CBC-TV goes on the air; the coronation of Queen Elizabeth is the first CBC on-air event; Hockey Night in Canada; Front Page Challenge.
Entertainment programming like The Tommy Hunter Show and Singalong Jubilee flourishes; television as a leading force for social change; first color broadcast.
CBC's role in discovering the national identity; celebrities consider what it means to be Canadian; "The King of Kensington" and "The Beachcombers."
Canadians search for new heroes behind the glitz and glamour of the big-hair decade.
The network tries to shore up its uniquely Canadian niche in the ever-expanding television market; This Hour Has 22 Minutes; blurring the lines between reality and fantasy.
Join CBC staffers who helped create TV history, icons who were involved in the programs, and other celebrities who took part just by watching at home as they share poignant and personal stories about making and watching CBC-TV.
September 6, 2002. One day. Fifty cameras. Six time zones. Every province and territory. This remarkable program, specially produced for CBC-TV's 50th anniversary, captures events large and small as they unfolded across Canada in a single day in the life of our country.