Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story
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Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story is a 2010 two-part biographical television mini-series
about Don Cherry
. It is directed by Jeff Woolnough
and written by Don Cherry's son Tim Cherry. It aired on March 28 and 29 on CBC Television
. It took six years for Tim Cherry to get permission from his father for the series to be made.
In 2011, CBC started filming an untitled sequel to the mini-series.
Miniseries
A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
about Don Cherry
Don Cherry
Don Cherry may refer to:* Don Cherry hockey player, coach, and commentator* Don Cherry , trumpeter* Don Cherry...
. It is directed by Jeff Woolnough
Jeff Woolnough
Jeffrey W. Woolnough is a television and movie director, with an active career beginning in the late 1980s. Woolnough has directed multiple episodes of a variety of highly rated series, including:*Silk Stalkings*Sliders*Taken Jeffrey W. Woolnough is a television and movie director, with an active...
and written by Don Cherry's son Tim Cherry. It aired on March 28 and 29 on CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
. It took six years for Tim Cherry to get permission from his father for the series to be made.
In 2011, CBC started filming an untitled sequel to the mini-series.