Little House on the Prairie (miniseries)

Little House on the Prairie is a 2005 American Western television miniseries directed by David L. Cunningham. It is a six-part adaptation of children's novels Little House in the Big Woods (1932) and Little House on the Prairie (1935) by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It was broadcast on ABC as part of The Wonderful World of Disney anthology series.

Little House on the Prairie
Also known as	Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie
Based on	Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Screenplay by	Katie Ford
Directed by	David L. Cunningham
Starring	Cameron Bancroft Erin Cottrell Kyle Chavarria Danielle Chuchran Gregory Sporleder
Theme music composer	John Cameron
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer	Hans Proppe
Running time	255 minutes
Production companies	Ed Friendly Productions Voice Pictures Touchstone Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	March 26 (2005-03-26) – April 23, 2005 (2005-04-23)

Cast

• Cameron Bancroft as Charles Ingalls
• Erin Cottrell as Caroline Ingalls
• Kyle Chavarria as Laura Ingalls
• Danielle Chuchran as Mary Ingalls
• Gregory Sporleder as Mr. Edwards
• Nathaniel Arcand as Kiowa Brave
• Allen Belcourt as Young Kiowa Warrior
• Byron Chief-Moon as Soldat Du Chene
• Melanie Corcoran as Independence prostitute
• James Cosmo as Mr. Scott
• Geoffrey Ewert as Townsman
• Richard Halliday as Shopkeeper
• Dorian Harewood as Dr. Tan
• Jimmy Herman as Osage
• Daniel Jeffery as Boy
• Tim Koetting as Major Callaghan
• Barbara Kozicki as Aunt Docie
• Griffin Powell-Arcand as Young Indian Boy
• Sammy Simon as Medicine-man
• Royal Sproule as Post employee
• Gina Stockdale as Mrs. Scott

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code
1	1	"Little House in the Big Woods: Part 1"	David L. Cunningham	Katie Ford	March 26, 2005 (2005-03-26)	101
Charles Ingalls decides to uproot his wife and daughters from their Wisconsin home to claim a new parcel of land on the Kansas Prairie.
2	2	"Little House in the Big Woods: Part 2"	David L. Cunningham	Katie Ford	April 2, 2005 (2005-04-02)	102
Indians approach the house while Pa is away,terrifying Laura and Mary; Ma is delighted to meet Mr.and Mrs.Scott,the family's kind but odd new neighbors; illness forces the family to depend on the kindness of a new stranger.
3	3	"The Ingalls' Journey: Part 1"	David L. Cunningham	Katie Ford	April 2, 2005 (2005-04-02)	103
Indians approach the house while Pa is away,terrifying Laura and Mary; Ma is delighted to meet Mr.and Mrs.Scott,the family's new neighbors; fire threatens the Ingalls' home; Pa has difficulty bartering.
4	4	"The Ingalls' Journey: Part 2"	David L. Cunningham	Katie Ford	April 9, 2005 (2005-04-09)	104
Fire threatens the Ingalls' home; Pa has difficulty bartering; Laura becomes fascinated with the Indians who live nearby.
5	5	"Adventures on the Kansas Prairie: Part 1"	David L. Cunningham	Katie Ford	April 16, 2005 (2005-04-16)	105
Pa is attacked by a mountain lion; the growing number of Indians establishing camps nearby has the family feeling threatened.
6	6	"Adventures on the Kansas Prairie: Part 2"	David L. Cunningham	Katie Ford	April 23, 2005 (2005-04-23)	106
The growing number of Indians establishing camps nearby has the family feeling threatened; Ma and Pa are glad to see the Indians have signed a treaty to relocate, although Laura feels sad to see them go.

Release

Home media

The miniseries was released on DVD on March 28, 2006.

Reception

An uncredited review in the Province stated that "This type of family drama is as quaint and rare now as a log cabin, but children will enjoy the miniseries a lot and parents will like watching it with them."^[1] Allesandra Stanley of the New York Times thought that the miniseries was more faithful to Wilder's books than was the 1970s and 1980s TV series.^[2]