The Shields Stories is a Canadian television drama series, which aired on W in 2004."Shields' shorts adapted for TV; Stories inspire 6 half-hour shows". Toronto Star, March 9, 2004. A short-run dramatic anthology series produced by Shaftesbury Films, the series dramatized six short stories by Carol Shields."Shields has success on small screen: TV not natural home for written word". Calgary Herald, March 14, 2004.
The series was a sequel of sorts to Shaftesbury's prior The Atwood Stories, which dramatized six short stories by another Canadian writer, Margaret Atwood."Shields and Atwood on TV? What took so long?". The Globe and Mail, March 9, 2004. A third series, which would have dramatized short stories by Alice Munro, was planned but did not materialize."More short stories for Original Pictures". Playback, January 5, 2004.
The series was a Gemini Award nominee for Best Drama Series at the 19th Gemini Awards."CBC-TV miniseries Human Cargo leads 2004 Gemini list". Whitehorse Star, October 26, 2004.
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