Emily of New Moon (TV series)

infobox television
show_name = Emily of New Moon


caption =
format = Drama
runtime = 60 minutes
creator =
starring =
country = flagicon|Canada Canada
network = CBC Television
first_aired = January 4, 1998
last_aired = June 6, 2000
num_episodes = 46
imdb_id = 0135727
tv_com_id = 3248 |

"Emily of New Moon" was a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2000. The series, produced by Salter Street Films, was based on the "Emily of New Moon" series of novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The series consisted of three seasons of thirteen episodes and one season of seven episodes, for a total of forty-six. The executive producers were Micheline Charest, Michael Donovan, and Ronald Weinberg.

The series starred Martha MacIsaac as the titular orphan Emily Starr. Susan Clark and Sheila McCarthy played Emily's aunts Elizabeth and Laura, who had taken on the responsibility of raising Emily following her father's death, and Stephen McHattie played her cousin Jimmy.

Recurring cast included Chip Ciupka as Mr. Carpenter, Peter Donaldson as Ian Bowles, Richard Donat as Dr. Burnley, Kris Lemche as Perry Miller, John Neville as Uncle Malcolm, Jessica Pellerin as Ilse Burnley, Shawn Roberts as Teddy Kent, and Linda Thorson as Cousin Isabel.

Guest stars included Martha Burns, Maury Chaykin, Martha Henry, Lisa Houle, William Hutt, Michael Moriarty, and Claire Rankin.

The series was developed by Marlene Matthews, who also wrote or co-wrote nineteen episodes of the series and served as one of the producers for the first three years. Additional writers include Nobu Adilman, Leila Basen, Chris Bould, Heather Conkie, Edwina Follows, Dennis Foon, Rob Forsyth, Jeremy Hole, Janet MacLean, Peter Meech, David Preston, Lynn Turner, and Joe Wiesenfeld. Episodes were directed by George Bloomfield, Randy Bradshaw, Richard Ciupka, Phil Comeau, Steve Danyluk, Douglas Jackson, Jimmy Kaufman, Michael Kennedy, Gordon Langevin, Lorette Leblanc, Eleanore Lindo, Don McBrearty, Stephen McHattie, Matthew Nodella, Gabriel Pelletier, Jean-François Pouliot, Stefan Scaini, Mark Sobel, and Giles Walker.

External links

* [http://lmmresearch.org/filmography/enm-1998/ Emily of New Moon] section of [http://lmmresearch.org/ The L.M. Montgomery Research Group]
* [http://www.geocities.com/emily_new_moon/ Fan Site]