Just Mary
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Just Mary is a Canadian
Television in Canada
Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...

 children's television series which aired on CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

 in 1960.

Premise

Mary Grannan (Maggie Muggins
Maggie Muggins
Maggie Muggins is a Canadian children's radio and television series which began on-air live as a fifteen-minute program on CBC Radio on New Year's Day, 1947. The highly popular radio program engaged children's imaginations, with its continuing cast of unique animal puppets and human characters...

) narrated stories based on her Just Mary books in this Toronto-produced series while puppets and human actors performed the storylines. Actors seen in the series included Barbara Hamilton
Barbara Hamilton (actor)
Barbara Hamilton was a Canadian actor in film, television and theatre.After studies at Brockville Collegiate Institute, she attended the University of Toronto where her early performances were featured at the Hart House Theatre. She is known for roles in films and television series such as Road to...

 and Toby Tarnow
Toby Tarnow
Toby Tarnow is a Canadian actress. She was the first actress to portray the popular Anne Shirley of Anne of Green Gables in Canadian radio then in Canadian television in a 1956 television movie...

, while voices for puppets operated by John and Linda Keogh were provided by actors such as Roberta Maxwell
Roberta Maxwell
-Background:Roberta Maxwell began studying for the stage at the age of 12. She joined John Clark for 2 years as the child co-host of his Junior Magazine series for CBC Television, before becoming the youngest actress apprentice at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario,to pursue...

, Douglas Rain
Douglas Rain
Douglas Rain is a Canadian actor and narrator. He is primarily a stage actor, but his best known film role was as the voice of the HAL 9000 computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequel 2010 ....

, Pauline Rennie
Pauline Rennie
Pauline Rennie is a Canadian actress whose career included voice roles on The Care Bears. Rennie also provided the voice of Fizgerald Fieldmouse on Maggie Muggins, as well as voices on Mary Grannan's follow-up 1960 series for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Just Mary.-Roles:* Maggie Muggins...

 and Ruth Springford
Ruth Springford
Ruth Springford was a Canadian radio, stage, television and film actress....

.

Featured stories included "The Chinese Bracelet", "Dolly Petticoats", "Golden Shoes", "The Little Good Arrow", "Penny Pink" and "The Princely Pig".

Scheduling

This 15-minute series was broadcast Thursdays at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 7 April to 30 June 1960 for its first run. Its second run was part of the Junior Roundup
Junior Roundup
Junior Roundup is a Canadian children's television series which aired on CBC Television from 1960 to 1961.-Premise:This series consisted of segments on a variety of topics. The first quarter-hour, Bantam Roundup, was geared towards the youngest schoolchildren as it rebroadcast episodes of other CBC...

brand of weekday childrens series and again aired in the Thursday 4:30 p.m. time slot from 20 October to 29 December 1960.

Further reading

Just Mary is a Canadian
Television in Canada
Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...

 children's television series which aired on CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

 in 1960.

Premise

Mary Grannan (Maggie Muggins
Maggie Muggins
Maggie Muggins is a Canadian children's radio and television series which began on-air live as a fifteen-minute program on CBC Radio on New Year's Day, 1947. The highly popular radio program engaged children's imaginations, with its continuing cast of unique animal puppets and human characters...

) narrated stories based on her Just Mary books in this Toronto-produced series while puppets and human actors performed the storylines. Actors seen in the series included Barbara Hamilton
Barbara Hamilton (actor)
Barbara Hamilton was a Canadian actor in film, television and theatre.After studies at Brockville Collegiate Institute, she attended the University of Toronto where her early performances were featured at the Hart House Theatre. She is known for roles in films and television series such as Road to...

 and Toby Tarnow
Toby Tarnow
Toby Tarnow is a Canadian actress. She was the first actress to portray the popular Anne Shirley of Anne of Green Gables in Canadian radio then in Canadian television in a 1956 television movie...

, while voices for puppets operated by John and Linda Keogh were provided by actors such as Roberta Maxwell
Roberta Maxwell
-Background:Roberta Maxwell began studying for the stage at the age of 12. She joined John Clark for 2 years as the child co-host of his Junior Magazine series for CBC Television, before becoming the youngest actress apprentice at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario,to pursue...

, Douglas Rain
Douglas Rain
Douglas Rain is a Canadian actor and narrator. He is primarily a stage actor, but his best known film role was as the voice of the HAL 9000 computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequel 2010 ....

, Pauline Rennie
Pauline Rennie
Pauline Rennie is a Canadian actress whose career included voice roles on The Care Bears. Rennie also provided the voice of Fizgerald Fieldmouse on Maggie Muggins, as well as voices on Mary Grannan's follow-up 1960 series for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Just Mary.-Roles:* Maggie Muggins...

 and Ruth Springford
Ruth Springford
Ruth Springford was a Canadian radio, stage, television and film actress....

.

Featured stories included "The Chinese Bracelet", "Dolly Petticoats", "Golden Shoes", "The Little Good Arrow", "Penny Pink" and "The Princely Pig".

Scheduling

This 15-minute series was broadcast Thursdays at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 7 April to 30 June 1960 for its first run. Its second run was part of the Junior Roundup
Junior Roundup
Junior Roundup is a Canadian children's television series which aired on CBC Television from 1960 to 1961.-Premise:This series consisted of segments on a variety of topics. The first quarter-hour, Bantam Roundup, was geared towards the youngest schoolchildren as it rebroadcast episodes of other CBC...

brand of weekday childrens series and again aired in the Thursday 4:30 p.m. time slot from 20 October to 29 December 1960.

Further reading

Just Mary is a Canadian
Television in Canada
Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...

 children's television series which aired on CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

 in 1960.

Premise

Mary Grannan (Maggie Muggins
Maggie Muggins
Maggie Muggins is a Canadian children's radio and television series which began on-air live as a fifteen-minute program on CBC Radio on New Year's Day, 1947. The highly popular radio program engaged children's imaginations, with its continuing cast of unique animal puppets and human characters...

) narrated stories based on her Just Mary books in this Toronto-produced series while puppets and human actors performed the storylines. Actors seen in the series included Barbara Hamilton
Barbara Hamilton (actor)
Barbara Hamilton was a Canadian actor in film, television and theatre.After studies at Brockville Collegiate Institute, she attended the University of Toronto where her early performances were featured at the Hart House Theatre. She is known for roles in films and television series such as Road to...

 and Toby Tarnow
Toby Tarnow
Toby Tarnow is a Canadian actress. She was the first actress to portray the popular Anne Shirley of Anne of Green Gables in Canadian radio then in Canadian television in a 1956 television movie...

, while voices for puppets operated by John and Linda Keogh were provided by actors such as Roberta Maxwell
Roberta Maxwell
-Background:Roberta Maxwell began studying for the stage at the age of 12. She joined John Clark for 2 years as the child co-host of his Junior Magazine series for CBC Television, before becoming the youngest actress apprentice at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario,to pursue...

, Douglas Rain
Douglas Rain
Douglas Rain is a Canadian actor and narrator. He is primarily a stage actor, but his best known film role was as the voice of the HAL 9000 computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequel 2010 ....

, Pauline Rennie
Pauline Rennie
Pauline Rennie is a Canadian actress whose career included voice roles on The Care Bears. Rennie also provided the voice of Fizgerald Fieldmouse on Maggie Muggins, as well as voices on Mary Grannan's follow-up 1960 series for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Just Mary.-Roles:* Maggie Muggins...

 and Ruth Springford
Ruth Springford
Ruth Springford was a Canadian radio, stage, television and film actress....

.

Featured stories included "The Chinese Bracelet", "Dolly Petticoats", "Golden Shoes", "The Little Good Arrow", "Penny Pink" and "The Princely Pig".

Scheduling

This 15-minute series was broadcast Thursdays at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 7 April to 30 June 1960 for its first run. Its second run was part of the Junior Roundup
Junior Roundup
Junior Roundup is a Canadian children's television series which aired on CBC Television from 1960 to 1961.-Premise:This series consisted of segments on a variety of topics. The first quarter-hour, Bantam Roundup, was geared towards the youngest schoolchildren as it rebroadcast episodes of other CBC...

brand of weekday childrens series and again aired in the Thursday 4:30 p.m. time slot from 20 October to 29 December 1960.
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