How to Watch Hallmark’s New ‘When Calls the Heart’ Prequel Series, ‘Hope Valley: 1874’

Hallmark is giving viewers a different look at Hope Valley. 

The new When Calls the Heart prequel series Hope Valley: 1874 explores the earliest days of the frontier settlement that will one day be known as Hope Valley. 

The eight-episodes series chronicles “the courage, resilience and relationships that laid the foundation for the close-knit town viewers have come to love,” Hallmark shares.

‘Hope Valley: 1874’ will stream on Hallmark+ starting March 21

Hope Valley: 1874 premieres Saturday, March 21, exclusively on Hallmark’s streaming service, Hallmark+. That’s one day before the When Calls the Heart Season 13 finale. 

New episodes will release weekly on Thursdays starting March 26.  

Not a Hallmark+ subscriber? You can sign up for $7.99 per month or $79.99 per year. In addition to next-day streaming of all new Hallmark Channel movies and shows, subscribers get access to streaming-only movies and series as well as a rotating library of Hallmark movie favorites, plus additional perks, including a $5 Gold Crown coupon every month and unlimited ecards.

Bethany Joy Lenz and Benjamin Ayres star in ‘When Calls the Heart’ prequel 

Hope Valley: 1874 stars Bethany Joy Lenz, Benjamin Ayres, Jill Hennessy, Roan Curtis, and Lachlan Quarmby.

Lenz plays Rebecca Clarke, a single mother from Chicago who is starting a new life in the Canadian West with her 11-year-old daughter Sarah (Mila Morgan). When her wagon breaks down and she realizes the boardinghouse is not as advertised, Rebecca must accept help from local rancher and confirmed bachelor, Tom Moore (Ayres).  

Bella has every intention of remaining unattached in her new life. But she can’t help but fall for Tom. Meanwhile, she also develops a friendship with Hattie Quinn (Hennessy), a tenacious pioneer woman. Hattie’s daughter Olivia (Curtis) helps run their trading post and catches the eye of Constable Alexander Vaughn (Quarmby), much to the dismay of Clayton (Jedidiah Goodacre), the blacksmith who harbors feelings for her.

Other cast members include Brad Abramenko as Tom’s foreman Nash and Chelsea Hobbs as his wife, Peggy.

“We came west searching for a new life,” Lenz’s character says in a teaser for the new show. “We discovered we are not alone. We found possibilities all around us … What we’re building is more than just a home. We’re building hope.”

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