Mr. O

*Mr. O*
Mr. O
Genre	children's music
Presented by	David Ouchterlony
Voices of	Len Davidson; Pegi Loder
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
Production
Producers	Bruce Attridge; Rena Elmer
Running time	15 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	5 April 1956 –; 4 July 1957
Related
	Let's Make Music;

Mr. O was a Canadian children's music television series which aired on CBC Television from 1956 to 1957.

Premise

This series on classical music was hosted by David Ouchterlony, with soprano Manley Stark. It was geared towards children aged between five and eight, compared to Ouchterlony's previous series Let's Make Music which was geared towards older children. Episodes featured puppet characters operated by John and Linda Keogh such as Cellini (a cello), Clarence (a clarinet) and Whisper. The characters were voiced by Len Davidson and Pegi Loder. Games, stories and songs were also featured on Mr. O.^[1]

Scheduling

This 15-minute series was broadcast Thursdays at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 5 April to 21 June 1956. It was then broadcast for a full season on Thursdays at 5:15 p.m. from 4 October 1956 to 4 July 1957.

References

^ Corcelli, John (February 2005). "Mr. O". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

External links

Allan, Blaine (1996). "Mr. O". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

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[CCF-1] Corcelli, John (February 2005). "Mr. O". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

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