

Matt and Jenny
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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"Matt and Jenny" not only aired in Canada but was also sold to Italy, France, and West Germany. Primarily Canadian, the show occasionally featured U.S. guest stars and animals like Hollywood wolves and bears, along with an elephant from Ohio.
- Ep 1
1.Search For A New Home
21-10-197930mAfter 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 chi...
- Ep 2
2.Thunder and Lightning Birds
28-10-197930mCardston, 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 surviv...
- Ep 3
3.The Bellinis
04-11-197930mMatt 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 Mitc...
- Ep 4
4.The Long Return
11-11-197930mWith 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.
- Ep 5
5.The Whirlwind Voice
18-11-197930mMatt, Jenny and Kit help an Indian chief's adopted son search for his real parents. Takomis: Michael Ansara. Cokah: Lewis Dubrofsky. William: Ken James.
- Ep 6
6.Test for the Tanners
25-11-197930mA wilderness survival test becomes reality when Jenny loses her way in the forest and Matt is trapped in an abandoned mine.
- Ep 7
7.A Call to Arms
02-12-197930mOn the road, Matt, Jenny and Cardston meet a young homesteader who is about to give birth, and whose husband is a suspected deserter.
- Ep 8
8.Devil's Gorge
09-12-197930mKit helps a woman search for her husband, who has disappeared in Devil's Gorge.
- Ep 9
9.The Mast
16-12-197930mIn search of a tree for a ship's mast. Matt, Jenny and an absent-minded sea captain lose their way in the woods.
- Ep 10
10.Fiddle Joe and The Devil Himself
23-12-197930mKit, 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.
- Ep 11
11.Ghost of Pocomoonshine Swamp
30-12-197930mWhile 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.
- Ep 12
12.The Teacher
04-01-198030mIn 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...
- Ep 13
13.Barnabus Bletcher
11-01-198030mMatt and Jenny help a peddler when a pair of hoodlums try to steal his belongings and his performing bear.
- Ep 14
14.Wolf Howl at Kennebec Cliff
18-01-198030mThe 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.
- Ep 15
15.Ceremony at Whispering Pines
25-01-198030mThe 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.
- Ep 16
16.Wilderness Photographer
01-02-198030mKit helps a young woman search for her father, a somewhat absent-minded wildlife photographer.
- Ep 17
17.Sport of Kings
08-02-198030mA boy hopes to clear his father's debts by winning a horse race.
- Ep 18
18.Skiba the Bear
15-02-198030mMatt meets Skiba, the evil bear of Indian legends that no man can kill.
- Ep 19
19.Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (1)
22-02-198030mJenny and Cardston try to stop a shady book publisher from making off with a writer's latest manuscript.
- Ep 20
20.Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (2)
29-02-198030mCardston engineers a mock trial to scare a disreputable book publisher into mending his evil ways.
- Ep 21
21.Frontier Justice
07-03-198030mKit, accused of murdering a slave trader, is to be tried by a "hanging judge".
- Ep 22
22.A Woman's Place
14-03-198030mKit, Matt and Jenny try to help a women's rights activist escape from a band of angry men out to tar and feather her.
- Ep 23
23.The Actress
21-03-198030mThe 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).
- Ep 24
24.Mystery of the Pikes
28-03-198030mMatt and Jenny are held prisoner by an evil-minded farmer who claims he's seen their relatives.
- Ep 25
25.The Highlanders
06-04-198030mJenny 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.
- Ep 26
26.Wagon Train West
13-04-198030mJake Winfield and his daughter Ann are left behind when their wagon is unable to keep up with the wagon train.
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