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Marketplace (1972)

Marketplace

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October 5th, 1972

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Marketplace is a Canadian television series, broadcast on CBC Television. Launched in 1972, the series is a consumer advocacy newsmagazine, which shows investigative reports on issues such as product testing, health and safety, fraudulent business practices and other news issues of interest to product and service consumers.

The program was influential in the banning of urea formaldehyde foam insulation and lawn darts in Canada, the legislation of warnings on exploding pop bottles, successful prosecution of retailers for false advertising, new standards for bottled water and drinking fountains, new regulations to make children's sleepwear less flammable, and the implementation of safer designs for children's cribs.

Marketplace was originally hosted by Joan Watson and George Finstad. Other hosts have included Bill Paul, Harry Brown, Norma Kent, Jacquie Perrin, Christine Johnson, Jim Nunn and Wendy Mesley. The program's current hosts are Tom Harrington and Erica Johnson.

Early seasons of the series had a theme song, "The Consumer", which was written and performed by Stompin' Tom Connors. For several years, every episode would begin with Connors singing the song, which became a hit.

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Cast

Erica Johnson
Self
Wendy Mesley
Self
David Common
Self - Reporter
Bill Paul
Self
Charlsie Agro
Self - Reporter
Jacquie Perrin
Self
Asha Tomlinson
Self - Reporter
Joan Watson
Self
Tom Harrington
Self
Makda Ghesbrelassie
Self - Reporter
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Directors

Robert Ballantyne
(6 episodes, 2011-2014)
Greg Sadler
(5 episodes, 2015-2022)
Anu Singh
(5 episodes, 2019-2022)
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Producers

Litsa Sourtzis
executive producer / producer / senior producer (42 episodes, 2008-2022)
Jenny Cowley
associate producer
news rollout / / / : tip-puts / field producing / news rollout producer / producer/director: BuzzKill (30 episodes, 2017-2022)
Diana Ion
packaging producer
(30 episodes, 2018-2021)
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Writers

Charlsie Agro
(reported by) (1 episode, 2020)
David Common
(reported by) (1 episode, 2020)
Vincent Leclair
(data journalist) (1 episode, 2018)
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Taglines

Canada's Consumer Watchdog

Keywords

non fiction
consumer affairs

Country of Origin

Canada

Languages

English

Release Dates

October 5th, 1972 (Canada)

Alternative Titles

Marketplace (original title)
Marketplace (Canada) (English title)

Running Times

30 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Production Companies

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (Canada)

Other Companies

The Eggplant Collective (music composed by)

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