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General Motors Theatre the second season. The series was a breeding ground for writing and directing talent such as William Kotcheff, Donald Jack and Arthur Hailey. One of Hailey's plays for the strand, "Flight into Danger" (1956), was later remade as the feature film "Zero Hour!", and was also screened by the BBC in the United Kingdom. It was a major factor in "General Motors Theatre" producer — and CBC Supervisor of Drama — Sydney Newman moving to work in the UK, where he later worked on and created anthology series similar to "General Motors Theatre" such as "Armchair Theatre" and "The Wednesday