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Rendezvous with Death: The Sinking of Lusitania
One hundred years ago, the ocean liner Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland. Rendezvous with Death is an award winning documentary first broadcast in 1965. It tells dramatic...
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Songs of the Marsh
In 1953, CBC engineers spent weeks collecting the sounds of marsh birds of Manitoba. To capture these evocative bird songs, they used the latest cutting edge technology, the parabolic microphone. The...
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Sounds of Southern Africa circa 1980
A program first heard in 1980 that featured the sounds, stories and voices of Africa. You'll hear vivid portraits of some of the people who lived there, a time when apartheid was the law of the land...
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The Beatles Come to Canada!
In 1964 the hottest musical group for teenagers was the Beatles. Their first hit, Love Me Do was topping the charts, they had appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and toured the U.S. Now they were coming...
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Jean Sutherland Boggs: Remembering a Champion of Art
Dr Jean Sutherland Boggs was passionate about art and helping Canadians to appreciate it. Rewind pays tribute to this remarkable woman who died last August. This episode was originally presented on...
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The Waltonsteins: A Family Secret
The Waltonsteins: an award winning documentary that tells the story of a family with a terrible secret, a secret born of fear that cost all its members dearly.
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Fifty Years of Bond, James Bond
He's the most famous spy in the world. James Bond was created by Ian Fleming, a former intelligence officer who wrote spy novels. Those best selling novels morphed into a movie franchise. The film...
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Housework: The Job That Never Ends
Housework. We all have to do it, and most of us hate it. This edition of Rewind was originally presented in February of this year, and it tackles the thorny issue of who does what when it come to...
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Emily Carr - A Portrait in Memory
To mark the 70th anniversary of the death of Emily Carr, Rewind presents a documentary about this passionate and eccentric British Columbia painter. This episode originally aired on March 5, 2015.
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Don Harron: The Serious Comic, Part 1
The first of two hours that salute a beloved icon of stage, radio and TV, Don Harron, who died in January of this year. Rewind's tribute to Don Harron was originally presented on March 19, 2015.
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Don Harron: The Serious Comic Part 2
More from Don Harron, the comic genius who enthralled Canadians for decades. As host of Morningside, he spoke to prominent Canadians such as writer Timothy Findley, singer Buffy Sainte-Marie and...
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Rodgers and Hammerstein: The Sound of Broadway Music
For the 50th anniversary of the film version of The Sound of Music, an interview from 1960 with the two men behind the songs - Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. In the 1940s and 50s, five of...
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Jurgen Gothe: CBC Host, & Music, Cat and Wine Lover
A celebration of the life and broadcasting career of former CBC Radio Two host Jurgen Gothe. Jurgen’s was a familiar voice on CBC Radio Two where he hosted DiscDrive for 23 years. This episode of...
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Newcomers to Canada
Voices and stories of newcomers to Canada. Whether we have come as immigrants or refugees, the common dream is the hope for a better life in Canada.
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Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope: 35 Years Later
It’s been 35 years since a handsome, curly headed young man with one leg set out from St. John's Newfoundland to run across Canada and raise money for cancer research. Along the way, Terry Fox...
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Stan Rogers: Folk Singer, Storyteller, Proud Canadian Part 1
The first part of a tribute to the folksinger Stan Rogers, whose booming voice told stories of Canada. 2016 marks the 40th anniversary of Stan’s first album, Fogarty’s Cove. This program is a...
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Stan Rogers: Folk Singer, Storyteller, Proud Canadian Part 2
More from Stan Rogers. His music and stories of Canada’s history, geography, and people resonated through his life and after his death. It's almost 40 years since the release of his breakthrough album...
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Outside Looking In: Small Parties
The PC's, Liberals and NDP have been around for a long time in Canadian politics, but over the years there has always been room on the edges for smaller parties. As this month's federal election...
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Morningside Sings Broadway!
The federal election is almost upon us. Rewind offers respite. Just after the 1993 election, Peter Gzowski wanted a break from politics, so he invited a group of Canadian musicians to perform Broadway...
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The Songs of Wade Hemsworth
Wade Hemsworth wrote no more than twenty songs in his entire career, but they are some of the most enduring classics of Canadian folk music, influencing generations of singers and songwriters. 2016...
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