The Whiteoaks of Jalna
| 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 |
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.
Trivia
- Due to the convoluted nature of the storyline, which jumped back and forth between the 1850s to the 1970s, CBC published a family tree of the characters in the miniseries, so viewers could follow the story.
- The miniseries was originally planned to extend beyond 13 episodes, but production was curtailed by the CBC technicians' 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 materialize.
- 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.
Source
- TV North: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Canadian Television, by Peter Kenter and Martin Levin
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