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The Campbells (1986)

The Campbells poster
Genre
drama television series
Country
Canada
Length
4 seasons, 100 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The series follows a widowed Scottish doctor raising his three children in 1830s Upper Canada. They navigate everyday life and challenges in their rural community with help from a neighbor.

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What happens

The Campbells is a period drama television drama series produced by Scottish Television, an affiliate of British television network ITV, and Canadian television network CTV which ran from 1986 to 1990. The series starred Malcolm Stoddard as James Campbell, a Scottish doctor living in 1830s Upper Canada with his three children, seventeen-year-old Neil (John Wildman), fourteen-year old Emma (Amber-Lea Weston) and eleven-year-old John (Eric Richards). Cedric Smith played their neighbor, Captain Sims. In Canada, it aired on CTV on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. and in the United States on CBN on Saturdays at 7:00 p.m. The series also aired in the United Kingdom on ITV starting on 27 April 1986. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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