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The Hornby collection : Rene Castellani

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. A documentary on the life and bad; fortune of Rene Castellani, a popular Vancouver radio hotline host accused of murdering his wife in 1965.

The Hornby collection : Rene Castellani : the dizzy dialer

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. A documentary on the life and bad; fortune of Rene Castellani, a popular Vancouver radio hotline host accused of murdering his wife in 1965.;

Heritage theatre : The Janet Smith case

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "The ;Janet Smith Case" by Joe Wiesenfeld, recalls the famous murder case dating back to 1924.;

The Hornby collection : Simon Gun-an-noot

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. "Simon Gun-an-noot" is a play by George Woodcock. After thirteen years as an outlaw in the BC wilderness, Simon Gunanoot was tried in Vancouver in 1919 for murder. The play is an account of those years in the wilderness.

The bush and the salon : The house-warming and the claim bake

SUMMARY: "The Bush and the Salon" was a CBC radio series that recreated early Canadian life from letters, diaries and other sources. This episode, "The House-Warming and the Claim Bake", recounts two stories o;f yesteryear -- true tales of miners, gentlemen and other hard cases of the pioneer days in BC, as told by the distinguished poet and playwright George Ryga, with Ed McNamara as the chronicler (pionee;r newspaperman R.T. Lowery). Part 1, "The Legend of John Kirkup", takes place in the Rossland area of British Columbia and recounts tales of the lives and problems of prospectors, oand of Chief Const;able John Kirkup. Part 2, "Murder at the Bluebell", tells the tale of an ill-fated miner at the Bluebell Mine on Kootenay Lake in 1885. Other actors include Eric Schneider, Neil Dainard, Roy Brinson;, Jim Johnston, Robert Clothier, Lee Taylor, Michael Collins, Joseph Golland, Jack Anthony, Douglas Masters, Ted Stidder, Roger Dressler, Carolyn Fitzpatrick, Allen Pierce, Jack Leif, Joe Austin and ;Lloyd Barry. This is the third of three programs featuring the work of George Ryga.;