Almost Home (Canadian TV series)
This article is about the Canadian TV Series. For the U.S. TV Series Almost Home, see The Torkelsons.
| Almost Home | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Educational |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | TVOntario |
Almost Home (aka On the Move) was an educational television show which was produced and broadcast by TVOntario (known at the time as the Ontario Educational Communications Authority) in 1972 or 1973. The premise of the show is about a young man from Cornwall, Ontario, who travels to Manitoba and returns back into Ontario, hitchhiking his way home through Northern Ontario and southward. The stories of each episode detail the various people he meets in his travels.
Actors and Actresses
- Michael Duhig as Ken Matthews
- Beth Amos
- Jack Mather
- James Barron
- Murray Westgate
- Syd Brown
Episodes
Nine episodes were broadcast. A tenth was scripted but not filmed. Here are the names of three of those nine that aired.
- "Boots"
- "I'm Looking For Volunteers And You're It"
- "An Old Man With A Suitcase Full Of Books"
All episodes are 15 minutes in length.
Filming locations
- Kakabeka Falls, Ontario
External links
- A webpage dedicated to the show as well as other classic TVOntario children's shows of the '70s and '80s
- Internet Movie Database listing