Adventures in Rainbow Country

After about 30 years I still remember some of the episodes and most of all the wonderful landscape of Ontario where it was filmed.

Maybe there are others like Dave Rowland, who know the contents better having it on tape, but I remember loving every single minute despite the fact it was low budget and possibly not an exiting story.

After 27 years of waiting to see al this I finally got into Whitefish Falls, and it feeled like the end of a long journey for me. This TV series founded a love for Canada I will surely not loose as long as I live!

For 35 years I thought this show was based in the interior of BC and filmed on the coast. Interesting to find out that I was wrong. Sure looks like the BC coast though.

I remember this show from my youth and thought it was OK. I didn't mind watching it, which means that for a Canadian show it must've been pretty good. I haven't seen any episodes in the past 30 some odd years but today I stumbled across it on a digital channel so I sat down to revisit a bit of my youth. Storyline was very familiar and I enjoyed reliving my youth by watching the episode. While I was glad to see the show survived it was unfortunate that the media that the show was recorded on (film?) hasn't stood the test of time very well. I've seen colour film from the 40's in better shape.

Short-lived but good for its time.

The Beachcombers was the one set in B.C. and much more successful and enduring, staring the unforgettable Bruno Gerussi and Robert Clothier.

Easy to get these two shows confused, especially if you watched them as a child.

I caught one episode and watched it with interest since as a Canadian it is rare to find old Canadian shows since they rarely make it to vhs tape and DVD. (Still trying to find the first 3 or 4 seasons of the Beachcomers.) This show is supposed to be set in Canada, but aside from Lois Maxwell who does have a real Canadian accent here, my jaw dropped as the young blond actor who played Billy came on the screen. He spoke with such a cockney British accent that I thought I was listening to Eliza Doolitle from 'My Fair Lady'. And then next comes the actor who played Roger, and I swear if you close your eyes you would think this guy sounds more like John Lennon speaking in an interview than John Lennon himself sounded! Just wow. Canadians don't sound like that. What on earth were the Canadian casting directors thinking back then?

We just watched an episode of this show aired in Australia for the first time some 47 years after is production. Worse than Skippy. Can see why the production team disbanded before CBC reordered new episodes. Thumbs down. It should have been left in the can. I have to write ten lines but have to admit I'm struggling terribly here. The acting was typical of the late 60's but below standard of say I dream of jeannie which has stood the test of time. This was like Watching Thunderbirds in the wild with the story level of the same Quality. Alright since I have to fill ten lines I will actually say at this point the show was dreadful and should not go to air again.