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Anne of Green Gables

Episode #101

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Matthew Cuthbert, an elderly bachelor living with his sister, Marilla, decides to adopt an orphan. They request a boy to help with the farm, called Green Gables. The orphanage mistakenly sends a girl--a romantic, mischievous redhead desperate for a home, who never stops talking.

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Program Description: 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.

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  • Episode #101

    Matthew Cuthbert, an elderly bachelor living with his sister, Marilla, decides to adopt an orphan. They request a boy to help with the farm, called Green Gables. The orphanage mistakenly sends a girl--a romantic, mischievous redhead desperate for a home, who never stops talking. Closed Captioning

  • Episode #103

    Matthew Cuthbert, an elderly bachelor living with his sister, Marilla, decides to adopt an orphan. They request a boy to help with the farm, called Green Gables. The orphanage mistakenly sends a girl--a romantic, mischievous redhead desperate for a home and afflicted with an exhausting habit; she never stops talking. Closed Captioning

  • Episode #104

    Marilla tries to prevent Anne from seeing Gilbert because of an old war between the Cuthberts and the Blythes. In the end, however, when Matthew dies and Marilla is forced to sell Green Gables, Gilbert ... Closed Captioning

  • The Sequel (Part 1 of 2) (#201)

    Now an attractive 18 year old and the teacher at Avonlea School, Anne has dutifully remained at Green Gables with Marilla Cuthbert. Her ambition to become a celebrated author is put aside, while she leads ... Closed Captioning

  • The Sequel (Part 2 of 2) (#202)

    Anne may be all grown up, but she still has a knack for finding trouble, and her misadventures follow her to Kingsport where she learns that the town aristocrats, the Pringles, are completely opposed ... Closed Captioning

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