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Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables is a 1985 television mini-series based on the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The film was produced and directed by Kevin Sullivan for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It originally aired on CBC Television as a two-part miniseries in December 1985 to great critical and audience acclaim. The program premiered on U.S. public television in February 1986. In 1987 the film's sequel, Anne of Avonlea, was released (It was subsequently retitled Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel.) In 2000 the final movie, Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story, was aired. Ever since, these programs have been a favorite of public television viewers. A new documentary called Anne of Green Gables: a Kevin Sullivan Classic will also be available to public television viewers - for the first time.