Marketplace (TV series)
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Also known as | CBC News: Marketplace |
Genre | Newsmagazine Investigative Journalism |
Directed by | Paula Neilson |
Presented by | Erica Johnson David Common Charlsie Agro Asha Tomlinson |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 42 |
No. of episodes | > 500 |
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Executive producer(s) | Marie Caloz Chad Paulin |
Editor(s) | Don Chung Kathryn Dickson Aileen McBride Alan Jones Morna Scott-Dunne |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company(s) | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) |
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Original network | CBC Television |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | 5 October 1972 – present |
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Marketplace is a Canadian television series, broadcast on CBC Television. Launched in 1972, the series is a consumer advocacy newsmagazine, which airs investigative reports on issues such as product testing, health and safety, fraudulent business practices and other news issues of interest to product and service consumers.
The program was influential in the banning of urea formaldehyde foam insulation and lawn darts in Canada, the legislation of warnings on exploding pop bottles, successful prosecution of retailers for false advertising, new standards for bottled water and drinking fountains, new regulations to make children's sleepwear less flammable, and the implementation of safer designs for children's cribs.
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Marketplace was originally hosted by Joan Watson and George Finstad. Other hosts have included Bill Paul, Harry Brown, Norma Kent, Jacquie Perrin, Christine Johnson, Jim Nunn, Tom Harrington and Wendy Mesley. The program's current hosts are Erica Johnson, David Common, Charlsie Agro and Asha Tomlinson.
Early seasons of the series had a theme song, "The Consumer", which was written and performed by Stompin' Tom Connors. For several years, every episode would begin with Connors singing the song, which became a hit.
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