James Bawden
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
CBC's Nature Of Things Is Back With A Bang
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I well remember the time a CBC head of production told me on the eve of The Nature Of Things's 50th anniversary he was going to cancel t...
Thursday, December 31, 2020
E-Mails, I Get E-Mails!
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DEAR JIM: Please explain why BBC Canada is going off the air?( Mrs. H. K. (Thunder Bay). BAWDEN: I say hurrah! The system was operated by Co...
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Here's Where I get Interviewed!
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A quite brilliant graduate student dropped by the other day to interview me about my strange career as a Canadian TV Critic. Some of her qu...
Saturday, November 14, 2020
Alex Trebek And I
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I first interviewed Alex Trebek in the fall of 1971/ at the old CBC Radio building on Toronto's Jarvis Street. It was a former private g...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
I Remember Joyce Davidson
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I first interviewed Canadian TV star Joyce Davidson when I was a cub reporter for The Globe And Mail in 1970. When I walked into her suit...
Monday, February 17, 2020
Pat Ferns Exits Canadian TV With A Last Flash Of Brilliance
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"This is it --my last TV production," sighs legendary TV producer Pat Ferns from his B.C. headquarters. "But I couldn't...
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
A New Suzuki Shines On The Nature Of Things
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Here's where I admit my age as I remember the time not too long ago when two fine CBC-TV series were battling for ascendancy. In one c...
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