First Performance is a Canadian dramatic television series which aired on CBC Television from 1956 to 1958. Premise These short series of television plays were produced as a promotion for Canada Savings Bonds. Scheduling The first season of this 90-minute series was broadcast on Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) during October 1956. The second season (1957) aired Thursdays at 9:30 p.m., also during the month of October. The final 1958 season was broadcast Tuesdays 9:30 p.m. in October, with the last broadcast on 4 November 1958. Episodes 1956 season 3 October 1956: Time Lock (Leo Orenstein producer; Arthur Hailey writer) 10 October 1956: O'Brien (Melwyn Breen producer; Joseph Schull writer), a comedy 17 October 1956: Black of the Moon (David Greene producer; Leslie MacFarlane writer) 24 October 1956: The Discoverers (Ronald Weyman producer; Mac Rosenfeld and George Salverson writers) 1957 season 3 October 1957: Seeds of Power (Arthur Hailey writer), starring Katherine Blake, Lloyd Bochner, John Drainie and Patrick Macnee 10 October 1957: Ice on Fire (Len Peterson writer) 17 October 1957: Cousin Elva (Stuart Trueman book, Leslie MacFarlane adaptation), starring Araby Lockhart, Alexander Webster and Helene Winston 24 October 1957: Janey Canuck (Byrne Hope Saunders book, Lister Sinclair adaptation), starring Katherine Blake and Lloyd Bochner 1958 season 7 October 1958: Panic at Parth Bay (Harvey Hart producer; Lester Powell writer), starring Frances Hyland, Leslie Nielsen, Alexander Webster, Hugh Webster, Leslie Yeo and Louis Zorich 21 October 1958: The Man in the House (Adrian Waller producer; Marcel Dubé writer; Ivor Barry translation), starring Collette Coutois, Gratien Gélinas, Germaine Giroux, Clement Latour and Ovila Legaré 4 November 1958: The Man Who Caught Bullets (Mario Prizek producer; Mavor Moore writer), starring Everett Sloane References External links CBC Television original programming 1956 Canadian television series debuts 1958 Canadian television series endings 1950s Canadian anthology television series Black-and-white Canadian television shows