First Person Singular: Pearson – The Memoirs of a Prime Minister

First Person Singular: Pearson - The Memoirs of a Prime Minister
Genre	biography
Written by	Munroe Scott
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer(s)	Cameron Graham
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	CBC Television
Original release	27 May 1973 – 19 August 1973
Chronology
Followed by	One Canadian: The Political Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker

First Person Singular: Pearson – The Memoirs of a Prime Minister was a Canadian biographical television miniseries which aired on CBC Television from 1973 to 1975.

Premise

Bernard Ostry interviewed and former Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson in this series. Episodes featured this interview footage combined with historic photographs and other film footage of Pearson.^[1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Sundays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 27 May to 19 August 1973. It was rebroadcast Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. from 23 October 1974 to 15 January 1975.

Episodes

The series was divided into segments titled as follows:^[2]

1. 27 May 1973: "Childhood and Youth"
2. 3 June 1973: "The Undergraduate"
3. 10 June 1973: "To War and Back (1915-1918)"
4. 17 June 1973: "Crossroads 1919-28"
5. 24 June 1973: "The Apprentice 1928-39"
6. 1 July 1973: "Prelude to War 1930-39"
7. 8 July 1973: "Diplomat at War 1939-1941"
8. 15 July 1973: "Diplomat at War 1941-1945"
9. 22 July 1973: "External Affairs 1945-1955"
10. 29 July 1973: "Suez to the Flag 1956-1965"
11. 5 August 1973: "Confederation and Conflict" (1963–67)
12. 12 August 1973: "Friends and Relations (1967-1968)"
13. 19 August 1973: "Retrospect on Power"

References

1. Corcelli, John (April 2002). "First Person Singular: Pearson - The Memoirs of a Prime Minister". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
2. "John Munro Research Collection" (pdf). University of British Columbia. 1988–1998. Retrieved 21 August 2010.

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "First Person Singular: Pearson - The Memoirs of a Prime Minister". Queen's University. Retrieved 7 May 2010.