The Campbells
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The Campbells

5.0 / 10
1986
4 seasons
100 episodes
Drama

The Campbells was a Scottish-Canadian television drama series, which aired on Scottish Television and CTV from 1986 to 1990. A historical family drama, the series starred Malcolm Stoddard as James Campbell, a Scottish doctor living in 1830s Upper Canada with his three children, Neil, Emma and John.

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  • Ep 1

    1.A Magic Medicine

    27-04-198630m

    The first half of the pilot episode which takes place during the land clearings in Scotland in 1833. In it, Dr. James Campbell treats his patrons son after he falls off a horse an...

  • Ep 2

    2.A Great Decision

    04-05-198630m

    The second half of the pilot episode. The laird's son dies after James' treatment is sabotaged. The family decide to buy land in Canada.

  • Ep 3

    3.First Day

    11-05-198630m

    The first episode in Canada. The family awkwardly arrive to their new homestead to find the living conditions much less than they expected and a hostile neighbor, Captain Sims....

  • Ep 4

    4.The Haunting

    25-05-198630m

    Getting adjusted to their new home, a superstitious neighbor, Mary, comes to help Emma with the housework. Emma finds her company tedious and schemes to scare her off. James and...

  • Ep 5

    5.75 Miles from Nowhere

    21-09-198630m

    Neil befriends a woodsman and brings him home with him only to find that he's a dangerous fugitive. While being treated for a wound by James, he finds out that they have an outlaw...

  • Ep 6

    6.The Visitors*

    18-05-198630m

    John and Emma encounter an Iroquois woman who helps save Emma after she is bitten by a snake. While playing along a stream bed John unwittingly destroys a native religious tribute...

  • Ep 7

    7.A Real Lady*

    08-06-198630m

    A noblewoman takes refuge with the Campbells after she changes her mind about accepting the proposal of a suitor. Lady Caroline had been writing to a prospective suitor while in En...

  • Ep 8

    8.Treasures of Jean Lafitte

    07-09-198630m

    James is given a model ship as payment for his services. The patient was a crew member with French pirate Jean Lafitte. When he gets it home John notices that there is a map and i...

  • Ep 9

    9.Gift Horse

    01-06-198630m

    Will Forester gives James a found horse in payment for delivering his son. Emma becomes very attached to the horse only to have the original owner reappear and claim it stolen. E...

  • Ep 10

    10.Vendetta*

    12-10-198630m

    Captain Sims is challenged to a duel in response to events in his military career. James must mediate to prevent bloodshed. After recieving the challenge, Sims sends Harriet and...

  • Ep 11

    11.To Love and Protect*

    17-08-198630m

    A body is found on the Campbell property and James play detective to find out who is responsible. The two suspects are the brother and the fiance of the victim who are now both pl...

  • Heaven Sent

    12.Heaven Sent

    03-08-198630m

    Emma helps James deliver a baby.

  • Ep 13

    13.Rites of Passage

    15-06-198630m

    Neil participates in a boxing match against the wishes of James and must face fellow contestant, the brawny Ox. Neil and Ox conclude that a friendship is more important than a box...

  • Ep 14

    14.Pig at large

    10-08-198630m

    The Campbell pig roams until Sims claims it as his own on a legal technicality.

  • Ep 15

    15.Autumn and Smoke, Part 1

    06-07-198630m

    This is a one hour episode split into two half hour parts. In it James gets caught up in an Iroquois blood fued. Murderers give James stolen Iroquois goods and leads the tribe to...

  • Ep 16

    16.Autumn and Smoke, Part 2

    13-07-198630m

    James prepares himself to be handed over to the Iroquois in exchange for his son.

  • Ep 17

    17.Burning Cures*

    22-06-198630m

    The Campbells deal with approach the coming winter with too many pumpkins and not enough cash.

  • Ep 18

    18.Harvest Gold

    20-07-198630m

    The Campbells must clear a track of their land before a deadline or risk losing it. John and Emma get skunked.

  • Ep 19

    19.Free and Clear

    24-08-198630m

    The Campbells must clear a track of their land before a deadline or risk losing it. Sims taunts them. John and Emma get sprained by a skunk and must stay in the barn. Rebecca, who...

  • Ep 20

    20.Declarations of Independence

    TBA30m

    Emma finds a lone gypsy child and takes her home with her only to realize that she may be carrying cholera.

  • Ep 21

    21.Child of Fortune

    14-09-198630m

    Emma finds a lone gypsy child and takes her home with her only to realize that she may be carrying cholera...actually it's just a puppet. James and Neil find a dead man and suspec...

  • Ep 22

    22.End of the River

    19-10-198630m

    A woman flees backwoods justice in Ohio and settles temporarily at Logan's inn.

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