People of Our Times

People of Our Times is a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television from 1974 to 1977.

Premise
Each episode featured a particular noted cultural personality providing a television essay on a particular topic.

Scheduling
This half-hour series was broadcast as follows (times in Eastern):

Episodes

 * 1974
 * "3$1⁄2$ Cheers for Toronto", a tour of the city according to Robertson Davies (debut, 9 September 1974)
 * "The Politics of Experience", R. D. Laing
 * "The Vassar Girl, 1933-74", Mary McCarthy recounts America in the context of the Watergate scandal
 * "Let Us Be True To One Another", Vivian Rakoff, concerning loneliness
 * "Enough of a Terrible Beauty", Conor Cruise O'Brien of Ireland concerning The Troubles
 * "Am I My Brother's Keeper?", Jessica Mitford discusses the prison system
 * "Stewart Alsop - A Memoir", a posthumous broadcast in which the American journalist discusses his mortality
 * "Guardian of Dreams", featuring British singer Mabel Mercer
 * "Reflections From The Waterfront", with American author Eric Hoffer
 * "The Prospects For Humanity", Arnold Toynbee


 * 1975
 * "Coming Home Again", in which Mordecai Richler speaks of his years outside Canada and his desire to move back
 * "A Celebration", with Michel Tremblay whose plays initially found few audiences outside Quebec
 * "Will There Always Be An England?", with A. J. P. Taylor
 * "Perceptions of France", Mavis Gallant
 * "The Devil's Decade", concerning the 1930s, hosted by Claud Cockburn
 * "Defending The Peaceable Isles", concerning self-government in Scotland with Scottish National Party leader Donald Stewart
 * an essay with Jiddu Krishnamurti
 * series finale with Arnold Toynbee