Matt and Jenny

30min

Drama

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.

Episodes

Cast

Search For A New Home

1. Search For A New Home

30min

21st Oct 1979

After the death of their father, Matt and Jenny and their mother leave England for Nova Scotia only to encounter another tragedy- their mother dies of typhoid while at sea. The children fear that the captain will return them to England or else place them in an orphan's home in Montreal. They escape in Halifax but are falsely accused of theft. Adam Cardston comes to their rescue, offering to take them to their uncle's farm.

Thunder and Lightning Birds

2. Thunder and Lightning Birds

30min

28th Oct 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 of the wilderness who helps them survive a forest fire and save the life of the man with a broken leg. Lebelle: Yvon Barrett.

The Bellinis

3. The Bellinis

30min

4th Nov 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 mysterious accidents. Bellini: Cameron Mitchell.

The Long Return

4. The Long Return

30min

11th Nov 1979

With Cardston's help. Matt and Jenny hope to find their lost relatives at a mysterious religious community. Reverend Hawthorne: Keenan Wynn. Pioneer Woman: Kay Hawtrey.

The Whirlwind Voice

5. The Whirlwind Voice

30min

18th Nov 1979

Matt, Jenny and Kit help an Indian chief's adopted son search for his real parents. Takomis: Michael Ansara. Cokah: Lewis Dubrofsky. William: Ken James.

Test for the Tanners

6. Test for the Tanners

30min

25th Nov 1979

A wilderness survival test becomes reality when Jenny loses her way in the forest and Matt is trapped in an abandoned mine.

A Call to Arms

7. A Call to Arms

30min

2nd Dec 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.

Devil's Gorge

8. Devil's Gorge

30min

9th Dec 1979

Kit helps a woman search for her husband, who has disappeared in Devil's Gorge.

The Mast

9. The Mast

30min

16th Dec 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.

Fiddle Joe and The Devil Himself

10. Fiddle Joe and The Devil Himself

30min

23rd Dec 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.

Ghost of Pocomoonshine Swamp

11. Ghost of Pocomoonshine Swamp

30min

30th Dec 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 solve the mystery.

The Teacher

12. The Teacher

30min

4th Jan 1980

In their further pursuit of the Tanner's relatives, Matt, Jenny and Adam Cardston visit a school-house and are introduced to the schoolteacher. She is overcome by Jenny's interest and intelligence and Mr. Cardston's worldly charms.

Barnabus Bletcher

13. Barnabus Bletcher

30min

11th Jan 1980

Matt and Jenny help a peddler when a pair of hoodlums try to steal his belongings and his performing bear.

Wolf Howl at Kennebec Cliff

14. Wolf Howl at Kennebec Cliff

30min

18th Jan 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.

Ceremony at Whispering Pines

15. Ceremony at Whispering Pines

30min

25th Jan 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 order to cure the chief's son.

Wilderness Photographer

16. Wilderness Photographer

30min

1st Feb 1980

Kit helps a young woman search for her father, a somewhat absent-minded wildlife photographer.

Sport of Kings

17. Sport of Kings

30min

8th Feb 1980

A boy hopes to clear his father's debts by winning a horse race.

Skiba the Bear

18. Skiba the Bear

30min

15th Feb 1980

Matt meets Skiba, the evil bear of Indian legends that no man can kill.

Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (1)

19. Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (1)

30min

22nd Feb 1980

Jenny and Cardston try to stop a shady book publisher from making off with a writer's latest manuscript.

Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (2)

20. Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (2)

30min

29th Feb 1980

Cardston engineers a mock trial to scare a disreputable book publisher into mending his evil ways.

Frontier Justice

21. Frontier Justice

30min

7th Mar 1980

Kit, accused of murdering a slave trader, is to be tried by a "hanging judge".

A Woman's Place

22. A Woman's Place

30min

14th Mar 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.

The Actress

23. The Actress

30min

21st Mar 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 actress (Dina Merrill).

Mystery of the Pikes

24. Mystery of the Pikes

30min

28th Mar 1980

Matt and Jenny are held prisoner by an evil-minded farmer who claims he's seen their relatives.

The Highlanders

25. The Highlanders

30min

6th Apr 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 ancient feud between the two families.

Wagon Train West

26. Wagon Train West

30min

13th Apr 1980

Jake Winfield and his daughter Ann are left behind when their wagon is unable to keep up with the wagon train.

First air date

21st Oct 1979

Last air date

13th Apr 1980

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks