30 minutes – Children’s show
Language: English
Date of first broadcast: 1963
Originating network: CBC (Canada), ITC (United Kingdom)
Production companies: A.S.P. Productions Ltd., Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Incorporated Television Company
The Forest Rangers was an adventure series for children about a gang of resourceful Canadian young people who lived in Northern Ontario. The cast was mainly masde up of young people, and a few key adult actors. A CBC Television and ITC Entertainment co-production the series ran from 1963 to 1965 and totalled 104 episodes. It was the first television show produced in Canada to be produced colour. Executive producer Maxine Samuels created the show, which was first broadcast as part of the CBC children’s series Razzle Dazzle, hosted by Alan Hamel and Michelle Finney. This was the first appearance in a major series by Gordon Pinsent, who left the series in 1965 to star in the series Quentin Durgens, M.P. The Forest Rangers was picked up for syndication in the United States from 1965-1966.
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