Take 30

{{Short description|Canadian television series (1962–1984)}} {{Infobox television | alt_name = Take 60 (1973–74) | image = | caption = | runtime = 30-35 minutes | creator = | presenter = Anna Cameron Paul Soles Adrienne Clarkson Mary Lou Finlay Hana Gartner Harry Brown Nadine Berger | country = Canada | network = CBC Television | first_aired = {{start date|1962|9|17}} | last_aired = {{end date|1984}} | num_seasons = 22 | num_episodes = }}

'''''Take 30''''' (also expressed as '''''Take Thirty''''') is a Canadian television newsmagazine series which aired on CBC Television from 1962 to 1984 for 2,500 episodes. An afternoon series originally designed as a "women's show", the series gradually evolved into a showcase for serious journalism, airing documentary reports and interviews on social and cultural topics.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=April 27, 2020|title=The long run of Take 30 a -show-that-did-so-much-over-its-22-years|url=https://www.cbc.ca/archives/the-long-run-of-take-30-a-show-that-did-so-much-over-its-22-years-1.5531794|access-date=2021-10-10|website=CBC archives}}</ref>

Despite the title, the series at times aired in a 35-minute timeslot, as was the case in late 1965.<ref>TV Guide, Dec. 4-10, 1965 issue; listings indicate the show aired from 3:25 to 4:00.</ref>

The program's original hosts were Anna Cameron and Paul Soles. In 1965, Cameron left and was replaced by Adrienne Clarkson.<ref name=":0" /> During his time on the show, Soles was also a busy voiceover actor for animation, best known for shows such as ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'' and ''Spider-Man'', both of which were produced concurrent with his work on ''Take 30''; he was also a regular on the comedic game show ''This is the Law'' during this time.

Clarkson left the show in 1975 to become a host of ''The Fifth Estate'', and was replaced by Mary Lou Finlay. Finlay left in 1977, and was replaced by Hana Gartner; Soles left the following year and was replaced by Harry Brown. Gartner left in 1982 and was replaced in the show's final season by Nadine Berger.<ref name=":0" />

Other contributors to the show included Jehane Benoît, Brigitte Berman, Rita Deverell, Charles Lynch, John Yesno and Moses Znaimer.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bayly |first=Joanna |date=22 December 2019 |title=Tourtière for the holidays: The everlasting appeal of Madame Benoît's famous Quebec recipe |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/tourtiere-for-the-holidays-appeal-of-madame-benoit-1.5405174 |work=CBC News |access-date=2 April 2026}}</ref>

In some years, the CBC summer schedule repeated episodes from the past season, supplemented by shows produced in cities outside Toronto, titled in the ''30 From ...'' format, such as ''30 From Vancouver''.

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==External links== *[http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/arts-entertainment/sculpture/the-life-and-legend-of-bill-reid/the-farewell-screen.html CBC Digital Archives: 30 From Vancouver] *[http://www.cbc.ca/archives/discover/programs/t/take-30/moms-to-be-decompress-with-baby-bubble.html CBC Digital Archives: Take 30] * [http://www.queensu.ca/filmandmedia/sites/webpublish.queensu.ca.fmwww/files/files/CBC%20Television%20Linked%20Listings.pdf Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203104043/http://www.queensu.ca/filmandmedia/sites/webpublish.queensu.ca.fmwww/files/files/CBC%20Television%20Linked%20Listings.pdf |date=2016-02-03 }} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150924012749/http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/T.html#takethirty ''Take 30'' archived listing link] via archive.org)

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