45/85
| 45/85 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Television documentary |
| Written by |
David Bohrman Peter Jennings Ted Koppel Eleanor Prescott Pete Simmons |
| Directed by | Roger Goodman |
| Presented by |
Ted Koppel Peter Jennings |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Av Westin |
| Producer(s) |
Mark Foley Edward Hersh |
| Location(s) | New York, NY |
| Editor(s) |
Larry Alperr Mark Stephen Bogni Robert J. Brandt Walter Essenfeld James Sutton |
| Running time | 3:00:00 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 15 – September 15, 1985 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Our World |
45/85 is an ABC News television documentary. It aired on September 18, 1985. The three-hour program combined archive film and television footage with new interviews to document post-World War II history, focusing especially on the Cold War.[1] That special was produced by Av Westin, who also produced Our World.[2]
Ted Koppel and Peter Jennings were the co-anchors. The executive producer of the broadcast was Av Westin and it was written by Koppel, Jennings and senior producer Pete Simmons. 45/85 featured interviews with then President of the United States Ronald Reagan, as well as interviews with every living former President, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon. In a stylistic innovation, 45/85 confined itself in its other interviews to people who were eyewitnesses and participants of the events they described, rather than historians or "experts."
The success of 45/85 led ABC to create the documentary series Our World in 1986.[1] Our World, with a similar format blending archive footage and eyewitness interviews, was critically acclaimed but low-rated and ABC canceled it after a single season.[3]
References
- 1 2 Holston, Noel (1986-07-23). "Ellerbee is Just What 'Our World' Needs". Orlando Sentinel. p. E.1.
- ↑ Paynter, Susan (1986-10-17). "Our World Draws a Measly 5.5 Million, but So What? Say Hosts". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- ↑ Schwed, Mark (1987-06-10). "Ellerbee's Down, But Not Out". San Francisco Chronicle. p. 58.
External links
- 45/85 at the Internet Movie Database