| A Gift to Last | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Peter Wildeblood |
| Starring | Gordon Pinsent |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 23 (including christmas special) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC |
| Release | December 19, 1976 – December 16, 1979 |
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A Gift to Last is a CBC Television Christmas special broadcast in 1976, a subsequent family drama series that ran from 1978 to 1979, and a stage play based on the pilot episode.
In both the special and series, Gordon Pinsent portrayed Sgt Edgar Sturgess. The series, A Gift To Last, originated in a special of the same name, produced for Christmas 1976. In the special, written by Gordon Pinsent, Melvyn Douglas played Clement Sturgess, an elderly man who looked back on his childhood Christmases at the turn of the century, and especially to his family hero, his uncle, the colourful and irresponsible Sergeant Edgar Sturgess of the Royal Canadian Regiment, played by Pinsent himself.