Lead Actress for a Single Performance in a dram or comedy series – 1978: Jayne Meadows; Outstanding Achievement in Video Tape Editing for a Series – 1977: Terry Pickford, Editor and a Peabody Award. The scripts are available for public performance. Because of their educational nature, Allen did not attach a royalty to such performances. Similar series The Canadian television series Witness to Yesterday, created by Arthur Voronka, aired three years before Allen's Emmy-award-winning local program. Unlike the Meeting of Minds round-table format, Witness to Yesterday employed a one-on-one interview format that focused on a single historical figure each episode. Steve Allen appeared on a 1976 episode of Witness to Yesterday as George Gershwin. Another Canadian TV series, Titans, followed a similar format. It was originally broadcast in 1981–82. In French-speaking Canada, a version titled Les grands esprits ("The Great Minds") aired on Radio-Canada from 1982 to 1989. It was based on the original concept, with the scripts adapted and translated for the viewers by Jean Boisvert. References Further reading External links Official webpage for the Meeting of Minds program List of guests and the actors who portrayed them PBS original programming 1970s American variety television series 1980s American variety television series 1970s American documentary television series 1980s American documentary television series 1977 American television series debuts 1981 American television series endings Peabody Award-winning television programs Emmy Award winners Cultural depictions of Plato Cultural depictions of Socrates Cultural depictions of Aristotle Cultural depictions of Thomas Aquinas Cultural depictions of Martin Luther Depictions of Cleopatra on television Cultural depictions of Marie Antoinette Cultural depictions of Florence Nightingale Cultural depictions of Thomas Jefferson Cultural depictions of Thomas Paine Cultural depictions of Voltaire Cultural depictions of Karl Marx Cultural depictions of Charles Darwin Cultural depictions of Catherine the Great Cultural depictions of Oliver Cromwell