This Is the Law

This is the Law
Developed by	Nigel Napier-Andrews
Creative director(s)	Jimmy Amaro (music)
Starring	Austin Willis (host); Paul Soles; Robert Warner
Country of origin	Canada
Production
Running time	30 min (time slot)
Release
Original network	CBC
Original release	21 June 1971 –; 6 April 1976

This Is the Law was a Canadian panel game show which aired on CBC Television from 1971 to 1976.

It presented short, humorous vignettes which ran with musical accompaniment rather than a soundtrack, and challenged panellists to guess which (obscure) law was being broken by the "Lawbreaker" character (portrayed by Paul Soles), who always got arrested at the end of the vignette (Robert Warner starred as the police officer). The vignettes were quite subtle, and more often than not, despite many guesses, the panellists were unable to come up with the law that was actually being broken.

The vignettes alternated with depictions of actual court cases, presented in a series of still cartoons, in storyboard format, with narration. The narrator would end by asking a question about how the judge eventually ruled. The four panellists would each guess what the judge decided, and why, and each panellist would conclude by lighting up a large "Yes" or "No" in front of his or her seat. After all four panellists had guessed, the answer would be revealed.

Paul Soles himself was the first show host for the initial 1971 summer episodes. Austin Willis became host from the regular 1971 fall season until the end of the series.

Cast

Panellists

Julie Amato (1976)
Bill Charlton (businessman by profession)
Susan Gay (1971–1972)
Susan Keller (1972–1975)
Madeline Kronby (June–August 1971)
Dini Petty (1971)
Hart Pomerantz (lawyer and comedian by profession)
Larry Solway (1971–1975)

Supporting vignette actors

Paul Bradley
Valri Bromfield
Eric Clavering
Trudy Desmond
Robert McHeady
Monica Parker

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External links

Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series: This is the Law, accessed 14 August 2006, accessed 16 May 2016
This is the Law on IMDb

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