Philip Deane (1965-67) Warner Troyer (1967-68) Norman DePoe (1968-69) Larry Zolf (1968-69) Barry Callaghan (1968-69) Peter Jennings (1968-69) Jeanne Sauve' (1968-69)
Country of origin
Canada
Original language
English
No. of seasons
4
Production
Producers
Warner Troyer Robert Patchell Sam Levene Larry Zolf
5 October 1965 (1965-10-05) – 18 June 1969 (1969-06-18)
The Public Eye is a Canadian public affairs television series which aired on CBC Television from 1965 to 1969.
Premise
This journalistic series covered various subjects of global and domestic scope.[1]
Some 1966 episodes were co-produced with CBC's Newsmagazine series and identified as This Week. Its 1966 production budget was approximately $18,000 per episode.[2]
A June 1966 episode featured the conflict between Canadian leaders Lester B. Pearson and John Diefenbaker, noting how their adversarial relationship concealed more fundamental national concerns.[3]
After a popular series of "town meeting" segments in the 1967–68 season, a studio audience was introduced as a regular feature of the following, final season. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appeared in a later episode.[4]
Scheduling
This half-hour series was broadcast as follows (times are in Eastern):
