Matt and Jenny

1979 - 1980

Search For A New Home

21st October 1979

Episode 1

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

28th October 1979

Episode 2

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

4th November 1979

Episode 3

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

11th November 1979

Episode 4

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

18th November 1979

Episode 5

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

25th November 1979

Episode 6

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

2nd December 1979

Episode 7

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

9th December 1979

Episode 8

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

The Mast

16th December 1979

Episode 9

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

23rd December 1979

Episode 10

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

30th December 1979

Episode 11

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

4th January 1980

Episode 12

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

11th January 1980

Episode 13

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

18th January 1980

Episode 14

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

25th January 1980

Episode 15

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

1st February 1980

Episode 16

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

Sport of Kings

8th February 1980

Episode 17

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

Skiba the Bear

15th February 1980

Episode 18

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

Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (1)

22nd February 1980

Episode 19

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)

29th February 1980

Episode 20

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

Frontier Justice

Episode 21

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

A Woman's Place

14th March 1980

Episode 22

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

21st March 1980

Episode 23

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

28th March 1980

Episode 24

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

The Highlanders

Episode 25

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

13th April 1980

Episode 26

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

Top Cast

Megan Follows•Duncan Regehr•Neil Dainard

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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