Hard Times
Genredocumentary
Directed byDavid Rabinovitch
Presented byEd Reid
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
ProducerDavid Rabinovitch
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
Release4 August (1975-08-04) 
2 September 1975 (1975-09-02)

Hard Times was a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television in 1975.

Premise

Ed Reid hosted this series of documentaries concerned Canadian life in the 1930s, particularly the history of the Great Depression. Newsreels and historic photographs were combined with interviews of people recounting their Depression-era experiences.[1]

Hard Times was a prime-time repackaging of segments which previously aired in 1974 and 1975 on the daytime Take 30 series. Reid was a Take 30 co-host at that time.

Scheduling

This series aired on Mondays at 10:30 p.m. from 4 August to 2 September 1975.

References

  1. Corcelli, John (August 2005). "Hard Times". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.


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