Season 1
October 20, 1979
"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.
26 Episodes
Episodes
Search For A New Home
October 21, 1979
After 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 children fear that the captain will return them to England or else place them in an orphan's home in Montreal. They escape in Halifax but are falsely accused of theft. Adam Cardston comes to their rescue, offering to take them to their uncle's farm.
Thunder and Lightning Birds
October 28, 1979
Cardston, 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 survive a forest fire and save the life of the man with a broken leg. Lebelle: Yvon Barrett.
The Bellinis
November 4, 1979
Matt 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 Mitchell.
The Long Return
November 11, 1979
With 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.
The Whirlwind Voice
November 18, 1979
Matt, Jenny and Kit help an Indian chief's adopted son search for his real parents. Takomis: Michael Ansara. Cokah: Lewis Dubrofsky. William: Ken James.
Test for the Tanners
November 25, 1979
A wilderness survival test becomes reality when Jenny loses her way in the forest and Matt is trapped in an abandoned mine.
A Call to Arms
December 2, 1979
On the road, Matt, Jenny and Cardston meet a young homesteader who is about to give birth, and whose husband is a suspected deserter.
Devil's Gorge
December 9, 1979
Kit helps a woman search for her husband, who has disappeared in Devil's Gorge.
The Mast
December 16, 1979
In search of a tree for a ship's mast. Matt, Jenny and an absent-minded sea captain lose their way in the woods.
Fiddle Joe and The Devil Himself
December 23, 1979
Kit, 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.
Ghost of Pocomoonshine Swamp
December 30, 1979
While 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.
The Teacher
January 4, 1980
In 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 and intelligence and Mr. Cardston's worldly charms.
Barnabus Bletcher
January 11, 1980
Matt and Jenny help a peddler when a pair of hoodlums try to steal his belongings and his performing bear.
Wolf Howl at Kennebec Cliff
January 18, 1980
The 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.
Ceremony at Whispering Pines
January 25, 1980
The 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.
Wilderness Photographer
February 1, 1980
Kit helps a young woman search for her father, a somewhat absent-minded wildlife photographer.
Sport of Kings
February 8, 1980
A boy hopes to clear his father's debts by winning a horse race.
Skiba the Bear
February 15, 1980
Matt meets Skiba, the evil bear of Indian legends that no man can kill.
Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (1)
February 22, 1980
Jenny and Cardston try to stop a shady book publisher from making off with a writer's latest manuscript.
Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (2)
February 29, 1980
Cardston engineers a mock trial to scare a disreputable book publisher into mending his evil ways.
Frontier Justice
March 7, 1980
Kit, accused of murdering a slave trader, is to be tried by a "hanging judge".
A Woman's Place
March 14, 1980
Kit, Matt and Jenny try to help a women's rights activist escape from a band of angry men out to tar and feather her.
The Actress
March 21, 1980
The 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).
Mystery of the Pikes
March 28, 1980
Matt and Jenny are held prisoner by an evil-minded farmer who claims he's seen their relatives.
The Highlanders
April 6, 1980
Jenny 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.
Wagon Train West
April 13, 1980
Jake Winfield and his daughter Ann are left behind when their wagon is unable to keep up with the wagon train.
