The Book of Negroes

A detective series set in 1895 Toronto based on the mystery novels of Maureen Jennings.

A cash-strapped family farm for distressed horses is the setting for this dramatic series.

Like the various incarnations of Anne of Green Gables, the Canadian TV series Emily of New Moon was based on the works of novelist Lucy Maud Montgomery. Set in the 1890s, the series starred Martha MacIsaac as Emily Byrd Starr, who after the deaths of her parents was sent to live with her middle-aged aunts Elizabeth (Susan Clark) and Laura (Sheila McCarthy) in the Prince Edward Island community of New Moon. An aspiring writer, Emily possessed an extremely vivid imagination, which frequently resulted in a heap of trouble for herself and her oddball adult cousin Jimmy (Stephen McHattie). Forty-six hour-long episodes were shown over the CBC during a two-year period beginning January 4, 1998. At the outset of the 21st century, Emily of New Moon was picked up for TV exposure in the United States by the Movieplex cable service.

A high-powered attorney returns to her rural Canadian hometown, where she takes a deep dive into a series of life-altering cases.

The crime drama is inspired by real-life experiences of frontline police officers and mental-health workers.

Based on the 1997 Canadian TV movie inspired by Joyce Barkhouse's novel of the same name, the 30-minute series Pit Pony began its weekly CBC run on February 5, 1999. Set in the small Nova Scotia mining town of Cape Breton in the early 1900s, the series dwelled upon the lives and work of the town's male population, virtually all of whom were employed by the local coal mine, and the trials and tribulations of the women of the town, who often as not stayed home and waited anxiously to see if their loved ones would return safely for yet another day. Principal players included the members of the MacLean and Hall families: Alex Wrathell as young Willie MacLean, through whose eyes the stories unfolded, Jennie Raymond as Willie's sister Nellie MacLean Hall, Shaun Smythas Nellie's husband Ned Hall, Ellen Page as Maggie MacLean, and Anna Wedlock as Sarah MacLean. Among the other major characters were Willie's surrogate father Charley (Denny Doherty) , town gossip Lorena MacTavish (Mary-Colin Chisholm and mine owner Mr. Frawley (Jeremy Akerman). The Gemini Award-winning Pit Pony was telecast in the US courtesy of the Starz Encore Group digital-cable service beginning in 2003.