The Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim
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The Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim

6.0 / 10
1975
1 season
10 episodes
Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama

The Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim was a children's television serial consisting of ten 15 minute installments which originally aired in 1975 on Canada's TVOntario and was rerun countless times afterward over the next decade on TVO as well as on other Canadian educational channels and PBS. The title character is a shoeshine boy who travels back 100 years in time by means of a magic trunk and meets Zachariah Gibson, a travelling salesman and showman who peddles elixers and tonics. Episodes are based on the pair's travels between the worlds of the 1875 and 1975. Both characters face challenges in their respective times - Timothy is an orphan who squats in an abandoned warehouse and makes a living shining shoes and doing odd jobs at a neighbourhood diner owned by Wilma. Zachariah Gibson is a travelling salesman who sells medicinal cure-all elixirs of dubious quality out of his wagon. The two form an unlikely bond across time that teaches Zachariah the value of friendship.

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The title character is a shoeshine boy who travels back 100 years in time by means of a magic trunk and meets Zachariah Gibson, a travelling salesman and showman who peddles elixers and tonics. Episodes are based on the pair's travels between the worlds of the 1875 and 1975. Both characters face challenges in their respective times - Timothy is an orphan who squats in an abandoned warehouse and makes a living shining shoes and doing odd jobs at a neighbourhood diner owned by Wilma. Zachariah Gibson is a travelling salesman who sells medicinal cure-all elixirs of dubious quality out of his wagon. The two form an unlikely bond across time that teaches Zachariah the value of friendship.

  • Ep 1

    1.Zachariah Gibson's Magic Trunk

    01-08-197515m
  • Ep 2

    2.Escape to the Future

    02-08-197515m
  • Ep 3

    3.Past Meets Present

    03-08-197515m
  • Ep 4

    4.The Missing Half-Penny

    04-08-197515m
  • Ep 5

    5.Trapped in the Past

    05-08-197515m
  • Ep 6

    6.A Thief at Large

    06-08-197515m
  • Ep 7

    7.The Escaped Prisoner

    07-08-197515m
  • Ep 8

    8.Zachariah's Pioneer Remedy

    08-08-197515m
  • Ep 9

    9.Did Barney Do It?

    09-08-197515m
  • Ep 10

    10.Returning Home

    10-08-197515m

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