Grand-Papa is a French-Canadian soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 TV series written by Janette Bertrand which originally aired between 1976 and 1979. The series totaled 115 episodes.

Plot

The series is centered around Charles-Henri Lamontagne, an elderly widower coping with the death of his wife, and his influence on his family in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

. Through the script, Janette Bertrand explores sensitive issues still taboo for the Quebec society in the late 1970s.

Rerun

Radio-Canada started to re-air the show on September 10, 2008. It is scheduled to air Mondays to Fridays at 3:30 p.m.

Cast

• Sophie Clément - Shirley
• Pierre Dufresne - Jean-Paul
• Yves Fortin - Jean-François
• Amulette Garneau - Armande
• Johanne Garneau
  Johanne Garneau
  Johanne Garneau is a Québécoise actress.Johanne Garneau was born in on 21 August 1954, in Princeville, a village in Québec.- Filmography :* 1976 : Grand-Papa : Lise* 1986 : Des dames de cœur : Nicole Belleau...
  
   - Lise
• Marie Guimont - Anémone Lamontagne
• Jean Lajeunesse - Charles-Henri Lamontagne
• Lucie St-Cyr - Rose Lamontagne

External links

• Grand-Papa at TVArchive.ca