The Things We See was a Canadian children's television series on the arts which aired on CBC Television from July to September 1957.

The Things We See
Written byAlan Jarvis
Presented byAlan Jarvis
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
ProducerMarion Dunn[1]
Production locationOttawa
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
Release2 July (1957-07-02) –
24 September 1957 (1957-09-24)

Premise

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Alan Jarvis, the National Gallery of Canada's director, hosted this series which encouraged viewers to examine ordinary objects for certain patterns, featuring items from the National Gallery. The series was named for Jarvis' 1947 book The Things We See – Indoors and Out.[1]

Special postcards were sold to viewers to support the 11th episode's theme on colour, given that the CBC was limited to black-and-white broadcasts at that time.[1]

Scheduling

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12 episodes of this half-hour series were broadcast on Tuesdays 5:00 p.m. from 2 July to 24 September 1957.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Robertson, Clive (2006). Policy matters: administrations of art and culture. YYZ Books. pp. 161–162. ISBN 9780920397367. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
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