Canada’s favourite red-headed orphan girl will be back on TV next year.

CBC and Netflix announced Thursday that they have renewed Anne (With an E), known in Canada just as Anne, for a second season.

The episodes will shoot in the fall for broadcast in 2018. The companies have also increased the episode order from eight hours to 10.

The series, while based on the Anne of Green Gables books by Lucy Maud Montgomery, has enhanced and expanded the books’ plot lines and characters.

It was created by Moira Walley-Beckett (Breaking Bad, Flesh and Bone) and is produced by Miranda de Pencier’s Northwood Entertainment.

This season, Walley-Beckett will have help from an all-female writing crew, including Jane Maggs (Bellevue, Cardinal), Shernold Edwards (Haven, Sleepy Hollow), Kathryn Borel (American Dad), Amanda Fahey (Saving Hope, Mohawk Girls) and Naledi Jackson (21 Thunder).

At a time when some shows get renewed while their first seasons are still airing, there was a lag between Anne’s air date and renewal. It was broadcast on CBC in March and April, and released globally on Netflix in May.

CBC said it reached 4.5 million viewers during its Canadian run.

?Anne? star AmyBeth McNulty says the new TV adaptation of the ?Anne of Green Gables? books explores trauma endured by the beloved character, who spent time in orphanages and foster homes. The series premieres Sunday on CB

Netflix does not release viewership numbers, but de Pencier said in a news release, “We’re so proud of the overwhelming response from viewers across the globe.”

The series was generally well received by viewers and critics, although some lovers of the books objected to liberties taken with the story.

The purists likely won’t enjoy the second season any better. The news release said it “will continue to chart bold new territory, adding new characters and storylines, and continuing to explore themes of identity, prejudice, feminism, bullying, gender parity and empowerment through the lens of its fierce, starry-eyed, irrepressible 14-year-old protagonist.”

Irish-Canadian actress Amybeth McNulty stars as Anne; Canadian actor R.H. Thomson and British actress Geraldine James play Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, the brother and sister who adopt her.

This story has been edited to correct that the show is still known in Canada simply as Anne.

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