
The film resumes the story of Anne Shirley, who at 16 had chosen to study for her college degree by correspondence in order to remain at Green Gables to help an aging Marilla, who has eyesight problems, look after the house and farm. The film was also shown theatrically in Israel, Japan, and Europe as Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel and has been released on DVD under that title.įinally, in 2017, the miniseries was officially retitled Anne of Avonlea for its North American Blu-ray Disc release by Sullivan Films, as part of the Anne of Green Gables Collector's Set. The miniseries aired in four hour-long installments, in May and June 1987, on the Disney Channel as Anne of Avonlea: The Continuing Story of Anne of Green Gables, and in two 150-minute installments, in December 1987 on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and in March 1988 on PBS, as Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel. Please accept our most sincere apologies for the late reply. Our support is currently tasked to capacity. As well, the TV film introduces several characters and issues not present in the books. The miniseries dramatizes material from several books in the eight-novel 'Anne' series by Lucy Maud Montgomery they are Anne of Avonlea (Book Two), Anne of the Island (Book Three) and Anne of Windy Poplars (Book Four). It is a sequel to Anne of Green Gables, and the second of a tetralogy of films. But while Anne won the numerous conflicts & battles, and the friends she makes, she returns to Avonlea.Jump to navigationJump to search Anne of Green Gables: The SequelĪnne of Green Gables: The Continuing StoryĪnne of Green Gables: The Sequel is a 1987 Canadian television miniseries film. She acts as Diana's maid of honor, and refuses Gilbert Blythe's marriage proposal which sends her to teach Kingsport Ladies' College, an exclusive all girl students' school, where she meets opposition from the principal, Miss Katherine Brooke, and the Pringle clan (one of whom is the rich, handsome bachelor).

and wins (to her chagrin) Rolling's Reliable baking soda (that was forged by Diana) company's writing contest.

She makes the acquaintance of a handsome, rich, bachelor, (jumping to a wrong conclusion, she and Diana chased down Rachel Lynde's cow, thinking it was Dolly) & immediately sold it to John Blythe. Anne Shirley, now a schoolteacher, has begun writing stories and collecting rejection slips.
