This page discusses the 1973 Canadian television series. For the posthumous book of Robert Louis Stevenson titled In the South Seas, see Robert Louis Stevenson.

In the South Seas is a Canadian travel documentary television series which aired on CBC Television in 1973.

In the South Seas
Genretravel
Written byGeorge Woodcock
Narrated byGeorge Woodcock
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9
Production
ProducerGordon Babineau
Camera setupWilliam Brayne
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
Release10 September (1973-09-10) –
19 November 1973 (1973-11-19)

Premise

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George Woodcock wrote and hosted this series featuring the life and culture of various Pacific Ocean nations such as British Solomon Islands, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Tonga and Western Samoa.

Woodcock published the 1976 book South Sea Journey which included research seen on this series.[1]

Scheduling

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This half-hour series was broadcast on Mondays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 10 September to 19 November 1973.

References

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  1. ^ Corcelli, John (August 2005). "In the South Seas". Canadian Communications Foundation. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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