Quintet 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...

 music variety 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 1962.

Premise

Various music styles from folk, blues, pop, theatrical songs and world music were featured in this series. The house band was the Chris Gage Trio, joined by Eleanor Collins and Bud Spencer.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast Fridays at 3:00 p.m. from 5 January to 29 June 1962.