Land and Sea

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show_name = Land and Sea


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genre = Documentary
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presenter = Pauline Thornhill
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country = CAN
language = English
num_seasons = 43
num_episodes = At least 193 (further research required)
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first_aired = 1964
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"Land and Sea" is a locally-produced Canadian documentary television show broadcast in Newfoundland and Labrador on CBC St. John's. It has been on the air since 1964, with the exception of one year in the early 1990s when it was initially cancelled but an overwhelming fan protest prompted executives to reverse that decision.

Hosts

There have been several hosts of "Land and Sea" over the years. Dave Quinton was one of the show's original hosts. Other hosts with Quinton included Rab Carnell, Hal Andrews, Des Brown, Mike Martin, Herb Davis, and Paul Harrington. Bill Kelly joined the show in 1983 and stayed until he retired in 1993. The current host is Pauline Thornhill. Some episodes are narrated by Fred Greening.

Episode guide

NOTE: This guide is a work in progress and changes will be made when more accurate information becomes available.

eason 14 (1977-1978) (Incomplete)

# "The Last Run" (September 14, 1977)

eason 15 (1978-1979) (Incomplete)

# "The New Squid Salesman" (October 24, 1978)
# "Cape Shore Songs and Stories" (January 23, 1979)
# "The Clarenville Shipyard" (January 30, 1979)
# "Petty Harbour" (April 10, 1979)

eason 16 (1979-1980) (Incomplete)

# "Herb Pittman" (October 24, 1979)
# "The Mackeral Fishery" (January 9, 1980)
# "Port aux Choix" (April 9, 1980)

eason 17 (1980-1981) (Incomplete)

# "Martin Flynn" (January 6, 1981)
# "Them Days" (February 3, 1981)
# "Air Sea Rescues" (February 24, 1981)
# "Change Islands" (Part 1) (March 10, 1981)
# "Change Islands" (Part 2) (March 17, 1981)

eason 18 (1981-1982) (Incomplete)

# "Troubled Waters" (October 6, 1981)
# "A Trip to the Ice Fields" (March 9, 1982)
# "Off to Boston" (March 16, 1982)

eason 19 (1982-1983) (Incomplete)

# "Nordetor" (November 17, 1982)
# "Centreville and Fair Island" (March 9, 1983)
# "The Coates Family of Main Brook" (March 23, 1983)
# "Silviculture" (June 1, 1983)

eason 20 (1983-1984) (Incomplete)

# "Rennies River" (November 21, 1983)
# "Baskets of Grass" (December 19, 1983)
# "Talamh An Eisc: The Land of Fish" (January 2 and 9, 1984)
# "A Question of Quality" (February 20, 1984)

eason 21 (1984-1985) (Incomplete)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Monday nights.
# "Our Forest: Life or Death" (October 15, 1984)
# "Mackerel: the Last Chance" (December 10, 1984)
# "A Job's Cove Christmas" (December 1984)
# "Francois" (January 7, 1985)

eason 22 (1985-1986) (Incomplete)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Monday nights.
# "The Waiting Game" (November 11, 1985)
# "Scallops: A Last Resort" (December 9, 1985)
# "A Fortune Bay Christmas" (January 6, 1986)
# "Winter Fishery Revisited" (March 10, 1986)
# "Herring: A Revival" (April 21, 1986)

eason 23 (1986-1987) (Incomplete)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Monday nights.
# "St. Pierre" (December 1, 1986)
# "Fishing Along the French Shore" (December 8, 1986)
# "Remembering "This Land" (December 15, 1986)
# "A Fortune Bay Christmas" (Archival from Season 22) (December 29, 1986)
# "Peddling Fish the American Way" (February 16, 1987)

eason 24 (1987-1988) (Incomplete)

# "The Turkey Farmer" (December 21, 1987)

eason 25 (1988-1989) (Incomplete)

# "Trucking Industry" (January 16, 1989)
# "Managing Our Moose" (March 6, 1989)
# "Foley's New Boat" (May 15, 1989)

eason 26 (1989-1990) (Incomplete)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Monday nights.
# "T&H Fishery of Cox's Cove" (December 4, 1989)
# "Gaultois: The Waiting Game" (January 8, 1990)
# "Twillingate Fishery" (January 15, 1990)
# "Newfoundland Silvers" (February 12, 1990)
# "Port aux Basques Winter Fishery" (February 19, 1990)
# "Fish Farming" (March 12, 1990)

eason 27 (1990-1991) (Incomplete)

# "Trouble at the Tip" (October 15, 1990)
# "Rencontre East" (November 5, 1990)
# "Soulie's Lost Mine" (November 26, 1990)

eason 30 (1994-1995) (Incomplete)

# "The Trouble with Beavers" (April 3, 1995)
# "The Plant Workers of Charleston" (May 1, 1995)
# "Last of the Lighthouse Keepers" (May 8, 1995)

eason 31 (1995-1996) (Incomplete)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Monday nights.
# "The Tavernor's Last Run" (October 23, 1995)
# "For the Love of Goats" (November 6, 1995)
# "The Burgeo Story" (February 12, 1996)
# "Sheep Farming on Mud Island" (February 19, 1996)

eason 32 (1996-1997) (Incomplete)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Monday nights.
# "In Search of Moose" (February 3, 1997)
# "To Seek and Save" (Part 1) (February 10, 1997)
# "To Seek and Save" (Part 2) (February 17, 1997)

eason 33 (1997-1998) (Incomplete)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Monday nights.
# "Falabella Man" (November 3, 1997)
# "The Loss of the Myers III" (Archival from 1988) (January 19, 1998)
# "Pine Marten Country" (March 23, 1998)
# "Harry Martin's Labrador" (April 6, 1998)

eason 34 (1998-1999) (Incomplete)

# "Once Upon a Christmas Time" (December 1998)

eason 35 (1999-2000)

NOTE: Originally broadcast every second Friday night.
# "The Land Of Cod And Copper" (October 15, 1999)
# "Railway Walk" (October 29, 1999)
# "The Perfect Storm" (Part 1) (November 12, 1999)
# "The Perfect Storm" (Part 2) (November 26, 1999)
# "Once Upon A Christmas Time" (Archival from 1998) (December 10, 1999)
# "A Fortune Bay Christmas" (Archival from Season 22) (December 24, 1999)
# "Milking The Market" (January 7, 2000)
# "The Food Fishery" (January 21, 2000)
# "The Artist As A Fisherman" (February 4, 2000)
# "If Wishes Were Horses" (February 18, 2000)
# "A Labrador Homecoming" (March 3, 2000)
# "The Unforgettable Fisherman" (March 23, 2000)
# "The Alpacas Of Port Au Port" (April 7, 2000)
# "The Mattea" (April 21, 2000)
# "Adventure Kayaking" (May 5, 2000)

eason 36 (2000-2001)

NOTE: Originally broadcast every Tuesday night.
# "Sabrina Of St. Carol's" (January 23, 2001)
# "A Picture Of Exploits" (January 30, 2001)
# "Jacky's Giants" (February 6, 2001)
# "Cathi And Clayton" (February 13, 2001)
# "The Bonds Of Earth" (Part 1) (February 20, 2001)
# "The Bonds Of Earth" (Part 2) (February 27, 2001)
# "Rideout's Recipe For Homegrown Retirement" (March 6, 2001)
# "The Railway Ride" (March 13, 2001)
# "The Last Of The Carbonear Stationers" (March 20, 2001)
# "Death Of A Fisherman" (March 27, 2001)
# "Changing Course" (April 3, 2001)
# "Ray Lake, A Son Of St. Lawrence" (April 10, 2001)
# "A Thousand Flights And More" (April 17, 2001)
# "From The Stump Up" (April 24, 2001)

eason 37 (2001-2002)

NOTE: Originally broadcast every Tuesday then Monday night.
# "The Wonderful Grand Hikers" (November 6, 2001)
# "An Ordinary Second" (November 13, 2001)
# "The Greenspond Letter" (November 20, 2001)
# "The Keeper Of The Cape" (November 27, 2001)
# "The Bee Charmers" (December 4, 2001)
# "A Lifetime of Seasons" (February 25, 2002)
# "Seven Days" (March 4, 2002)
# "Quest for a Catamaran" (March 11, 2002)
# "The Rangers" (March 18, 2002)
# "O'Grady's Irish Pipes" (March 25, 2002)
# "The Hero" (April 1, 2002)
# "The Springdale Christmas Whales" (April 8, 2002)
# "Musical Memories" (April 15, 2002)

eason 38 (2002-2003)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Wednesday nights.
# "The Southern Reflections" (October 23, 2002)
# "The Grand River" (October 30, 2002)
# "The Wreck Of The Florizel" (November 6, 2002)
# "More Than Just A Pretty Place" (November 13, 2002)
# "The White Fleet" (November 20, 2002)
# "The Dust Of His Ancestors" (January 15, 2003)
# "The Ocean Traveller" (January 22, 2003)
# "The Truth Lies In The Rocks" (January 29, 2003)
# "A Harvest Of Seals" (February 5, 2003)
# "And Then There Was Light" (February 19, 2003)
# "A Portrait Of Lights" (February 26, 2003)
# "The Gift" (March 5, 2003)
# "Resettlement: A Look Back" (March 12, 2003)
# "In Love With The Gander" (March 19, 2003)
# "Counting Coyotes" (April 2, 2003)
# "Fish Enough" (April 9, 2003)

eason 39 (2003-2004)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Friday nights.
# "The Hugh Brothers" (October 24, 2003)
# "It's A Life" (October 31, 2003)
# "Their Story" (November 7, 2003)
# "A Dream Come True" (November 21, 2003)
# "Chatman's Bakery" (November 28, 2003)
# "A Fortune Bay Christmas" (Archival from Season 22) (December 5, 2003)
# "Twin Cities Seniors Most Excellent Adventure" (January 30, 2004)
# "A Rare Breed" (February 6, 2004)
# "Torn From The Sea" (Archival from 1971) (February 13, 2004)
# "A Story With A Hook" (February 20, 2004)
# "Why They Stayed" (February 27, 2004)
# "The Early Years" (Archival from the 1970s) (March 5, 2004)
# "The Peacemaker" (March 12, 2004)
# "Built With Pride" (March 19, 2004)
# "Seasons Remembered" (March 26, 2004)

eason 40 (2004-2005)

NOTE: Originally broadcast every Friday night.
# "Our Story" (October 15, 2004)
# "The Split Peas" (October 22, 2004)
# "The Grey Islands' Eiders" (October 29, 2004)
# "The Irish Loop" (November 5, 2004)
# "Sole Survivor" (Part 1) (November 12, 2004)
# "Sole Survivor" (Part 2) (November 19, 2004)
# "The Farmer's Daughters" (November 26, 2004)
# "The Parsons Of Lethbridge" (Archival from 1981) (December 3, 2004)
# "Once Upon A Christmas Time" (Archival from 1998) (December 10, 2004)
# "A Fortune Bay Christmas" (Archival from Season 22) (December 17, 2004)
# "The Snowshoe Man" (January 28, 2005)
# "I Arose From The Woodlands" (February 4, 2005)
# "The People Of The Torngats" (Archival from 1972) (February 11, 2005)
# "The Northern Nurse" (Part 1) (February 18, 2005)
# "The Northern Nurse" (Part 2) (February 25, 2005)
# "Salt Water Music" (March 4, 2005)
# "The Willing Lass" (Archival from 1985) (March 11, 2005)
# "From Wilderness To Wooddale" (March 18, 2005)

eason 41 (2005-2006)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Monday nights.
# "The King Of The Sheep" (November 21, 2005)
# "Paddy Miller's House" (November 28, 2005)
# "The Saltwater Boys" (December 5, 2005)
# "A Fortune Bay Christmas" (Archival from Season 22) (December 16, 2005)
# "Once Upon A Christmas Time" (Archival from 1998) (December 16, 2005)
# "Uncle Jim" (January 16, 2006)
# "Leaving Home" (January 30, 2006)
# "People Who Live By The Sea" (February 6, 2006)
# "Root Cellar Pride" (February 27, 2006)
# "Mining Memories" (March 6, 2006)
# "An Animal's Best Friend" (March 13, 2006)
# "The Valley Of The Winds" (Archival from 1967) (March 20, 2006)
# "My Burgeo Home" (March 27, 2006)
# "The Fruits Of His Labour" (April 3, 2006)

eason 42 (2006-2007)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Monday nights.
# "A Few Tunes, Between Friends" (October 16, 2006)
# "A Family Affair" (October 23, 2006)
# "Boys and Their Toys" (October 30, 2006)
# "The Planters" (November 6, 2006)
# "Labrador Diary" (November 13, 2006) (Archival from 1988)
# "My Highway, the Sea" (November 20, 2006)
# "The Organ Master" (November 27, 2006)
# "A Fortune Bay Christmas" (Archival from Season 22) (December 4, 2006)
# "Wolf Dogs" (February 19, 2007)
# "Lawrence of the Lake" (February 26, 2007)
# "Music and Friends" (March 5, 2007)
# "The Daughter Who Did" (March 12, 2007)
# "Sunday Hunters" (March 26, 2007)
# "Torn From the Labrador Sea" (a continuation of Dave Quinton's "Labrador Diary") (April 2, 2007)
# "St. John's Harbour" (April 9, 2007)
# "The Cove of Love" (April 23, 2007) (Season Finale)

NOTE: "The Cove of Love" was to have aired on April 16 but an episode of "Living Newfoundland and Labrador" aired instead.

eason 43 (2007-2008)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Monday nights.
# "The Traveling Pig Farmer" (October 15, 2007)
# "Tony the Tailor" (October 22, 2007)
# "Changing Change Islands" (October 29, 2007)
# "Change Islands" (Archival from March 1981) (November 5, 2007)
# "The Perfect Little Goat" (November 12, 2007)
# "The Mighty Churchill" (November 19, 2007)
# "The Tapestry of Conche" (November 26, 2007)
# "Any Mummers Allowed In?" (Archival from Season 22) (December 3, 2007)
# "Never Forgotten" (January 21, 2008)
# "If It Looks Good, Shoot It" (January 28, 2008)
# "From Fortune Bay to Lourdes" (February 4, 2008)
# "Coaker" (Archival from 1979) (February 11, 2008)
# "Zita of Fogo Island" (February 18, 2008)
# "Celie's Story" (February 25, 2008)
# "Caught Out in a Storm" (March 3, 2008)
# "Where Old Horses Go" (March 10, 2008)

eason 44 (2008-2009)

NOTE: These episode titles are subject to change at any time prior to broadcast.
# "The Edge of the Ice" (October 20, 2008)
# "Ashes Island" (October 27, 2008)
# "When I was in the San" (November 3, 2008)
# "The Horse Lady" (November 10, 2008)
# Archival Special (November 17, 2008)
# "All Around the Family" (November 24, 2008)
# "Tim's Eve" (December 1, 2008)
# Archival Christmas Special (December 8, 2008) (See below)NOTE: The archival Christmas special scheduled for December 8 may very well be the famous episode with the mummers that was first broadcast on January 6, 1986. Check back soon for updates on that and the other episodes planned for the first half of Season 44.

Noted episodes

* On January 6, 1986, a well-known Christmas episode called "A Fortune Bay Christmas" was broadcast. That episode was, appropriately enough, filmed in Fortune Bay. It has been re-broadcast several times in recent years. A song in the episode -- "Any Mummers Allowed In?" -- was used in commercials for Purity products in Newfoundland and Labrador in the early '90s.
* Though not as well-known as "A Fortune Bay Christmas", a 1984 episode videotaped in the Codroy Valley on the southwest coast of Newfoundland called "West Coast Dairy" featured Gerard Cormier and his dairy farm. Twenty years later, Mr. Cormier and Brent Chaffey joined together to launch a new line of yogurt products with the brand name Good Natured.
** [http://www.town.stephenville.nf.ca/news-feb01-2005.html See "Georgian" article from February 1, 2005]
** [http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2005/nr/0127n05.htm See Newfoundland and Labrador Government release from January 27, 2005]
* Though there is plenty of controversy now regarding the seal hunt (also known as a "seal fishery"), an episode from 1977 (itself a rebroadcast from a few years earlier) called the "Newfoundland" Sealing Disaster" featured an interview with survivor Cecil Mouland as he told about what happened on the "S.S. Newfoundland" back in 1914. (A novel has been written about the "Newfoundland" sealing disaster called "Death On The Ice", written by Cassie Brown.)

Other information

* Originally a black-and-white program, it began broadcasting in colour in the late '60s/early '70s. The first colour episode was called "The Cliffs of Baccalieu".
* "Land and Sea" started its newest season on October 15, 2007.
* There is also a Maritime version of "Land and Sea" which is broadcast on the full CBC network on Sunday afternoons, and episodes from that version are often alternated with Newfoundland-based episodes.
* Current host Pauline Thornhill's first story for "Land and Sea" was titled "The Goat Dance", which was broadcast on CBC Newfoundland's news program "Here and Now" in the 1991-92 season.

External links

* [http://www.cbc.ca/landandseanl/ CBC Newfoundland and Labrador's "Land and Sea" website]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/landandsea/ CBC's national "Land and Sea" website]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/nl/features/40thanniversary/ CBC Newfoundland and Labrador's "Land and Sea" 40th anniversary page (designed for the 2004-05 season)]