Titans (Canadian TV series)

Titans (Canadian TV series)

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show_name = Titans


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director = Tom O'Neill
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starring = Patrick Watson
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country = CAN
language = English
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exec_producer = Moses Znaimer
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producer = Lisa Smith
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first_aired = 3 July 1981
last_aired = 22 August 1982
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related = "Witness to Yesterday"
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imdb_id = 0251554
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"Titans" was a Canadian docudrama series produced for the 1981/82 season by CBC and Citytv (Titans Television Limited). The premise features staged interviews involving Patrick Watson and an actor who portrays a historical figure, conceptually similar to Watson's earlier series, "Witness to Yesterday".

The program began as a summer series on CBC Television starting 3 July 1981.cite news | title=Titans recycles a good TV idea | first=Rick | last=Groen | publisher="The Globe and Mail" | date=3 July 1981 | page=17 ] The initial run ended 25 September 1981. A second run of the series aired from 18 April to 22 August 1982.

Guest actors

Following are some of the historical persons featured in the series, with the actors who portrayed them:cite web | url=http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Tid.html | title=Tidewater to Tzigane (includes Titans) | publisher=Queen's University | work=Directory of CBC Television Series | first=Blaine | last=Allan | accessdate=2008-05-12 ]

* Napoleon - David Calderisi
* Nefertiti - Marilyn Lightstone
* Galileo - Chris Wiggins
* Queen Elizabeth I - Frances Hyland
* Stephen Leacock - W. O. Mitchell
* Nostradamus - Len Birman
* Confucius - John Neville
* Albert Einstein - John Marley
* Billy Bishop - Cedric Smith
* Alexander Graham Bell - Patrick Watson

References

External links

* [http://www.tvarchive.ca/database/18811/titans/details/ TVArchive.ca: "Titans"]


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