Global's original prime time schedule included Patrick Watson's documentary series "Witness to Yesterday", Pierre Berton's political debate show "The Great Debate", a Canadian edition of Bernard Braden's British consumer affairs newsmagazine "The Braden Beat", William Shatner's film talk show "Flick Flack", Sunday night Toronto Toros hockey games and a nightly variety series called "Everything Goes", as well as a few imported American series including "Chopper One", "Dirty Sally" and "Doc Elliot". In March, the station drew a formal complaint from MP James McGrath against its airing of the 1969 Western film "Heaven with a Gun", as the film featured scenes of violence which McGrath considered inappropriate.