Encounter is a Canadian political affairs television program which aired on CBC Television from 1970 to 1974.
Premise Canadian political figures were interviewed by a panel of journalists in each episode. In the early years of the program, the panel consisted of Ron Collister, Charles Lynch, and a visitor. In 1974, Collister and Lynch were replaced by Doug Collins and Elizabeth Gray. Guest politicians included Edgar Benson, Réal Caouette, Tommy Douglas, David Lewis, Peter Lougheed, Bryce Mackasey, Lester Pearson, Mitchell Sharp, Robert Stanfield and Pierre Trudeau.
Previously, the CBC conducted political interviews on Press Conference.
Scheduling This half-hour program was broadcast from 1970 to 1974 as follows:
DayTimeSeason runSaturdays6:06 p.m. (24 minutes)3 January to 1 October 1970Thursdays10:30 p.m.1 October 1970 to 30 September 1971Sundays4:00 p.m.23 January to 29 June 1972Thursdays10:30 p.m.29 June 1972 to 20 September 1973Thursdays10:30 p.m.11 July to 5 September 1974
External links
Encounter audio featuring Pierre Juneau from CBC Archives, rebroadcast 26 April 1970 on CBC Radio's Sunday Supplement