Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut

Overview

Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut is a Canadian television drama series, which aired on Radio-Canada from 1956 to 1970. One of the longest-running programs in the history of Canadian television, the series produced 81 episodes during its 14-year run and was one of the first influential téléromans. Written by Claude-Henri Grignon as an adaptation of his 1933 novel Un Homme et son péché and initially set in the 1880s, the series starred Jean-Pierre Masson as Séraphin Poudrier, the wealthy but miserly mayor of the village of Sainte-Adèle, Quebec, and Andrée Champagne as Donalda Laloge-Poudrier, the young daughter of a village resident who is given in marriage to Séraphin as payment for a family debt even though she remains in love with her suitor Alexis Labranche.

Series details

First air date

1956

Last air date

1961

Status

Ended

Seasons

1

Episodes

6

Episode runtime

60 min

Genres

Drama

Original language

FR

Origin country

CA

Networks

ICI Radio-Canada Télé

Created by

Louis-Yves Dubois, Claude-Henri Grignon

Production

Société Radio-Canada

Cast

Jean-Pierre Masson

Séraphin Poudrier

A

Andrée Champagne

Donalda Laloge

Hector Charland

Evangeliste Poudrier

Gabriel Gascon

Alexis Labranche

A

Andrée Basilières

Angelique Pothier

R

Roland Chenail

Dr. Cyprien Marignon