5. What We Have Here Is a People Problem
A stubborn farmer refuses to vacate his land, despite government orders.
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For the Record is a drama TV series that premiered on Bloomberg Television on February 8, 1976. It has 10 seasons and 56 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 10 Episode 7 "Fred Quilt", aired on March 24, 1985.
For the Record, an anthology of 60-to-90-minute dramas, started on the series, Performance, as a subseries called Camera ’76. A collection of docudrama-style short stories on diverse but socially relevant (and very Canadian) topics such as unemployment, euthanasia, spousal abuse, televangelists, aboriginal issues, and anglophone-francophone relations. This series attracted most of the 'big name' Canadian actors and directors of the time.
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56 episodes · 10 seasons
1976 · 5 episodes · Last episode: 50 years ago
A stubborn farmer refuses to vacate his land, despite government orders.
Dramatization of the youngest swimmer to attempt to cross Lake Ontario.
A look into the world of a Metis matriarch.
An unwed teenage mother is expecting her second child. Her lover, a struggling mechanic, promises they will soon be wed, yet a social worker attempts to save her from the brink of collapse.
A look into government and union corruption.
1977 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 49 years ago
A look at a clash between politicians and the oil industry.
Ada was brilliant and crazy before her lobotomy. Afterwards, she becomes stupid and easily controlled. A friend on the inside tries to help her recall her former self.
Hank is a kind man who owns a produce stand. A ruthless company and union try to take his business.
A troubled young man ends up committing suicide in an institution.
After a contaminated water from North Dakota sweeps across the Canadian prairies, a group of Manitoba farmers plan an invasion of the USA.
Outraged by the insults to her mother, Maria decides to organize a union for the immigrant women she and her mother work with in a Toronto sweat shop.
1978 · 4 episodes · Last episode: 47 years ago
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Seer, a convict, brings understanding to his fellow inmates.
The life and death of a Newfoundland town called St Lawrence.
A ruthless journalist blackmails a member of Parliament.
A woman is raped and must come to terms with a conviction against her rapist.
1979 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 47 years ago
A look into Down's Syndrome.
A man comes into possession of a secret document that puts him in peril.
A star surgeon is caught using experimental techniques on his patients.
Lou Gagnon and Jenny are nomads. With their Metis friend, Marcel, they travel the rodeo circuit and the dust and the yells and the hardness are their companions. Then Lou, badly hungover, breaks his leg and is in hospital. Marcel, with a teenage girl to care for, takes her to an Indian reserve and Jenny, for the first time in her life, has roots.
A French-English marriage in Montreal faces a crisis when the husband gets transferred to Toronto.
A pro-hockey wannabe has to deal with extreme on-ice violence.
1980 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 46 years ago
A journalist crusading against crime learns that his own son is a vandal.
An RCMP man must decide between his friend and his lying superiors.
An unskilled, unemployed labourer struggles to keep pace in an increasingly educated society.
1981 · 5 episodes · Last episode: 45 years ago
A middle-aged family man and high school teacher struggles in silence as he accepts the fact that he's gay.
A widowed senior defies her daughter's wishes, sells the family home and moves into a trailer park.
1982 · 7 episodes · Last episode: 44 years ago
A pregnant woman chooses a midwife assisted home birth before this practice was generally accepted.
A neglected wife finds solace in watching a televangelical preacher.
A young man uses an insanity plea to get off from a murder charge, but further details come to light in the aftermath.
A parliament back-bencher suddenly finds herself promoted to a position that causes her a moral dilemma.
1983 · 4 episodes · Last episode: 43 years ago
An air traffic controller confronts his superiors about faulty radar equipment.
An actual story of racism against an East Indian family in BC.
An idealistic doctor tries to implement a new therapy for criminals.
A fourth generation farmer takes on the banks to save his farm.
1984 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 42 years ago
A high school hacking genius breaks a computer code and unlocks a program that thinks for itself.
A young girl is raped, and then has to be interrogated at her assailant's trial. Her abuser evades justice, and she's left to deal with the painful aftermath.
An overweight woman suffers social pressure to be slimmer as society judges women by their looks. Dieting becomes an obsession as she fights to be accepted by all including her husband. Self worth is hard to come by.
A mean, small-town cop begins a relationship with a troubled teen.
1985 · 7 episodes · Last episode: 41 years ago
A native woman divorces her white husband and learns that she has also lost her Rez status as well.
Three generations of a Japanese Canadian family struggle with the emotional trauma inflicted by their internment in British Columbia camps during World War Two. Each generation has to come to terms with their family breakup.
A young, idealistic priest, just released from a Central American prison, returns to Canada where he is assigned to a quiet town parish.
A widow has to deal with her troubled son, who becomes a lawbreaker.
For the Record has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on March 24, 1985.
The most recent episode of For the Record, Season 10 Episode 7 "Fred Quilt", aired on March 24, 1985.
For the Record has 10 seasons with 56 episodes in total.
For the Record first aired on Bloomberg Television on February 8, 1976.
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