Canada's national service
The CBC After the War
Canadian radio's own repertory of drama, variety and detective work, built alongside — and distinct from — its American neighbour.
1943 – 1968 · 5 stops · 1h 45m
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Wartime variety, a noon-hour institution that outlasted the war itself.
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The CBC's flagship drama anthology, built on the same repertory model as the American networks.
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Sketch comedy that would eventually cross the border to American television.
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A later detective anthology, running well past the American genre's own peak.
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The CBC's horror strand, made decades after the American form it descends from.
