One hundred of Canada's defining moments and personalities from the world's first commercial jetliner and Jackie Robinson to Alice Munro and Vimy Ridge are captured in these 90-second dramas heard on radio stations across the country.
Historica Radio Minutes are directed by Diana Leblanc whose stage credits include the Stratford Festival, the Soulpepper Theatre Company, Canadian Stage, Canadian Opera Company and le Théâtre Français de Toronto. The Company of Players includes some of our finest actors: Phillipe Ayoub, Geoffrey Bowes, David Calderisi, Joyce Campion, Peter James Haworth, Dennis O'Connor, Robert Persichini, Gisele Rousseau, Dixie Seatle and Chuck Shamata.
Based on our acclaimed television Minutes, Radio Minutes were created with the support of Standard Broadcasting and Rogers Media. Sound Source Networks produced the series, which was written by Hugh Graham and Patrick Watson.
Many of the Historica Radio Minutes provide a new twist on our acclaimed television Minutes, but there are also a lot of new stories that will captivate you as only radio drama can. Have a listen!
This Minute looks into the young journalist's prison cell in 1838, where the future political economist writes an editorial calling for mutual tolerance between French and English Canadians. More
Check out lesson plans prepared for specific Minutes. Use these creative ideas to make history come alive for your students.
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