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|presenter = [[Elaine Grand]]
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|first_aired = 3 May 1954
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'''''Living''''' was a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] informational television series which aired on [[CBC Television]] from 1954 to 1955.

==Premise==
Elaine Grand of ''[[Tabloid (TV series)|Tabloid]]'' hosted this series on topics geared towards women such as child rearing, gardening and homemaking.<ref name=WTWY>{{cite book | title=When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967 | first=Paul | last=Rutherford | publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]] | isbn=0-8020-5830-2 | page=153 | year=1990 }}</ref> Various subjects were covered by interviews with experts such as cooking with Eristella Langdon, crafts with Peter Whittall (who later hosted ''[[Mr. Fixit (TV series)|Mr. Fixit]]''), design with John Hall, fashion with Iona Monahan, family medical topics with physician S.R. Laycock and gardening with Lois Lister. The show also covered more serious topics such as senior citizens concerns, adoption and drinking water flouridation.<ref name=CCF>{{cite web | url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=728 | first=John | last=Corcelli | date=February 2005 | title=Living | publisher=Canadian Communications Foundation | accessdate=7 May 2010 }}</ref>

==Scheduling==
This half-hour series was broadcast at 7:30 p.m. on various selected weeknights from 3 May 1954 until 1 July 1955. The closure of ''Living'' coincided with Grand's departure for television projects in the United Kingdom such as ''Lucky Dip'' and ''Sharp at Four''.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/L.html | first=Blaine | last=Allan | title=Living | publisher=[[Queen's University]] | year=1996 | accessdate=7 May 2010}}

[[Category:CBC network shows]]
[[Category:1954 Canadian television series debuts]]
[[Category:1955 Canadian television series endings]]