Royal Canadian Air Farce: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Air Farce began as a topical stage review in 1970 and grew into a wildly popular franchise, including: a CBC Radio series (1973-1987); a weekly CBC TV series (1993-2008); an annual CBC TV special, Air Farce New Year's Eve (1992 – present); national concert tours; lives stage productions; books; home audio and video releases. Air Farce has received many awards and accolades. The troupe members became the first Canadian inductees into the International Humour Hall of Fame in 1992 and were inducted into the Canadian Comedy Hall of Fame in 2001. They were the recipients of the Governor General's Performing Arts Award in 1998 and received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in 2000. At the 2000 Gemini Awards, Air Farce received both the Earle Grey Award for its body of work in Canadian television, and the viewer-voted People's Choice Award for favorite television program.

Series details

• Title: Royal Canadian Air Farce
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1993-10-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-12-31
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBC
• Network country: Canada
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8369
• TVDB ID: 77910

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1993-10-08; final listed air date 1994-04-15.
• Season 2: premiered 1994-10-07; final listed air date 1995-04-07.
• Season 3: premiered 1995-10-13; final listed air date 1996-04-12.
• Season 4: premiered 1996-10-04; final listed air date 1997-04-11.
• Season 5: premiered 1997-10-03; final listed air date 1998-04-10.
• Season 6: premiered 1998-10-02; final listed air date 1999-02-12.
• Season 7: premiered 1999-10-03; final listed air date 2000-04-14.
• Season 8: premiered 2000-10-06; final listed air date 2001-04-08.
• Season 9: premiered 2001-10-05; final listed air date 2002-04-14.
• Season 10: premiered 2002-10-11; final listed air date 2003-04-04.
• Season 11: premiered 2003-10-10; final listed air date 2004-04-02.
• Season 12: premiered 2004-09-17; final listed air date 2005-04-01.
• Season 13: premiered 2005-10-28; final listed air date 2006-06-16.
• Season 14: premiered 2006-10-06; final listed air date 2007-03-30.
• Season 15: premiered 2007-10-05; final listed air date 2007-12-31.
• Season 16: premiered 2008-10-03; final listed air date 2008-12-31.

Source and licence

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