Here Come the Seventies
Here Come the Seventies was a Canadian documentary television series seen nationally on CTV from 1970 to 1973 normally on Thursday nights at 9:30 (Eastern).
| Here Come the Seventies | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Theme music composer | John Mills-Cockell |
| Opening theme | "Tillicum" |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Philip S. Hobel Douglas Leiterman |
| Release | |
| Original network | CTV |
| Original release | 17 September 1970 – 1973 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Fabulous Sixties |
| Followed by | Target: The Impossible |
The programs were produced by Philip S. Hobel and Douglas J. Leiterman, who previously produced The Fabulous Sixties series for CTV. "Communications – The Wired World" was the first episode to air, on 17 September 1970.
The series had a unique opening scene featuring a nude blonde girl, seen from behind, walking from the beach into the surf until she disappears under the surface to swim underwater. This opening title had various clips of different thought provoking scenes superimposed over the model, of people and new technologies of the time, so as to distract from the nudity which was provocative for early 1970s Canadian television.
Toronto electronic music group Syrinx produced the program's theme song, "Tillicum", which became a minor Canadian radio hit in 1971.[1]
Episodes
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Communications: The Wired World" | 17 September 1970 |
| 2 | "Fashion in the 70s" | 24 September 1970 |
| 3 | "Genetics: Man The Creator" | 1 October 1970 |
| 4 | "Space: Lab in the Sky" | 15 October 1970 |
| 5 | "Youth: The Search for Relevance" | 22 October 1970 |
| 6 | "Geopolitics: Shape of Things to Come" | 29 October 1970 |
| 7 | "Cities: Living in a Machine" | 5 November 1970 |
| 8 | "Penology: The Keeper of the Keys" | 12 November 1970 |
| 9 | "Medicine: Living To Be A Hundred" | 19 November 1970 |
| 10 | "Mass Transit: Up, Up and Away" | 26 November 1970 |
| 11 | "Art in the Seventies: Search For Inner Self" | 3 December 1970 |
| 12 | "Education: No More Teachers, No More Books" | 10 December 1970 |
| 13 | "Air Pollution: Sweetening the Air" | 17 December 1970 |
| 14 | "Technology: Catastrophe or Commitment?" | 14 January 1971 |
| 15 | "Crime: Dye Guns, Lasers, Justice?" | 21 January 1971 |
| 16 | "Brother, Can You Spare $1,000,000,000?" | 28 January 1971 |
| 17 | "Arctic: The Last Chance" | 4 February 1971 |
| 18 | "The Biochemedical Revolution: Moods of the Future" | 11 February 1971 |
| 19 | "Woman: The Hand That Cradles the Rock" | 18 February 1971 |
| 20 | "Water: The Effluent Society" | 25 February 1971 |
| 21 | "Sports: The Programmed Gladiators" | 4 March 1971 |
| 22 | "Race Relations: Getting It Together" | 11 March 1971 |
| 23 | "Sex: Breaking Down the Barriers" | 18 March 1971 |
| 24 | "Leisure: Living With the Twenty Hour Week" | 25 March 1971 |
| 25 | "Mental Health: New Frontiers of Sanity" | 1 April 1971 |
| 26 | "Let The Seller Beware" | 15 April 1971 |
References
- "RPM 100 Singles". RPM. Collections Canada. 15 (16). 5 June 1971. Retrieved 26 January 2008. "Tillicum" peaked No. 38 on RPM 100 singles charts.
- Kirby, Blaik (12 September 1970). "The new line-up for fall television". The Globe and Mail. p. 23.
- Wedge, Pip (November 2002). "Here Come the Seventies". History of Canadian Broadcasting. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- "Douglas Leiterman (bio)". Film Reference Library. 5 April 2004. Archived from the original on 13 August 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2007.