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'''''Long Shot''''' is a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] current affairs television series which aired on [[CBC Television]] in 1959.

==Premise==
Ross McLean, previously of ''[[Tabloid (TV series)|Tabloid]]'', produced this series which combined interviews with humour. Career broadcaster [[Ward Cornell]] and [[Toronto Symphony Orchestra]] cellist Olga Kwasniak were its hosts. Guests ranged from writers to wrestlers, including [[Bob and Ray]], [[Boxcar Betty]], [[Greg Clark (journalist)|Gregory Clark]], [[Jack Douglas (writer)|Jack Douglas]], [[Harry Golden]], [[Gene Kiniski]], [[C. Northcote Parkinson]], [[Don Stansauk|Hardboiled Haggerty]], [[Jonathan Winters]] and [[Eric Holmback|Yukon Eric]].

==Scheduling==
This half-hour series was broadcast Sundays at 10:30 p.m. from 28 June to 27 September 1959 as a mid-year replacement for ''[[Fighting Words (TV series)|Fighting Words]]''.
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/L.html | first=Blaine | last=Allan | title=Long Shot | publisher=[[Queen's University]] | year=1996 | accessdate=7 May 2010}}
* {{imdb title|0341865}}

[[Category:CBC network shows]]
[[Category:1959 Canadian television series debuts]]
[[Category:1959 Canadian television series endings]]
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