Check-Up

Check-Up was a Canadian television series about medical information that aired on CBC Television in 1963.

This article is about the television series. For the term referring to routine medical examinations, see check-up.

Check-Up
Written byAlan King
Presented byLloyd Robertson
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producerJohn Livingston
ProducerDenny Spence
Release
Original networkCBC Television
Original release8 July (1963-07-08) –
23 September 1963 (1963-09-23)

Premise

The series was produced by the CBC in co-operation with the Canadian Medical Association.[1] Each episode concerned a particular medical condition and featured doctors conducting a diagnosis and treatment of a patient. This was followed by interviews conducted by the host Lloyd Robertson and a guest panel of the physician, who discussed how the treatment plan was developed. The programme concluded with a follow-up of the patient[2]

Production

Norrie Swanson of the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Association served as consultant for Check-Up. Denny Spence produced the series with Eric Koch as supervising producer.

Scheduling

The half-hour series aired Mondays at 7:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 8 July to 23 September 1963.

References
  1. Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 406. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.
  2. Corcelli, John (May 2005). Check-Up. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.


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