The Whiteoaks of Jalna

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show_name = The Whiteoaks of Jalna


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format = Drama
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runtime = 60 min (time slow)
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producer = John Trent
Richard Gilbert
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starring = Paul Harding
Kate Reid
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country = flag|Canada
language = English
network = CBC
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first_aired = 23 January 1972
last_aired = 30 April 1972
num_episodes = 13
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imdb_id = 0251558
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"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 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.

ource

* "TV North: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Canadian Television", by Peter Kenter and Martin Levin

External links

* [http://www.film.queensu.ca/Lasso/Lasso.acgi?%5bdatabase%5d=cbcdirectory&%5blayout%5d=layout%20%231&%5bresponse%5d=cbc%2fdetailformat.html&%5brecid%5d=105&%5bsearch%5d Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series: "The Whiteoaks of Jalna"] , accessed 10 September 2006