2005 · 1 season · Family

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Little House on the Prairie, also known as Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie, is a five-hour miniseries which was broadcast on ABC as part of The Wonderful World of Disney anthology series. It was made in 2004. It was directed by David L. Cunningham.

Country of origin: 🇺🇸 United States
Year: 2005

Created by: Hans Proppe
Channel: ABC

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Origins

The 2005 miniseries adapts two of Laura Ingalls Wilder's children's novels, 'Little House in the Big Woods' (1932) and 'Little House on the Prairie' (1935), condensing them into a six-part story.

Trivia

The miniseries aired as part of Disney's anthology series 'The Wonderful World of Disney' on ABC, broadcast in six parts from March 26 to April 23, 2005.

Reception

A review in the Province newspaper described the miniseries as a quaint, rare family drama that children would enjoy watching with their parents.

Reception

New York Times critic Alessandra Stanley considered the 2005 miniseries more faithful to Laura Ingalls Wilder's original books than the popular 1970s-1980s television series had been.

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The miniseries was released on DVD on March 28, 2006, about a year after its television broadcast.

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