The Albertans

*The Albertans*
The Albertans
Genre	drama
Written by	Lyal Brown
Directed by	Ron Weyman
Starring	; George Clutesi; ; Frances Hyland; Leslie Nielsen
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Executive producer	Stanley Colbert
Producer	John Trent
Release
Original network	CBC Television
Original release	14 January –; 28 January 1979

The Albertans is a Canadian dramatic television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1979.

Premise[]

The drama resembled a Canadian version of Dallas, with the plot involving the cattle ranching and petroleum industries, eco-terrorism and First Nations land claims.^[1]

Cast[]

as Johnny
George Clutesi as Isaac, Johnny's grandfather, an aboriginal
as Clair, Carl Hardin's daughter-in-law
Frances Hyland as Marjanne, Carl Hardin's daughter
Leslie Nielsen as Don MacIntosh, a petroleum industrialist
Daniel Pilon as Hans Keller, a German businessman, involved with Clair
Gary Reineke as Peter Wallen, a construction company operator
as Carl Hardin, a former rancher

Scheduling[]

Three hour-long episodes were broadcast Sundays 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 14 to 28 January 1979.

References[]

^ Corcelli, John (August 2005). "The Albertans". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

External links[]

Allan, Blaine (1996). "The Albertans". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
The Albertans at IMDb

[CCF-1] Corcelli, John (August 2005). "The Albertans". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

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