8 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin Canada Running time 60 minutes Final episode date 16 December 1979 Number of seasons 3 | 7.9/10 IMDb No. of seasons 3 First episode date 19 December 1976 Number of episodes 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. of episodes 23 (including christmas special) Similar Wind at My Back, Spirit Bay, Strange Empire, The Rez, Straight Up | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A gift to last gordon pinsent 1978
A Gift to Last is a CBC Television Christmas special broadcast in 1976, a subsequent family drama series that ran from 1978–1979, and a stage play based on the pilot episode.
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In both the special and series, Gordon Pinsent portrayed North-West Mounted Police officer Sgt Edgar Sturgess.
Christmas Special
Melvyn Douglas was cast as the senior Clement Sturgess, a nephew of Sgt Edgar Sturgess. The special dramatises Clement's Christmas memories of his life around the year 1900. Mark Polley, the brother of Sarah Polley, was cast in the role of the young Clement.
Series
The series was set during 1899-1905, around the time of the Second Boer War.
Stage Play
The pilot Christmas episode of A Gift to Last was adapted for the stage by Walter Learning and Alden Nowlan. The play has become a perennial Canadian Christmas favourite in regional theatres across the country.