FREE THE LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE PDF Laura Ingalls Wilder,Garth Williams | 272 pages | 01 Dec 2014 | Egmont UK Ltd | 9781405272155 | English | London, United Kingdom Little House on the Prairie (TV Series –) - IMDb The regular series was preceded by a two-hour pilot moviewhich first aired on March 30, During the —83 television season, with the departure of Landon and Grassle, the series was broadcast with the new title Little House: A New Beginning. Based on the autobiographical Little House series, episodes of Little House on the Prairie usually concern members of the Ingalls family, who live on a small farm near the village of Walnut Grove, Minnesota. Many episodes concern the maturation of the family's second daughter, Laura. Episodes also focus on other family and community members, though, providing a depiction of life in a small agrarian community The Little House on the Prairie late 19th-century America. The show's central characters are Charles Ingalls farmer and mill workerhis wife Caroline, and their three daughters, Mary, Laura, and Carrie, though the family expands with the birth of daughter Grace and adoption of son Albert in season five, as well as the adoption of birth siblings Cassandra and James at the end of season seven a son, Charles "Freddy" Jr. Other essential characters include the Oleson family: Nels, proprietor of the town's general store, Oleson's Mercantile, as well as Nellie's Restaurant and Hotel; his malicious, gossiping wife, Harriet, who runs the Mercantile and Restaurant with him and serves as the show's principal antagonist; and their three children, biologically Nellie and Willie, and adopted Nancy; Isaiah EdwardsGrace Snider Edwards and their three adopted children; the Garvey family, Jonathan, Alice, and Andy; Rev. Robert Alden; Lars Hanson, the town's founder and proprietor of the town's mill; and Dr. Hiram Baker, the town's physician and veterinarian. Teacher-turned-lawyer Adam Kendall is introduced at The Little House on the Prairie end of season four and later weds Mary Ingalls, and Almanzo Wilder is introduced in season six and later weds Laura Ingalls. Melissa Gilbert has the most appearances of the series, a total of of the episodes. Michael Landon appeared in all but four episodes of seasons one through eight, but departed from being a regular part of the cast when the show was retooled as Little House: A New Beginning season nine. Of the episodes, Michael Landon directed the largest number at 87; producer William F. Claxton handled the majority of the remaining shows at 68, while co-star Victor French helmed Maury Dexter who was often an assistant director and Leo Penn directed the remaining episodes at 21 and three episodes, respectively. Many other filming locations were also used during the course of the series, including Old Tucson Studios and various locations in Sonora, California. Many of the exterior shots of Walnut Grove and the other Minnesota towns shown in the series include noticeable mountainous terrain in the background scenery. In reality, however, the southern Minnesota landscape where the show is supposed to take place includes no tall mountains. The ending theme music, also written by Rose, originally appeared as a piece of incidental music The Little House on the Prairie a later-season episode of Michael Landon's previous long-running series, Bonanza. Little House explored many different themes including frequently portrayed ones of adoption, alcoholismfaith, poverty, blindness, and prejudice of all types, including racism. Some plots also include subjects such as drug addiction e. Albert's addiction to morphineleukemiachild abuse, and even rape. Although predominantly a drama, the program has many lighthearted and comedic moments, as well. Some of the episodes written by Michael Landon were recycled storylines from ones that he had written for Bonanza. When Michael Landon decided to stop acting on the show, and stay on only as an executive producer and occasional writer and director, season nine was renamed. The focus was put on The Little House on the Prairie characters of Laura and Almanzo, and more characters were added to the cast. Meanwhile, Almanzo and Laura take in their niece, Jenny Wilder, when Almanzo's brother dies and raise her alongside their daughter, Rose. The Wilders appear prominently in some episodes, while in others they appear only in early scenes used to introduce the story or its characters. The explanation given for the original characters' absence was that they moved to Burr Oak, Iowato pursue a promising life. The show lost viewers, and this version of the series was cancelled after one season, but the show lived on for another 1. The series finale movie, Hello and Goodbyein which Laura and Almanzo finish renovating the The Little House on the Prairie Mrs. Flannery's home into a boardinghouse and start to take in residents, was meant as a backdoor pilot for an entirely new spinoff alongside what was supposed to have been another few seasons of the original show. In that episode, Mr. Edwards moved in after his mute son Matthew left with his father and he realized that not only was his cabin falling down, it was situated a considerable distance from all his friends. Willie and Rachel, wanting their own space and to be out from under Harriet's thumb in the rooming house upstairs of the hotel and restaurant elected to move in with Laura and Almanzo, as well, while Willie cooked and ran the restaurant with Rachel. Writer Sherwood Montague rounded out the ensemble and the show was supposed to have covered his attempts to bring sophistication to Walnut Grove, but low viewership led to cancellation of both the main show and the intended spinoff. The three movie specials listed below were produced to tie up loose ends to storylines on both the main series and those opened up in Hello and Goodbye. They learn that a railroad tycoon actually holds the deed to the township, and he wants The Little House on the Prairie take it over for his own financial gain. Despite their best efforts, the townspeople are unable to drive the businessman away. At a town meeting, John Carter offers a supply of explosives that he has. Each man takes a turn blowing up his own building in an emotional farewell to the town. When asked why the set was blown up, the show's producer, Kent McCray, said that when the series started, he made an agreement with the property owners The Little House on the Prairie at the end of the series he would put the acreage back to its original state. When the production crew were estimating the cost of dismantling all the buildings, Michael Landon thought for a while and said, "What if we blow up the town? That would get the buildings all in pieces and you can bring in your equipment to pick up the debris and cart it away. Both McCray and Landon wept as the town blew up. Bless All the Dear Children was filmed prior to The Last Farewellbut ended up being the last of the three movies to air. InThe Little House on the Prairie series became a Monday night staple on NBC; after the move, it remained in the top 30 for the rest of its run. In Karen Grassle Caroline Quiner Ingalls won Spanish television's prestigious TP de Oro award for best foreign actress, and the series itself won for best foreign series; Melissa Sue Anderson Mary Ingalls won the TP de Oro in thanks in part to The Little House on the Prairie enhanced profile she received as a result of her visit to Spain and her appearance on Spanish Television's Lineas program in early The show remains popular in syndicated reruns and has been on the air in the U. In addition to airing on local stations, it has been airing multiple times each day on INSP [15] and Hallmark Channel. In the U. Originally, NBC licensed these rights to Worldvision Enterprisessince networks could not own syndication arms at the time. As a result of corporate changes, Paramount Domestic Television now CBS Television Distribution would inherit the rights via Spelling Entertainmentand NBCUniversal re-acquired the rights in the mids because the fin-syn rules were repealed in The entire series has been released on standard-definition DVDhigh-definition Blu- rayand on both standard and high-definition Digital Copy. Starting with Season 7, the Blu-ray's are only available exclusively through Amazon. There are multiple DVD sets which are noticeably different from one another. The original DVD sets sold in the U. A majority of the episodes in the original North American DVD versions had scenes cut from the episodes— these were derived from the syndicated television versions by Worldvision Enterprisesthe series' former distributor. Only a handful of episodes in the original sets were in their original uncut versions. The episodes in these original sets are also known to have relatively poor video quality, such as tracking lines, as well The Little House on the Prairie audio problems, though the quality issues are not as pronounced in the first few seasons as they are in the later seasons. The first three seasons of the old sets notably are also missing closed-captioning. Imavision also released a French-language version of the series. Both versions are in NTSC color and coded for all regions. Later copies of these original sets were distributed by Lionsgate Home Entertainment following their acquisition of Imavision, but these should not be confused with the Lionsgate re-releases described below. These new releases, which are stated to come direct from the original broadcast masters, contain mostly uncut episodes and are The Little House on the Prairie to The Little House on the Prairie superior picture and sound.