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Link: CBC producer Mark Blandford was a pioneer in Canadian television

From Fred Langan of The Globe and Mail:

CBC producer Mark Blandford was a pioneer in Canadian television
Mark Blandford was a linguistic and cultural chameleon whose unusual upbringing and talents allowed him to conquer the worlds of television drama in both English and French Canada.

When he arrived in Montreal after attending film school at Columbia University, he initially worked in local current affairs on the English side of CBC Television. His first ambitious project was 1975’s The October Crisis, a contentious program that ran three hours in one evening. Continue reading.

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