Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables
Television series information
Director(s)	Joan Craft
Producer(s)	John McRae
Writer(s)	Julia Jones
Based on	Anne of Green Gables
Starring	Kim Braden Barbara Hamilton Elliott Sullivan
Original run	February 20 – March 19, 1972
Number of seasons	1
Number of episodes	5 (list of episodes)
Episode length	45 mins
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Followed by	Anne of Avonlea
See also
Related pages	Gallery

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.

Episodes

No.	Title	Air date
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 Kim Braden as Anne Shirley (5/5) Barbara Hamilton as Marilla Cuthbert (5/5) Elliott Sullivan as Matthew Cuthbert (5/5) Recurring cast Avis Bunnage as Rachel Lynde (4/5) Jan Francis as Diana Barry (4/5) Robin Halstead as Gilbert Blythe (4/5) Kim Hardy as Ruby Gillis (4/5) Zuleika Robson as Jane Andrews (4/5) Angela Walker as Josie Pye (4/5) Kate Beswick as Miss Stacey (3/5) Edmond Bennett as Thomas Lynde (2/5) Helen Horton as Mrs. Barry (2/5) Sharon O'Leary as Minnie May (2/5) Brent Oldfield as Jerry Buote (2/5) Mitzi Webster as Mary Joe (2/5)

Guest cast Maria Charles as Mrs. Blewitt (1/5) Valerie Colgan as Lucilla Harris (1/5) Larry Cross as Stationmaster (1/5) Freddie Earlle as Pedlar (1/5) Joy Harrington as Mrs. Spencer (1/5) Robert MacLeod as Doctor (1/5)

Behind the scenes

Kim Braden as Anne Shirley waiting for Matthew.

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