The Atwood Stories

*The Atwood Stories*
The Atwood Stories
Country of origin	Canada
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	approx. 0:30 (per episode)
Original release
Network	W
Release	February 20 –; March 27, 2003

The Atwood Stories was a Canadian television drama series, which aired on W in 2003.^[1] A short-run dramatic anthology series produced by Shaftesbury Films, the series dramatized six short stories by Margaret Atwood.^[2] It was one of the first original Canadian drama series ever commissioned by the network.^[3]

The series was a Gemini Award nominee for Best Drama Series at the 18th Gemini Awards.^[4]

The following year, Shaftesbury produced The Shields Stories, a similar series which dramatized six short stories by another Canadian writer, Carol Shields.^[5]

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
1	"Polarities"	Lori Spring	Lori Spring	February 20, 2003 (2003-02-20)	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).
2	"Betty"	Marni Banack	Lori Spring	February 27, 2003 (2003-02-27)	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).
3	"The Man from Mars"	Lynne Stopkewich	Lynne Stopkewich, Doug Taylor	March 6, 2003 (2003-03-06)	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). Also stars Sonja Smits as Christine's mother.
4	"Death by Landscape"	Stacey Stewart Curtis	Jason Sherman	March 13, 2003 (2003-03-13)	1-04
A landscape painting causes sixty-five-year-old Lois (Roberta Maxwell) to reminisce about the mysterious disappearance of her childhood friend Lucy (Courtney-Jane White) while they are together at a summer camp.
5	"Isis in Darkness"	Norma Bailey	David Young	March 20, 2003 (2003-03-20)	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.
6	"The Sunrise"	Francine Zuckerman	Francine Zuckerman, Chris Philpott	March 27, 2003 (2003-03-27)	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.

References

^ "Atwood at large". The Globe and Mail, February 15, 2003.
^ "W Network to air anthology of Margaret Atwood stories". North Bay Nugget, February 19, 2003.
^ "Dramatized Atwood stories a big splash for W Network". Ottawa Citizen, February 20, 2003.
^ "Dark horses and front-runners in competition for 2003 Geminis". Guelph Mercury, October 17, 2003.
^ "Shields and Atwood on TV? What took so long?". The Globe and Mail, March 9, 2004.

External links

The Atwood Stories at IMDb

[1] "Atwood at large". The Globe and Mail, February 15, 2003.

[2] "W Network to air anthology of Margaret Atwood stories". North Bay Nugget, February 19, 2003.

[3] "Dramatized Atwood stories a big splash for W Network". Ottawa Citizen, February 20, 2003.

[4] "Dark horses and front-runners in competition for 2003 Geminis". Guelph Mercury, October 17, 2003.

[5] "Shields and Atwood on TV? What took so long?". The Globe and Mail, March 9, 2004.

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