The Beachcombers

The Beachcombers

1972
★★★☆☆ 6.6/10
📺 20 Seasons
🎬 66 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 30 min/episode
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The Beachcombers is a Canadian comedy-drama television series that ran from October 1, 1972 to December 12, 1990 and is the longest-running dramatic series ever made for English-language Canadian television. In all, 387 episodes were produced.

Seasons

Season 1
1972 • 1 Episode
Relic and Nick Adonidas live on the west coast of Canada. The sale of alluvial wood to the sawmill brings so little money that the two "beach pirates" are dependent on ancillary business. The young Indian Jesse gets in the way of the beach pirates.
Season 3
TBA • 2 Episodes
Season 4
1975 • 19 Episodes
The Irish Rovers are slated to perform in Gibson's Landing however one band part startlingly chooses to stop to begin an existence around the local area.
Season 6
TBA • 1 Episode
Jesse's little band enrolls Nick to paddle in a war kayak that has experienced more promising times.
Season 8
1979 • 1 Episode
Nick and Jesse search out a famous vocalist traveling in the zone with the expectation of offering him a melody and profiting all the while.
Season 14
1985 • 21 Episodes
Jesse in a body cast? Laurel wearing a whiplash collar? Relic on crutches? Nick leads them all into court to get to the bottom of a bizarre series of events and chain reactions that lead to some thirty-nine separate lawsuits. The question is .... who was at fault? Guests: Stephen E. Miller, Garwin Sanford, Alex Bruhanski, Joseph Gallagher, and Zinta Williams
Season 15
1986 • 18 Episodes
Looking for ways to capitalize on Gibsons' tourist trade, Pat sets up a pedicab business but soon finds himself in competition with his friend Graham Blake. Nick backs Pat; Relic is Graham's silent partner; and a fare-war ensues. Finally, a contest is staged to determine the best "pedal pusher" and Nick and Relic wind up in a neck-in-neck race to the finish line. Guests: Sheila Moore, Jonathon Pallone, Greg Bennett, Laurie O'Byrne.
Season 16
1987 • 1 Episode
Everyone in town is enthralled with Molly's latest novel, which is a fictional account of life in Gibsons. They are so enthralled that they lose track of their regular day to day duties. Each is most excited by the larger than life depiction of the character who is based on him or herself. Their excitement grows when Hollywood director Mr. Palooka and his assistant Whitney come into town, they who are making a movie of the book and who seem to want to use the local person upon who the character is based to portray that character. As such, each person tries to act the way they see their self portrayed in the book. So they all happily sign the contract that Palooka places in front of them, all except Nick, who sees that the contract is not all it seems on the surface. When Nick convinces them all that they have basically signed their life away to Palooka, they have to come up with a way to regain their life back from him. They get some unexpected support in the matter.
Season 17
1989 • 1 Episode
John is temporarily blinded as a result of a pursuit of thieves suspected of participating in the hijacking of an eighteen wheeler. During his recovery, John finds himself falling in love with a nurse named Julie.

Network

CBC Television

Keywords

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