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Almost Home (Canadian TV series)

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7- "All the World’s a Stage"- Ken hopes to take the bus to Niagara Falls but it is headed for Stratford for the Shakespeare Festival. He is not too keen on plays, but he meets some peers who help him to open his eyes to the arts. This episode was scripted but never
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10- "Almost Home"- Ken heads back home when he meets a professional car racer, and an architect, whom he saves by driving him to the hospital. All of this makes Ken question his own future as he arrives home in Cornwall at the end of the
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3- "Words are Wild Birds"- Ken learns about business from the owners of a roadside service station. He also learns about music and poetry from a lovely, travelling musician and her friend.
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9- "Remember All the Things We Were Going to Do?"- Ken heads to Niagara Falls to meet his childhood friend, who happens to have moved to Burlington, where he is raising a young family.
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4- "Playing the Angles"- Ken meets a smart, talkative fellow who shares insights on how to become successful. The two mistakenly attempt to catch two bank robbers at large.
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5- "It's My Country and You Better Believe It"- On Manitoulin Island Ken learns about its rich native history from a local girl and an elderly native man.
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11- "Never the Same Again"- The final program integrates Ken's adventures into a TV movie about his travels and his responsibility to others.
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8- "An Old Man With A Suitcase Full Of Books"- Ken gets a job picking tobacco and meets a drifter who teaches him a valuable lesson.
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1- "That’s a Nice Pair of Boots, Boy"- Ken meets a shopkeeper who accuses him of stealing a pair of boots.
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A webpage dedicated to the show as well as other classic TVOntario children's shows of the '70s and '80s
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6- "Just Talk to Us"- Ken witnesses the struggles between an immigrant construction owner and the union.
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Ten episodes were broadcast. Another was scripted but never filmed. Here are the titles for all eleven:
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2- "I'm Looking For Volunteers And You're It"- Ken is conscripted to help battle a forest fire.
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This article about a children's television show originating in Canada is a
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This article is about the Canadian TV Series. For the U.S. TV Series
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The Torkelsons
Educational
TVOntario
educational television
TVOntario
Cornwall, Ontario
Manitoba
Ontario
Michael Duhig
Kakabeka Falls, Ontario
Wawa, Ontario
Manitoulin Island
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Uxbridge, Ontario
Schomberg, Ontario
King City, Ontario
A webpage dedicated to the show as well as other classic TVOntario children's shows of the '70s and '80s
Internet Movie Database listing
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