SUMMARY: A docudrama about Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie, the Lincoln's Inn barrister who became B.C.'s first judge in 1858. Roy Brinson plays the role of Begbie.

SUMMARY: "The Overlanders" by George Woodcock is a dramatic narrative about the Cariboo gold rush and the individuals who undertook the hazardous journey to the gold fields. The play runs short (41:45), and th;e program is filled out with Pierre Mercure's "Divertissement for String Quartet and String Orchestra".;

The item is a film print which shows a dramatization of events surrounding British Columbia's entrance into Canadian confederation.

SUMMARY: "The Bush and the Salon" was a CBC radio series that recreated early Canadian life from letters, diaries and other sources. This episode, "This Is My Home: The Story Of The Deans Family of Victoria, Part 2: Here Will I Stay", is written by Peter Haworth. This episode focuses on Victoria in 1854, including the war with Russia in Sitka, and early life in the colony as related by members of the Deans; family. The actors include Pat Williams, David Glyn-Jones, Robert Clothier, Roy Brinson, Shirley Broderick, Michael Collins, Eric Schneider, and Sam Payne.;

SUMMARY: "The Bush and the Salon" was a CBC radio series that recreated early Canadian life from letters, diaries and other sources. This episode, "This Is My Home: The Story of The Deans Family of Victoria, Part 1: The Seas Between Us", is written by Peter Haworth. It focuses on the 1852-53 voyage to Vancouver's Island on the "Norman Morrison". Early accounts by members of the Deans family describe Fort Victoria, Kenneth McKenzie's Craigflower Farm, homesickness, loneliness and the early life in the colony. Actors include Pat Williams, David Glyn-Jones, Robert Clothier, Roy Brinson, Shirley Broderick, Michael Collins, Eric Schneider, and Sam Payne.;

SUMMARY: "The Bush and the Salon" was a CBC radio series that recreated early Canadian life from letters, diaries and other sources. This episode, "This Is My Home: The Story Of The Deans Family of Victoria, Part 2: Here Will I Stay", is written by Peter Haworth. This episode focuses on Victoria in 1854, including the war with Russia in Sitka, and early life in the colony as related by members of the Deans family. The actors include Pat Williams, David Glyn-Jones, Robert Clothier, Roy Brinson, Shirley Broderick, Michael Collins, Eric Schneider, and Sam Payne.

This series consists of dossiers of photocopied historical material for theatrical application, including: 1. Barkerville, the Cariboo Gold Rush; 2, Fort Steele, the Kootenay Gold Rush; 3. Fort Steele, East Kootenay in the 1880's; 4. Fort Steele, East Kootenay, 1890-1905.

SUMMARY: "Cranks", a sub-series presented on the CBC series Sunday Matinee, featured "figures from Canadian history who have stepped out of line." This epsiode, a drama about Judge Matthew Baillie Begbie, was written by Michael Cook. The cast includes John Colicos as Begbie; John Neville as Peter O'Reilly; Tom Kneebone as Lord Lytton; and Frank Perry as the Rev. William Duncan.

SUMMARY: A radio play about the Dunsmuir family of Vancouver Island, broadcast by CBC-AM on Sunday, May 11, 18, and 25, 1986.