellow Americans is a Canadian documentary television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1976.

Premise

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This eight-episode series featured interviews with various people in the United States in recognition of that nation's bicentennial. Host Larry Solway interviewed such Americans as writer Ray Bradbury, Luckenbach, Texas personality "Hondo" Crouch, billionaire Nelson Bunker Hunt, Georgia governor Lester Maddox and Chicago author-broadcaster Studs Terkel. Each episode dwelled on a particular region of the United States such as California, Florida, the Mississippi River, New England, New York and Texas.[1]

Scheduling

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This half-hour series was broadcast on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 27 May to 5 August 1976.

References

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  1. ^ Corcelli, John (September 2005). "Our Fellow Americans". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
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