The shows premise revolves around staged interviews conducted by Patrick Watson with an actor who portrays a historical figure, conceptually similar to Watson's earlier series, Witness to Yesterday.
The program began as a summer series on CBC Television starting 3 July 1981.
A second run of the series aired from 18 April to 22 August 1982.
Following are some of the historical persons featured in the series, with the actors who portrayed them:[1][2]
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