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Cities

Cities is a Canadian documentary television series broadcast on CBC Television from 1979 to 1980, followed by repeats for two years. Produced and directed by John McGreevy. The series featured a celebrity who would appear in an episode on location in a personal favourite city or more specific location. Appearances included Glenn Gould, Peter Ustinov, Elie Wiesel, George Plimpton and Mai Zetterling. Also appearing were Anthony Burgess, John Huston, Melina Mercouri and Hildegard Knef.

1979 9.0/10 community score 1 season · 6 episodes Returning Series
  • Documentary

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1
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6
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S1 E6

R.D. Laing's Glasgow

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  • 1979

    Season 1

    6 episodes

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