Little House on the Prairie (miniseries)

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Little House on the Prairie
Also known asLaura Ingalls Wilder's
Little House on the Prairie
Based on Little House on the Prairie
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Screenplay by Katie Ford
Directed by David L. Cunningham
Starring Cameron Bancroft
Erin Cottrell
Kyle Chavarria
Danielle Chuchran
Gregory Sporleder
Theme music composer John Cameron
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducerHans Proppe
Running time255 minutes
Production companies Ed Friendly Productions
Voice Pictures
Touchstone Television
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseMarch 26 (2005-03-26) 
April 23, 2005 (2005-04-23)

Little House on the Prairie is a 2005 American Western television miniseries directed by David L. Cunningham. It is a six-part adaptation of children's novels Little House in the Big Woods (1932) and Little House on the Prairie (1935) by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It was broadcast on ABC as part of The Wonderful World of Disney anthology series.

Contents

Cast

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
11"Little House in the Big Woods: Part 1" David L. Cunningham Katie Ford March 26, 2005 (2005-03-26)101
Charles Ingalls decides to uproot his wife and daughters from their Wisconsin home to claim a new parcel of land on the Kansas Prairie.
22"Little House in the Big Woods: Part 2" David L. Cunningham Katie Ford April 2, 2005 (2005-04-02)102
Indians approach the house while Pa is away,terrifying Laura and Mary; Ma is delighted to meet Mr.and Mrs.Scott,the family's kind but odd new neighbors; illness forces the family to depend on the kindness of a new stranger.
33"The Ingalls' Journey: Part 1" David L. Cunningham Katie Ford April 2, 2005 (2005-04-02)103
Indians approach the house while Pa is away,terrifying Laura and Mary; Ma is delighted to meet Mr.and Mrs.Scott,the family's new neighbors; fire threatens the Ingalls' home; Pa has difficulty bartering.
44"The Ingalls' Journey: Part 2" David L. Cunningham Katie Ford April 9, 2005 (2005-04-09)104
Fire threatens the Ingalls' home; Pa has difficulty bartering; Laura becomes fascinated with the Indians who live nearby.
55"Adventures on the Kansas Prairie: Part 1" David L. Cunningham Katie Ford April 16, 2005 (2005-04-16)105
Pa is attacked by a mountain lion; the growing number of Indians establishing camps nearby has the family feeling threatened.
66"Adventures on the Kansas Prairie: Part 2" David L. Cunningham Katie Ford April 23, 2005 (2005-04-23)106
The growing number of Indians establishing camps nearby has the family feeling threatened; Ma and Pa are glad to see the Indians have signed a treaty to relocate, although Laura feels sad to see them go.

Release

Home media

The miniseries was released on DVD on March 28, 2006.

Reception

An uncredited review in the Province stated that "This type of family drama is as quaint and rare now as a log cabin, but children will enjoy the miniseries a lot and parents will like watching it with them." [1] Allesandra Stanley of the New York Times thought that the miniseries was more faithful to Wilder's books than was the 1970s and 1980s TV series. [2]

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References

  1. "Little House on the Prairie miniseries a fine family drama". The Province. March 25, 2005. ProQuest   266833956 . Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  2. "Pa, This Prairie Looks Dark and Scary". New York Times. March 26, 2005. ProQuest   2227675419 . Retrieved May 27, 2022.