The Shields Stories Explained

Runtime:approx. 0:30 (per episode)
Num Episodes:6

The Shields Stories was a Canadian television drama series, which aired on W in 2004.[1] A short-run dramatic anthology series produced by Shaftesbury Films, the series dramatized six short stories by Carol Shields.[2]

The series was a sequel of sorts to Shaftesbury's prior The Atwood Stories, which dramatized six short stories by another Canadian writer, Margaret Atwood.[3] A third series, which would have dramatized short stories by Alice Munro, was planned but did not materialize.[4]

The series was a Gemini Award nominee for Best Drama Series at the 19th Gemini Awards.[5]

Episodes

TitleDirectorWriterOriginal air dateProduction code

Notes and References

  1. "Shields' shorts adapted for TV; Stories inspire 6 half-hour shows". Toronto Star, March 9, 2004.
  2. "Shields has success on small screen: TV not natural home for written word". Calgary Herald, March 14, 2004.
  3. "Shields and Atwood on TV? What took so long?". The Globe and Mail, March 9, 2004.
  4. http://playbackonline.ca/2004/01/05/psc-20040105/ "More short stories for Original Pictures"
  5. "CBC-TV miniseries Human Cargo leads 2004 Gemini list". Whitehorse Star, October 26, 2004.

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