Road to Avonlea
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Road to Avonlea is a Canadian television series first broadcast in Canada between January 7, 1990, and March 31, 1996, as part of the CBC Family Hour anthology series, and in the United States starting on March 5, 1990. It was created by Kevin Sullivan and produced by Sullivan Films (later Sullivan Entertainment) in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and the Disney Channel, with additional funding from Telefilm Canada. It follows the adventures of Sara Stanley, a young girl sent to live with her relatives in early 20th-century eastern Canada. It was loosely adapted from novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery, with many characters and episodes inspired by her stories.
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Road to Avonlea | |
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Created by | Kevin Sullivan |
Based on | The Story Girl The Golden Road Chronicles of Avonlea Further Chronicles of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery |
Starring | Sarah Polley Jackie Burroughs Lally Cadeau Cedric Smith Gema Zamprogna Zachary Bennett Michael Mahonen Mag Ruffman[1] |
Composers | John Welsman,[2] Hagood Hardy |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 7 |
No. of episodes | 91 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Production company | Sullivan Films |
Original release | |
Network | CBC |
Release | January 7, 1990 (1990-01-07) ā March 31, 1996 (1996-03-31) |
Some episodes were turned into independent books by various authors;[3] around 30 titles have been released.
In the United States, its title was shortened to Avonlea, and a number of episodes were retitled and reordered. The series was released on VHS and DVD there as Tales from Avonlea.