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(formerly known as “Happy Christmas, Miss King”)
Starring: Jackie Burroughs, Sarah Polley, Gema Zamprogna

The award-winning cast of Road to Avonlea returns for this touching King Family reunion. As they prepare for their traditional Christmas dinner, their gathering is marred by the news that one of their youngest members, Felix, is missing in action on the battlefields of Europe. To make matters worse, the indomitable Hetty King collapses with an unexpected health emergency. “An Avonlea Christmas” is an uplifting drama that reinforces the power of family love in times of crisis.

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Starring: Marilyn Lightstone, Art Hindle, Josh Byrne

Twelve-year-old Christopher is resentful when his mother marries the man who was responsible for the mishap that accidentally killed his father. Christopher becomes withdrawn and turns for comfort to a wild black pony that runs through the valley. His mother looks on this relationship with disfavour, until the horse saves Christopher's life--an act of devotion that inspires the family and brings them closer together.

An award-winning film.

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(1998 Family)

Ten year old Rupert Patterson might be small for his age but he makes up for it with a BIG imagination. When a robber comes to town, Rupert's life takes on a whole new dimension as he believes it is up to him to save his hometown. Kids and adults alike will fall in love with this heartwarming film and its lessons regarding true heroism.

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"Looking for Miracles" tells the story of Ryan Delaney, an enterprising young man of sixteen, determined to make a better life for himself, his younger brother and his struggling single mother. Upon winning a scholarship to university, Ryan must still find a way to raise money. Despite being too young, having no experience and a phobic fear of water, Ryan manages to get a job as Head Counsellor at Camp Hochelaga. In a brief moment of compassion, Ryan arranges to have his pesky brother accompany him to camp as long as he fends for himself. This causes a summer filled with disaster, adventure and ultimately, triumph.

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"Promise the Moon" is the story of rugged ranch hand, Roy Leckner (Henry Czerny), who tries to fulfill his employer's dying wish to find his long lost son, bring him home and groom him to run the family's failing cattle ranch. Roy locates the young man (Shawn Ashmore) who he discovers has been institutionalized since birth.

When the town's local businessman, Sir Robert Butler, plots to take over the property, it looks like Roy has little chance of saving the ranch. However, Butler's former secretary, Jane Makepeace (Colette Stevenson), joins forces with Roy to battle her greedy ex-employer.

Rescuing the boy from the insanity of an institution and teaching him cattle ranching forges an awkward laison between the two. Despite their attempts to maintain their distance, a romance blossoms bewteen Roy and Jane.

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(1998)

During the 1930's, Charlie Kilworth (Christian Campbell), a piano-player turned ballroom dancer, has many liaisons, usually only with older women, but more recently with a seductive blues singer in the band he plays with. Given the madness that runs in his family, he avoids most relationships out of fear that he might pass on the hereditary affliction; until he is forced to come to the assistance of his mother Lily, (Stockard Channing); a beautiful, mercurial visionary who is obsessed with fire.

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A spellbinding ghost story unfolds when 12-year old Jane Stuart discovers that her mysterious father (Sam Waterston), whom her family has tried to convince her is dead, resurfaces to reconcile his troubled past. She discovers a kind man, genuinely interested in both her welfare and her mother's. With the assistance of a powerful mystic (Colleen Dewhurst), Jane resolves to reunite her parents; despite the horrible forces that stand in her way!

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It’s 1919; at the height of his career, wealthy impresario Ambrose Small sends his wife to the bank with a cheque for over a million dollars—then vanishes without a trace. A young detective finds himself in the middle of a scandal of sex, drugs and cunning political maneuvers. Is the grieving widow perhaps a gifted manipulator capable of murder• Based on a true story.

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The true story of Franny Basilio, a woman who is determined to build an independent life for her autistic sister, Rosetta. Their mother, a faded opera star, is blind to Rosetta’s exceptional musical talent. Inevitably, her ignorance and desire for adulation poison her relationship with her daughters. While Franny struggles to keep Rosetta out of an institution, she forces their mother to bear witness to the strength and human spirit she has locked herself away from.

Based on a true-life story from ABC’s 20/20. Winner of three Gemini Awards.

NTSC Version Christmas in New Bedford is not how it should be. Grace (Kathryn Greenwood "Whose Line Is It Anyway•") and her mother have gone to Europe to recover her husband's belongings when war breaks out and they are stranded. At home, sister-in-law Toppy is in a tizzy because she is directing the town pageant, but the script is a flop. Nephew Hub, who is planning on becoming a priest, returns from schools holidays and brings a surprise with him - a girlfriend who is a Jewish refugee.