
Scripted series · CBC Television
Anne with an E
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Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Anne with an E actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Anne with an E reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
A coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890s, who, after an abusive childhood spent in orphanages and the homes of strangers, is mistakenly sent to live with an elderly woman and her aging brother. Over time, 13-year-old Anne will transform their lives and eventually the small town in which they live with her unique spirit, fierce intellect and brilliant imagination.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 27 episodes.

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20177 episodes
7.6IMDbA young orphan's arrival in Avonlea affects the hearts and minds of everyone she meets, beginning with the pair of aging siblings who take her in.
Best episode · S01E01 Your Will Shall Decide Your Destiny

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201810 episodes
7.0IMDbAnne's beloved world of Green Gables becomes a much bigger place, with new faces and heartfelt lessons about love, loss and growing up.
Best episode · S02E06 I Protest Against Any Absolute Conclusion

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201910 episodes
6.9IMDbBest episode · S03E08 Great and Sudden Change
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E01
Your Will Shall Decide Your Destiny
When a miscommunication brings a girl to Green Gables instead of a boy, Marilla and Matthew are faced with a life-changing decision.
- Directed by Niki Caro
- Written by Moira Walley-Beckett

S02E06
I Protest Against Any Absolute Conclusion
Anne faces the world with a shocking new look while the town preps for its annual Christmas pantomime. Gilbert and Bash join the Cuthberts for dinner.

S02E01
Youth is the Season of Hope
The Cuthberts' boarders stir excitement with a question: Could there be gold in Avonlea? Elsewhere, Gilbert makes a new friend at sea.

S01E02
I Am No Bird, and No Net Ensnares Me
Hoping all is not lost, Matthew races to catch up with Anne while Marilla anxiously hopes and waits for their return to Green Gables.
- Directed by Helen Shaver
- Written by Moira Walley-Beckett

S01E05
Tightly Knotted to a Similar String
Anne must deal with the inevitability of womanhood when she gets her first period. At the same time, Marilla and Matthew acclimatize to parenthood and revisit moments of their youth through Anne.
- Directed by Patricia Rozema
- Written by Moira Walley-Beckett

S03E08
Great and Sudden Change
The students sit for the Queen's entrance exams. Ka’kwet hatches a plan. Aunt Josephine visits and brings a devious scheme. Gilbert is given an opportunity he never could have dreamed of. A new arrival in Avonlea tests Bash’s patience.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S03E10
The Better Feeling of My Heart
- Directed by Amanda Tapping
- Written by Moira Walley-Beckett

S03E09
A Dense and Frightful Darkness
- Directed by Paul Fox
- Written by Shernold Edwards, Tracey Deer

S03E08
Great and Sudden Change

S03E07
A Strong Effort of the Spirit of Good

S03E06
The Summit of My Desires
- Directed by Norma Bailey
- Written by Moira Walley-Beckett, Amanda Fahey

S03E05
I Am Fearless and Therefore Powerful
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Moira Walley-Beckett
Showrunner

Debra Hayward
Executive producer
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Tina Grewal
Executive producer
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Elizabeth Bradley
Executive producer

Miranda de Pencier
Executive producer
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Alex Sapot
Executive producer
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Sally Catto
Executive producer

Alison Owen
Executive producer

Ken Girotti
Executive producer
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Shernold Edwards
Writer
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Amanda Fahey
Writer

Tracey Deer
Writer

Jane Maggs
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Moira Walley-BeckettExecutive Producer
- Debra HaywardExecutive Producer
- Tina GrewalExecutive Producer
- Susan MurdochProducer
- John CalvertProducer
- Elizabeth BradleyExecutive Producer
Writing
- Moira Walley-BeckettWriter
- Shernold EdwardsWriter
- Amanda FaheyWriter
- Tracey DeerWriter
- Jane MaggsWriter
Direction
- Helen ShaverDirector
- Patricia RozemaDirector
- Norma BaileyDirector
- Niki CaroDirector
- Paul FoxDirector
- Anne WheelerDirector
Cinematography
- Jackson ParrellDirector of Photography
- Bobby ShoreDirector of Photography
Music
- Amin BhatiaOriginal Music Composer
- Ari PosnerOriginal Music Composer
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