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in the 1980s.Rick Groen, "Short is sweet on Global". ''

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'', September 27, 1984. A coproduction of

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and the

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, the series aired film adaptations of short stories by Canadian writers. Its most noted episode was '' The Painted Door'', a dramatization of a short story by

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which was an

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nominee for

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at the

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in 1985. Other stories adapted for the series included Ross's "One's a Heifer","Atlantis completes 2 of Canlit series". ''

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'', April 1984. p. 34.

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's "Bambinger",

Margaret Laurence Jean Margaret Laurence (née Wemyss; July 18, 1926 – January 5, 1987) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, and is one of the major figures in Canadian literature. She was also a founder of the Writers' Trust of Canada, a non-pr ...

's "To Set Our House in Order",

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's "Capital",

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's "John Cat",

Guy Vanderhaeghe Guy Clarence Vanderhaeghe (born April 5, 1951) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer, best known for his Western novel trilogy, ''The Englishman's Boy'', '' The Last Crossing'', and ''A Good Man'' set in the 19th-century American and Can ...

's "Cages",

Morley Callaghan Edward Morley Callaghan (February 22, 1903 – August 25, 1990) was a Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and TV and radio personality. Biography Of Canadian/English-immigrant parentage,Clara Thomas, ''Canadian Novelists 192 ...

's "All the Years of Her Life" and "A Cap for Steve", David Walker's "A Good Tree",

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's "Jack of Hearts", and

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's "Connections". The series produced 26 episodes overall, which aired monthly from 1984 to 1986, and ended production at the discretion of Atlantis Films rather than being cancelled by the network. All 26 episodes were rebroadcast weekly in the 1986-87 television season.Noel Taylor, "In with new, out with old at Global; Network bringing in 13 new shows, dropping some standbys for fall". ''

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'', September 4, 1986.

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