TV series
Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut
1956–1961, French, on ICI Radio-Canada Télé. Created by Louis-Yves Dubois & Claude-Henri Grignon.
Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut is a Canadian television drama series, which aired on Radio-Canada from 1956 to 1970. One of the longest-running programs in the history of Canadian television, the series produced 81 episodes during its 14-year run and was one of the first influential téléromans. Written by Claude-Henri Grignon as an adaptation of his 1933 novel Un Homme et son péché and initially set in the 1880s, the series starred Jean-Pierre Masson as Séraphin Poudrier, the wealthy but miserly mayor of the village of Sainte-Adèle, Quebec, and Andrée Champagne as Donalda Laloge-Poudrier, the young daughter of a village resident who is given in marriage to Séraphin as payment for a family debt even though she remains in love with her suitor Alexis Labranche.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 6
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Status
- Ended in 1961
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Latest episode
S1 E6: La maison de l'exile
Aired 16 October 1961
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
- Louis-Yves DuboisCreator
- Claude-Henri GrignonCreator
- Jean-Pierre MassonSéraphin Poudrier · 6 ep
- Andrée ChampagneDonalda Laloge · 6 ep
- Hector CharlandEvangeliste Poudrier · 6 ep
- Gabriel GasconAlexis Labranche · 6 ep
- Andrée BasilièresAngelique Pothier · 6 ep
- Roland ChenailDr. Cyprien Marignon · 6 ep
- Paul Desmarteauxle Cure Labelle · 6 ep
- Paul DupuisArthur Buies · 6 ep
- Pierre BoucherHonore Mercier · 6 ep
Details
- First aired
- 8 October 1956
- Last aired
- 16 October 1961
- Network
- ICI Radio-Canada Télé
- Language
- French
- Country
- Canada
- Type
- Scripted
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Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut has 1 season and 6 episodes, about 60 minutes each.
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Who created Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut?
Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut was created by Louis-Yves Dubois and Claude-Henri Grignon and stars Jean-Pierre Masson, Andrée Champagne, Hector Charland.