The Shields Stories

The Shields Stories
Country of originCanada
No. of episodes6
Production
Running timeapprox. 0:30 (per episode)
Production companyShaftesbury Films
Original release
NetworkW
ReleaseMarch 9 (2004-03-09) –
April 13, 2004 (2004-04-13)
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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]

  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. ^ "More short stories for Original Pictures". Playback, January 5, 2004.
  5. ^ "CBC-TV miniseries Human Cargo leads 2004 Gemini list". Whitehorse Star, October 26, 2004.