Anne of Green Gables is a 1972 television series created by the BBC. It was directed by Joan Craft and stars Kim Braden as Anne Shirley. It is based on Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery.
Along with the 1919 film Anne of Green Gables and the 1952 TV series Anne of Green Gables, it is believed to be lost.
Synopsis[]
Episodes[]
No. | Title | Air date |
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1. | Episode 1 | February 20, 1972 |
2. | Episode 2 | February 27, 1972 |
3. | Episode 3 | March 5, 1972 |
4. | Episode 4 | March 12, 1972 |
5. | Episode 5 | March 19, 1972 |
Cast[]
Main cast
Recurring cast
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Guest cast
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Behind the scenes[]
Casting
- Valerie Colgan, who portrayed Lucilla Harris in Episode 2, also portrayed Mrs. Evans in the sequel of Anne of Green Gables, the 1975 TV series Anne of Avonlea.
Trivia
- Anne of Green Gables is one of the few BBC 1 Sunday Serials which is missing and no longer exists in the BBC archives, making it one of several lost adaptations.
- The series was reprised only once, from August 5 to September 2, 1973, on BBC.
- Kim Braden did record an audiobook of Anne of Green Gables for Music for Pleasure in 1988, possibly capitalising on the CBC series starring Megan Follows. It is an abridged recording (it is only 3 hours long), but together with the surviving stills, it gives a sense of what the 1972 series was like.
Gallery[]
Anne of Green Gables Wiki has 13 images from Anne of Green Gables (1972 TV series) (view gallery). |
External links[]
- Anne of Green Gables at the Internet Movie Database
- Anne of Green Gables at L.M. Montgomery Online
- Anne of Green Gables on Wikipedia
See also[]
BBC universe |
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Works |
Anne of Green Gables (1972) (gallery) · Anne of Avonlea (1975) (episodes · gallery) |
Anne of Green Gables episodes |
Episode 1 · Episode 2 · Episode 3 · Episode 4 · Episode 5 |
Anne of Avonlea episodes |
Episode 1 (gallery) · Episode 2 (gallery) · Episode 3 (gallery) · Episode 4 (gallery) · Episode 5 (gallery) · Episode 6 (gallery) |