Summit '72

{{Short description|Canadian documentary television series}} '''''Summit '72''''' is a Canadian documentary television series, which aired in 2022 on CBC Television.<ref>Andrew Jeffrey, [https://realscreen.com/2022/06/02/summit-72-doc-bollywed-factual-series-highlight-cbc-2022-23-programming-slate/ "“Summit ’72” doc, “Bollywed” factual series highlight CBC 2022-23 programming slate"]. ''RealScreen'', June 2, 2022.</ref> The series recounts the history of the 1972 Summit Series hockey competition between Canada and Russia.<ref>Brad Wheeler, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/article-cbc-hockey-documentary-summit-72-features-punk-rock-inuit-throat/ "CBC hockey documentary Summit 72 features punk rock, Inuit throat singing and a Leonard Cohen deep cut, but no Stompin’ Tom"]. ''The Globe and Mail'', September 12, 2022.</ref>

It was written and directed by Ravi Baichwal, Dave Bidini, Nicholas de Pencier and Robert MacAskill.

The series received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best History Documentary Program or Series at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.<ref>Pat Mullen, [https://povmagazine.com/2023-canadian-screen-award-nominations-for-documentary/ "2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominations for Documentary"]. ''Point of View'', February 22, 2023.</ref>

==Episodes== {{Episode table |background=#12294B |overall= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 1 |Title = Hockey Nations |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|9|14}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 12294B }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 |Title = Clash in Hockey Culture |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|9|21}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 12294B }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 3 |Title = Finding Each Other Behind the Iron Curtain |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|9|28}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 12294B }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 4 |Title = Legacy |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|10|5}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 12294B }} }}

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Category:2020s Canadian documentary television series Category:2020s Canadian sports television series Category:2022 Canadian television series debuts Category:CBC Television original programming Category:Ice hockey television series Category:Documentary television series about sports