A Way Out

Genre

documentary television program

Country

Canada

How it feels

This Canadian television show focuses on practical home skills. It started as a gardening program and later expanded to include crafts, outdoor activities, and home repairs. Different hosts guide viewers through various do-it-yourself projects.

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What happens

A Way Out is a Canadian do-it-yourself television show on CBC Television which originally began as a gardening show, but, evolved to include crafts, outdoor activities and do-it-yourself home repairs and improvements. The show was hosted by George Finstad (1970-1974) then Mary Chapman and Laurie Jennings and produced by Doug Lower (1970-1971), Neil Andrews (1971-1974) and Robert Hutt (1974-1976). The program actually began on April 9, 1967 as "Gardening" and was also known as "Gardening with Stan." Earl Cox was one the original hosts, assisted by Harry Mannis. The program was 15 minutes and bumped around the Sunday afternoon schedule between 12:45 and 4:15 pm. The title was changed to "A Way Out" in 1970. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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