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'''''The Fabulous Sixties''''' was a 10-part Canadian [[Documentary film|television documentary]] miniseries narrated by [[Peter Jennings]]. Each episode featured a year from the 1960s.

The programs were produced by Philip Hobel and Douglas Leiterman under the production units Hobel-Leiterman Productions and Document Associates. The duo then produced the regular-season series ''[[Here Come the Seventies]]'' and ''[[Target: The Impossible]]'' for [[CTV Television Network|CTV]].

The first episode aired on CTV on 12 October 1969 with the following episodes broadcast as occasional specials into 1970. The series was released on DVD on 24 April 2007 by [[MPI Home Video]].

==Episodes==
* "1960, Be a Man – Sell Out" (aired 12 October 1969)
* "1961, Victory Has a Hundred Feathers"
* "1962, Morality and Brinkmanship"
* "1963, End of a Thousand Days"
* "1964, From Liverpool With Love" (aired 25 January 1970)
* "1965" (no additional detail in title) (aired 15 February 1970)
* "1966, Life, liberty and the pursuit of violence"
* "1967, Love is in the Streets... Death in the Desert"
* "1968, Up Against the Wall"
* "1969, The Eagle Has Landed"

==References==
*{{cite news| title='Sixties' project has merit | newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|location=Toronto | date=11 October 1969 | page=27 | first=Leslie | last=Millin }}
*{{cite news| title=A 20-year career but no stardom (multi-topic article) | newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|location=Toronto | date=26 January 1970 | page=15 | first=Susan | last=Kastner }}
*{{cite news| title=Magoo offering makes CRTC move valid (multi-topic article) | newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|location=Toronto | date=16 February 1970 | page=14 | first=Blaik | last=Kirby }}
*{{Cite web | url=http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46&csid1=2740&navid=46 | publisher=Film Reference Library | accessdate=2007-09-09 | date=5 April 2004 | title=Douglas Leiterman (bio) | url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813115810/http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46&csid1=2740&navid=46 | archivedate=13 August 2007 }}
*{{Cite web| url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/27324 | publisher=[[DVD Talk]] | title=The Fabulous Sixties (review) | accessdate=2007-09-09 }}
*{{Cite web| url=http://search-recherche.collectionscanada.ca/amicus/searchResults.jsp?SourceQuery=&PageNum=1&SortSpec=score+desc&Language=eng&QueryText=fabulous+sixties&Sources=amicus&ResultCount=10 | publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]] | title=Fabulous Sixties (National Library of Canada search) | accessdate=2007-09-09 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19v7XnJ6CWQ The Fabulous Sixties: "1967, Love is in the Streets... Death in the Desert"] on YouTube
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[[Category:1960s Canadian television news shows]]
[[Category:1970s Canadian television news shows]]
[[Category:1969 Canadian television series debuts]]
[[Category:1970 Canadian television series endings]]
[[Category:CTV Television Network original programming]]
[[Category:1960s Canadian documentary television series]]
[[Category:1970s Canadian documentary television series]]


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