Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
This 3-part miniseries offers enlightening and unforgettable insights into the creation of one of fiction's most extraordinary characters. It serves as both a prequel and a sequel to his original trilogy of classic films, which have enjoyed long-standing popularity on public television.
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning Previous Broadcasts
Episode #103H
KQED Plus: Thu, Jul 21, 2011 -- 3:43 AM
See description in part 1.
Episode #102H
KQED Plus: Thu, Jul 21, 2011 -- 2:50 AM
See description in part 1.
Episode #101H
KQED Plus: Thu, Jul 21, 2011 -- 2:00 AM
It is 1945 and Anne Shirley (Barbara Hershey) has returned to Prince Edward Island for an extended visit. On a whim, she agrees to write a play for a theatre producer with hopes that it will distract her from the thought of her only son who is in service in the War overseas. But a long-hidden secret in the form of a letter from her errant father, discovered under the floorboards at Green Gables, provides a distraction of its own. As Anne begins to delve into long-buried memories, reliving the troubled years before she arrived at the Green Gables farmhouse, she is forced to confront the stories made up about her life to cope with her mother's death and her father's abandonment. As a child, young Anne was taken into the care of a wealthy matriarch, Amelia Thomas (Shirley MacLaine), and her daughter-in-law, Louisa (Rachel Blanchard), which changed her life forever. Anne finally reveals the astonishing truth about her father, the origins of her quest of kindred spirits and the roots of her brilliant imagination.
Episode #103H
KQED Plus: Wed, Jul 20, 2011 -- 9:43 PM
See description in part 1.
Episode #102H
KQED Plus: Wed, Jul 20, 2011 -- 8:50 PM
See description in part 1.
Episode #101H
KQED Plus: Wed, Jul 20, 2011 -- 8:00 PM
It is 1945 and Anne Shirley (Barbara Hershey) has returned to Prince Edward Island for an extended visit. On a whim, she agrees to write a play for a theatre producer with hopes that it will distract her from the thought of her only son who is in service in the War overseas. But a long-hidden secret in the form of a letter from her errant father, discovered under the floorboards at Green Gables, provides a distraction of its own. As Anne begins to delve into long-buried memories, reliving the troubled years before she arrived at the Green Gables farmhouse, she is forced to confront the stories made up about her life to cope with her mother's death and her father's abandonment. As a child, young Anne was taken into the care of a wealthy matriarch, Amelia Thomas (Shirley MacLaine), and her daughter-in-law, Louisa (Rachel Blanchard), which changed her life forever. Anne finally reveals the astonishing truth about her father, the origins of her quest of kindred spirits and the roots of her brilliant imagination.









