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A Gift to Last was a CBC Television Christmas special broadcast in 1976, and a subsequent family drama series from 1978-1979.

In both the special and series, Gordon Pinsent portrayed North West Mounted Police officer Sgt Edgar Sturgess.

Christmas Special

Melvyn Douglas was cast as the senior Clement Sturgess, a nephew of Sgt Edgar Sturgess. The special continues by dramatising Clement's Christmas memories of his life around the year 1900. Mark Polley was cast in the role of the young Clement.

Series

The series was set during 1899-1905, around the time of the Second Boer War.

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