Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel the Disney Channel as "Anne of Avonlea: The Continuing Story of Anne of Green Gables", and in two 150-minute installments, in December 1987 on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and in March 1988 on PBS, as "Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel". The film was also shown theatrically in Israel, Japan, and Europe as "Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel" and has been released on DVD under that title. Finally, in 2017, the miniseries was officially retitled "Anne of Avonlea" for its North American Blu-ray Disc release by Sullivan Films, as part of the "Anne of Green Gables" Collector's Set. The
Anne of Green Gables (1985 film) Sullivan Animation also produced the feature-length animated film Anne: Journey to Green Gables which is an imaginative, whimsical prequel to Sullivan's live action Anne of Green Gables film. A year after the mini-series originally aired, Canadian comedy duo Wayne and Shuster created and starred in a parody entitled "Sam of Green Gables," in which a curmudgeonly old man named Sam is sent to Green Gables instead of Anne. The film swept the 1986 Gemini Awards, winning the following: The film was also nominated for "Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series" and "Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program