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    TV Series

    Matt and Jenny

    6.6/10
    1979 - 1980
    30m/ep
    Ended
    Seasons: 1
    Episodes: 26

    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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    Seasons & Episodes

    1. Search For A New Home

    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.

    10/21/197930 min

    2. Thunder and Lightning Birds

    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.

    10/28/197930 min

    3. The Bellinis

    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.

    11/4/197930 min

    4. The Long Return

    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.

    11/11/197930 min

    5. The Whirlwind Voice

    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.

    11/18/197930 min

    6. Test for the Tanners

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

    11/25/197930 min

    7. A Call to Arms

    On the road, Matt, Jenny and Cardston meet a young homesteader who is about to give birth, and whose husband is a suspected deserter.

    12/2/197930 min

    8. Devil's Gorge

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

    12/9/197930 min

    9. The Mast

    In search of a tree for a ship's mast. Matt, Jenny and an absent-minded sea captain lose their way in the woods.

    12/16/197930 min

    10. Fiddle Joe and The Devil Himself

    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.

    12/23/197930 min

    11. Ghost of Pocomoonshine Swamp

    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.

    12/30/197930 min

    12. The Teacher

    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.

    1/4/198030 min

    13. Barnabus Bletcher

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

    1/11/198030 min

    14. Wolf Howl at Kennebec Cliff

    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.

    1/18/198030 min

    15. Ceremony at Whispering Pines

    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.

    1/25/198030 min

    16. Wilderness Photographer

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

    2/1/198030 min

    17. Sport of Kings

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

    2/8/198030 min

    18. Skiba the Bear

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

    2/15/198030 min

    19. Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (1)

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

    2/22/198030 min

    20. Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (2)

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

    2/29/198030 min

    21. Frontier Justice

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

    3/7/198030 min

    22. A Woman's Place

    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.

    3/14/198030 min

    23. The Actress

    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).

    3/21/198030 min

    24. Mystery of the Pikes

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

    3/28/198030 min

    25. The Highlanders

    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.

    4/6/198030 min

    26. Wagon Train West

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

    4/13/198030 min

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