| The Atwood Stories | |
|---|---|
| Format | drama anthology |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Running time | approx. 0:30 (per episode) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | W |
| Original run | February 20 – March 27, 2003 |
The Atwood Stories was a Canadian television drama series, which aired on W in 2003. A short-run dramatic anthology series produced by Shaftesbury Films, the series dramatized six short stories by Margaret Atwood.
The following year, Shaftesbury produced The Shields Stories, a similar series which dramatized six short stories by another Canadian writer, Carol Shields.
| Episode Number | Title | Original airdate | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Polarities" | February 20, 2003 | 1-01 |
| A young American in his early 30s (David Sutcliffe) takes a teaching job at a Canadian university, and enters a relationship with a female graduate student (Michèle-Barbara Pelletier). Screenplay by Lori Spring. | |||
| 2 | "Betty" | February 27, 2003 | 1-02 |
| Eight-year-old Alice (Megan Diamond) and her older sister (Samantha Kreger) observe the marital breakdown of their neighbours Betty (Sharon Bajer) and Fred (Jonathan Scarfe). Screenplay by Lori Spring. | |||
| 3 | "The Man from Mars" | March 6, 2003 | 1-03 |
| A lonely, overweight young girl, Christine (Emily Hampshire) finds a new sense of herself when she meets an Asian exchange student (Jovanni Sy). Screenplay by Lynne Stopkewich and Doug Taylor. | |||
| 4 | "Death by Landscape" | March 13, 2003 | 1-04 |
| A landscape painting causes sixty-five-year old Lois (Roberta Maxwell) to reminisce about the death of her childhood friend Lucy (Courtney-Jane White). Screenplay by Jason Sherman. | |||
| 5 | "Isis in Darkness" | March 20, 2003 | 1-05 |
| Aspiring writer Richard (Christian Campbell) is entranced by Selena (Brigitte Bako), an exotic and mysterious young poet he meets in a bohemian Yorkville café. Screenplay by David Young. | |||
| 6 | "The Sunrise" | March 27, 2003 | 1-06 |
| A reclusive painter (Rebecca Jenkins) finds her life transformed when she meets a young man (Tygh Runyan) who threatens to upset her tidy, ordered life. Screenplay by Francine Zuckerman and Chris Philpott. | |||