Tidewater Tramp

*Tidewater Tramp*
Tidewater Tramp
Genre	children's adventure
Written by	Christine Best; Doug Forrester; Thomas Gilchrist; Peter Statner
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2 (except 1960-1961)
Production
Producers	Philip Keatley; John Thorne
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	2 October 1959 –; 29 June 1962

Tidewater Tramp was a Canadian children's adventure television series which aired on CBC Television from 1959 to 1961.

Premise

This Vancouver-produced series features the adventures of Captain Martin (Reg McReynolds) and his tramp steamer the Flying Kestrel. He carried cargo along the Inside Passage of British Columbia with the assistance of his daughter Gail (Maureen Cook) and coast cadet Peter (Robert William Chambers).

Most scenes were recorded in studio supplemented by location shots such as scenes from a British Columbia freighter.^[1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast Fridays at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 2 October 1959 until 29 June 1962, omitting the season between March 1960 and October 1961.

References

^ Corcelli, John (May 2005). "Tidewater Tramp". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

External links

Allan, Blaine (1996). "Tidewater Tramp". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
Tidewater Tramp at IMDb

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[CCF-1] Corcelli, John (May 2005). "Tidewater Tramp". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

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