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Two English children, Matt and Jenny Tanner, and their mother depart for the New World from Bristol, England. During the voyage, their mother dies of typhoid fever. The two children arrive in Canada and begin a search for their uncle Bill Tanner, who arrived before they had. Along the way, they encounter the enigmatic Adam Cardston and woodsman Kit, who join them on their journey westward.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01Search For A New HomeOctober 21, 1979—After the death of their father, Matt and Jenny and their mother leave England for Nova Scotia only to encounter another tragedy- their moth
- S01E02Thunder and Lightning BirdsOctober 28, 1979—Cardston, helped by Matt and Jenny, races against time to save the life of a seriously injured lumberjack. The Tanners meet Kit, a young man
- S01E03The BellinisNovember 4, 1979—Matt and Jenny hitch a ride with a circus family, who are believed to be thieves and are being pursued by a man and haunted by series of mys
- S01E04The Long ReturnNovember 11, 1979—With Cardston's help. Matt and Jenny hope to find their lost relatives at a mysterious religious community. Reverend Hawthorne: Keenan Wynn.
- S01E05The Whirlwind VoiceNovember 18, 1979—Matt, Jenny and Kit help an Indian chief's adopted son search for his real parents. Takomis: Michael Ansara. Cokah: Lewis Dubrofsky. William
- S01E06Test for the TannersNovember 25, 1979—A wilderness survival test becomes reality when Jenny loses her way in the forest and Matt is trapped in an abandoned mine.
- S01E07A Call to ArmsDecember 2, 1979—On the road, Matt, Jenny and Cardston meet a young homesteader who is about to give birth, and whose husband is a suspected deserter.
- S01E08Devil's GorgeDecember 9, 1979—Kit helps a woman search for her husband, who has disappeared in Devil's Gorge.
- S01E09The MastDecember 16, 1979—In search of a tree for a ship's mast. Matt, Jenny and an absent-minded sea captain lose their way in the woods.
- S01E10Fiddle Joe and The Devil HimselfDecember 23, 1979—Kit, Matt and Jenny help a trapper who fears that his former friend is putting a curse on him for marrying the woman they both courted.
- S01E11Ghost of Pocomoonshine SwampDecember 30, 1979—While Matt and Jenny are on their way to meet Kit, they hear strange, unearthly cries in the swamp. They lose their way while trying to solv
- S01E12The TeacherJanuary 4, 1980—In their further pursuit of the Tanner's relatives, Matt, Jenny and Adam Cardston visit a school-house and are introduced to the schoolteach
- S01E13Barnabus BletcherJanuary 11, 1980—Matt and Jenny help a peddler when a pair of hoodlums try to steal his belongings and his performing bear.
- S01E14Wolf Howl at Kennebec CliffJanuary 18, 1980—The Tanners and Kit stop at Kennebec Cliff and learn about the trouble a man and his wife have been having with a pack of wolves.
- S01E15Ceremony at Whispering PinesJanuary 25, 1980—The sound of drums draws Cardston, Matt and Jenny to the site of a secret Indian ceremony. Cardston is intent on helping the Indian tribe in
- S01E16Wilderness PhotographerFebruary 1, 1980—Kit helps a young woman search for her father, a somewhat absent-minded wildlife photographer.
- S01E17Sport of KingsFebruary 8, 1980—A boy hopes to clear his father's debts by winning a horse race.
- S01E18Skiba the BearFebruary 15, 1980—Matt meets Skiba, the evil bear of Indian legends that no man can kill.
- S01E19Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (1)February 22, 1980—Jenny and Cardston try to stop a shady book publisher from making off with a writer's latest manuscript.
- S01E20Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (2)February 29, 1980—Cardston engineers a mock trial to scare a disreputable book publisher into mending his evil ways.
- S01E21Frontier JusticeMarch 7, 1980—Kit, accused of murdering a slave trader, is to be tried by a "hanging judge".
- S01E22A Woman's PlaceMarch 14, 1980—Kit, Matt and Jenny try to help a women's rights activist escape from a band of angry men out to tar and feather her.
- S01E23The ActressMarch 21, 1980—The threat of Matt and Jenny being split up materializes when Matt and Cardston are offered leading roles in a New York play by a beautiful
- S01E24Mystery of the PikesMarch 28, 1980—Matt and Jenny are held prisoner by an evil-minded farmer who claims he's seen their relatives.
- S01E25The HighlandersApril 6, 1980—Jenny and Cardston get involved when a young Scottish couple's marriage plans are stymied by the girls father, who refuses to forget an anci
- S01E26Wagon Train WestApril 13, 1980—Jake Winfield and his daughter Ann are left behind when their wagon is unable to keep up with the wagon train.
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