Editor's note: This story is from the Globe and Mail archives, originally published Nov. 22, 1984.
NEXT WEEK, the CBC plans to devote a considerable portion of its programming schedule to the topic of drought and hunger in Africa. The coverage will range beyond the particular case of Ethiopia to examine the ecological, moral, and practical issues raised by the tragedy.
Denis Harvey, vice-president of the English network, noted in a prepared statement: "While the attention span of television cameras and viewers is often short, the crisis in Africa appears to represent an exception. Canadians are continuing to respond to reports from Ethiopia and elsewhere with increased concern and with questions about what is happening and what can be done." Along with specific items prepared for The National and The Journal, the network will devote all or a portion of the following shows to various dimensions of the problem: The Nature of Things, Market Place, Man Alive, What's New, Meeting Place and Country Canada. The week culminates on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. with a 90- minute telecast entitled Hunger In Africa.