Man Alive (Canadian TV program)
Template:Italic title Man Alive is a Canadian television program exploring faith and spirituality. Its name is inspired by a poem by St. Irenaeus, a 2nd-century Bishop of Lyon who wrote: The glory of God is man fully alive, and the life of man is the vision of God. The program premiered in 1967 on CBC Television and was hosted by Roy Bonisteel for over two decades. After several seasons of co-productions with Vision TV and the Life Network, the final episode aired on CBC Television on December 17, 2000.
Following Bonisteel's retirement in 1989, Peter Downie took over as host until 1993. Arthur Kent succeeded Downie for one season,[1] and then R. H. Thomson hosted until the program's cancellation.
Man Alive adopted a diverse non-denominational approach to religious and spiritual matters. The program covered a wide range of subjects including nuclear war, UFOs, Holocaust survivors, sexual abuse, Third World development, family relationships, people with disabilities, the Vatican Bank scandal and profiles of religious figures such as Mother Teresa, Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama.
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External links
- Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series (Man Alive archived listing link via archive.org)
- Museum of Broadcast Communications: Man Alive
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- CBC Digital Archives – Man Alive
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- Canadian religious television series
- Religious mass media in Canada
- CBC Television original programming
- 1967 Canadian television series debuts
- 2000 Canadian television series endings
- 1960s Canadian documentary television series
- 1970s Canadian documentary television series
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