The Whiteoaks of Jalna

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The Whiteoaks of Jalna
Format	Drama
Starring	Paul Harding Kate Reid
Country of origin	Canada
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer(s)	John Trent Richard Gilbert
Running time	60 min (time slow)
Broadcast
Original channel	CBC
Original run	23 January 1972 – 30 April 1972
External links
IMDb profile

The Whiteoaks of Jalna was a 1972 Canadian television drama miniseries, based on the novel by Mazo de la Roche. At CAD 2 million, it set a record expense at the time for a Canadian television miniseries. The series was exported internationally including the United Kingdom and France. Scriptwriting was led by Timothy Findley, supported by Claude Harz and Graeme Woods.

[edit] Trivia

Due to the convoluted nature of the storyline, which expanded from the 1850s to the 1970s, CBC published a family tree of the people involved in the miniseries, so viewers could get a better understanding where they were in the program.
The miniseries was originally planned to extend beyond 13 episodes, but production was curtailed by the CBC technician's strike that year.
Despite this being a CBC production, the original run of the mini-series was blacked out on CKLW-TV in Windsor, Ontario (then partially-owned by the CBC), as the CBC originally planned to sell the series to an American network or syndicator. Such a sale did not materialise.
The miniseries was rebroadcast in 1974, but was re-edited with extra footage added and some scenes (especially those taking place in the modern day) cut.