About this season
For the Record, an anthology of 60-to-90-minute dramas, started on the series, Performance, as a subseries called Camera ’76. A collection of docudrama-style short stories on diverse but socially relevant (and very Canadian) topics such as unemployment, euthanasia, spousal abuse, televangelists, aboriginal issues, and anglophone-francophone relations. This series attracted most of the 'big name' Canadian actors and directors of the time.
Episodes (6)
1. Cementhead
Aired 18 February 1979 • 90 min
A pro-hockey wannabe has to deal with extreme on-ice violence.
2. Don't Forget 'Je me Souviens'
Aired 25 February 1979 • 90 min
A French-English marriage in Montreal faces a crisis when the husband gets transferred to Toronto.
3. Homecoming
Aired 4 March 1979 • 90 min
Lou Gagnon and Jenny are nomads. With their Metis friend, Marcel, they travel the rodeo circuit and the dust and the yells and the hardness are their companions. Then Lou, badly hungover, breaks his leg and is in hospital. Marcel, with a teenage girl to care for, takes her to an Indian reserve and Jenny, for the first time in her life, has roots.
4. Certain Practices
Aired 11 March 1979 • 90 min
A star surgeon is caught using experimental techniques on his patients.
5. Every Person Is Guilty
Aired 18 March 1979 • 90 min
A man comes into possession of a secret document that puts him in peril.
6. One of Our Own
Aired 25 April 1979 • 90 min
A look into Down's Syndrome.