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|first_aired = 20 October 1963
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'''''Let's Face It''''' was a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] current affairs television series which aired on [[CBC Television]] in 1963.

==Premise==
''Let's Face It'' was originally produced as a regional show on [[CBMT]] Montreal, concerning topics within Quebec. In 1963, the Montreal-produced series was expanded for a network-wide audience and examined national and international events. Correspondents of the network-wide version of ''Let's Face It'' were located in most of CBC's major production locations throughout Canada.<ref name=CCF />

The series was inspired by BBC's ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]'' and incorporated elements of satire and music. As such, it was a forerunner of CBC's ''[[This Hour Has Seven Days]]''.<ref name=CCF>{{cite web | url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=846 | first=John | last=Corcelli | date=May 2005 | title=Let's Face It | publisher=Canadian Communications Foundation | accessdate=7 May 2010 }}</ref>

[[Peter Desbarats]] and [[Pauline Julien]] were among the contributors who appeared during the series, which presented both English and French personalities.<ref>{{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=580 | year=1990 }}</ref> Interview subjects included [[Simone de Beauvoir]], [[John Grigg (writer)|John Grigg]], [[Arthur Koestler]], [[Anthony Sampson]] and [[Jean-Paul Sartre]].

==Scheduling==
This half-hour series was broadcast on alternate Sundays at 10:00 p.m. from 20 October to 29 December 1963. ''Horizon_(Canadian_TV_series)|Horizon]]'' appeared on the other Sundays.

==Reception==
''Let's Face It'' was deemed an "embarassment" and was cancelled after several weeks.<ref>{{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=407 | year=1990 }}</ref> ''Ottawa Citizen'' television critic Jean Strachan deemed it among CBC's "poorest quality, most immature productions" of that season.<ref>{{cite news | title=Televiews | first=Jean | last=Strachan | date=17 December 1963 | page=17 | publisher=''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'' | accessdate=30 July 2010 }}</ref>

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

[[Category:CBC network shows]]
[[Category:1963 Canadian television series debuts]]
[[Category:1963 Canadian television series endings]]
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