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The Campbells — Storyline

The Campbells was a Scottish-Canadian television drama series, which aired on Scottish Television and CTV from 1986 to 1990. A historical family drama, the series starred Malcolm Stoddard as James Campbell, a Scottish doctor living in 1830s Upper Canada with his three children, Neil, Emma and John.

Cast & Crew

• Starring: Cedric Smith, Malcolm Stoddard, John Wildman, Amber Lea Weston, Eric Edwards

The Campbells — Series Details

The Campbells — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: A Magic Medicine (1986-04-27) — The first half of the pilot episode which takes place during the land clearings in Scotland in 1833. In it, Dr. James Campbell treats his patrons son after he falls off a horse an
• E2: A Great Decision (1986-05-04) — The second half of the pilot episode. The laird's son dies after James' treatment is sabotaged. The family decide to buy land in Canada.
• E3: First Day (1986-05-11) — The first episode in Canada. The family awkwardly arrive to their new homestead to find the living conditions much less than they expected and a hostile neighbor, Captain Sims.
• E4: The Haunting (1986-05-25) — Getting adjusted to their new home, a superstitious neighbor, Mary, comes to help Emma with the housework. Emma finds her company tedious and schemes to scare her off. James and
• E5: 75 Miles from Nowhere (1986-09-21) — Neil befriends a woodsman and brings him home with him only to find that he's a dangerous fugitive. While being treated for a wound by James, he finds out that they have an outlaw
• E6: The Visitors* (1986-05-18) — John and Emma encounter an Iroquois woman who helps save Emma after she is bitten by a snake. While playing along a stream bed John unwittingly destroys a native religious tribute
• E7: A Real Lady* (1986-06-08) — A noblewoman takes refuge with the Campbells after she changes her mind about accepting the proposal of a suitor. Lady Caroline had been writing to a prospective suitor while in En
• E8: Treasures of Jean Lafitte (1986-09-07) — James is given a model ship as payment for his services. The patient was a crew member with French pirate Jean Lafitte. When he gets it home John notices that there is a map and i
• E9: Gift Horse (1986-06-01) — Will Forester gives James a found horse in payment for delivering his son. Emma becomes very attached to the horse only to have the original owner reappear and claim it stolen. E
• E10: Vendetta* (1986-10-12) — Captain Sims is challenged to a duel in response to events in his military career. James must mediate to prevent bloodshed. After recieving the challenge, Sims sends Harriet and
• E11: To Love and Protect* (1986-08-17) — A body is found on the Campbell property and James play detective to find out who is responsible. The two suspects are the brother and the fiance of the victim who are now both pl
• E12: Heaven Sent (1986-08-03) — Emma helps James deliver a baby.
• E13: Rites of Passage (1986-06-15) — Neil participates in a boxing match against the wishes of James and must face fellow contestant, the brawny Ox. Neil and Ox conclude that a friendship is more important than a box
• E14: Pig at large (1986-08-10) — The Campbell pig roams until Sims claims it as his own on a legal technicality.
• E15: Autumn and Smoke, Part 1 (1986-07-06) — This is a one hour episode split into two half hour parts. In it James gets caught up in an Iroquois blood fued. Murderers give James stolen Iroquois goods and leads the tribe to
• E16: Autumn and Smoke, Part 2 (1986-07-13) — James prepares himself to be handed over to the Iroquois in exchange for his son.
• E17: Burning Cures* (1986-06-22) — The Campbells deal with approach the coming winter with too many pumpkins and not enough cash.
• E18: Harvest Gold (1986-07-20) — The Campbells must clear a track of their land before a deadline or risk losing it. John and Emma get skunked.
• E19: Free and Clear (1986-08-24) — The Campbells must clear a track of their land before a deadline or risk losing it. Sims taunts them. John and Emma get sprained by a skunk and must stay in the barn. Rebecca, who
• E20: Declarations of Independence — Emma finds a lone gypsy child and takes her home with her only to realize that she may be carrying cholera.
• E21: Child of Fortune (1986-09-14) — Emma finds a lone gypsy child and takes her home with her only to realize that she may be carrying cholera…actually it's just a puppet. James and Neil find a dead man and suspec
• E22: End of the River (1986-10-19) — A woman flees backwoods justice in Ohio and settles temporarily at Logan's inn.

Season 2

• E1: Eye for an Eye (1988-06-29) — The townswomen give Pat, the blacksmith, a makeover before his bride arrives to meet him.
• E2: A Blessing in Disguise (1988-06-05) — With Neil's help, a local boy reaches beyond his father's expectations.
• E3: Of Fathers and Sons (1988-06-12) — A poorly kept indentured servant boy finds safe haven with the Campbells.
• E4: The Runaway (1988-06-19) — A poorly kept indentured servant finds a safe haven with the Campbells. John finds a weakened boy on the property and find he's a runaway. When James discovers the conditions und
• E5: Judgement from the Heart (1988-06-26) — John befriends a stray dog that local farmers think is killing livestock. John thinks the dog is innocent but no one believes him.
• E6: Unwelcomed Suitor — A young lieutenant visits the Sims and asks for Sims' blessing to marry Rebecca, which he gives, against her wishes. Neil gets jealous when he sees that Sims views him as unsuitab
• E7: Woman's Work (1988-07-10) — Emma is frustrated with her role on the farm. Neil is frustrated with Emma. James is frustrated with Neil and John is just bored. As James and Neil are clearing land a stranger
• E8: Bingham's Gold (1988-07-17) — Mary's lost love returns to marry her. She's still in love with him and is willing. What she doesn't know is that he's a military deserter who just robbed a coach. When the law
• E9: Star Light, Star Bright (1988-07-24) — Sims wants to start a militia in the area. Neil joins, dispite James objection, of course.
• E10: The Last Time Around* (1988-07-31) — A man seeking revenge for events that happened in Scotland, persues James.
• E11: The Rifle Company (1988-08-07) — Sims wants to start a militia in the area. Neil feels he must to join to show he is not a coward, against James' objections.
• E12: The Sins of the Father* (1989-05-14) — A travelling fiddler stops by the Campbell farm. James notices the man has a serious health condition. Emma's curiousity leads her to finding out about his condition.
• E13: The Last Performance* — James enjoys an affair with a beautiful actress. Emma tries to imitate her. James saves traveling actress Rachel as her coach becomes stranded in town for a few days. While she's
• E14: The Sweetest Song — A traveling fiddler stops by the Campbell farm. James notices the man has a serious health condition. Emma's curiousity leads her to find out about the condition and cause troubl
• E15: Blinded by Love — Rebecca's cousin comes to visit and comes to suspect that she's fallen in love with Neil. It's really Neil who likes her. The cousin Amanda, has been sent to her uncle, Thomas Si
• E16: Desperate Remedy — Harriet comes back from a visit with her family to find that she's been exposed to smallpox. With no vaccine available in the area, James must set out to make his own. Meanwhile,
• E17: Dr. Colt of Calcutta — The Campbells cross paths with the inventor of the repeating revolver.
• E18: A Matter of Distinction — Sims announces the annual horserace and gets Neil interested. The race gives Sims a chance to challenge himself and not fell he's getting old. When Neil must bow out of the race,
• E19: Kith and Kin — The family help a man settle in the community. A black baby is mysteriously left at the Campbells doorstep. When the grandfather comes to claim the child, the family hear of his
• E20: Living Legends — Charlatans claiming to be decendents of Daniel Boone steal from area neighbors. Emma thinks one of them is cute and doesn't want to believe it. When she and John confirm the trut
• E21: Room at the Inn — Mattie skips town and leaves Logan's Inn without a keeper. Sims searches for a replacement but can only find Mary to whom her reluctantly gives the responsibility. James takes Jo
• E22: The Legacy — A female trapper, Molly, passes through the area. Emma tries to play matchmaker attempting to bring James and this woman of dubious legacy together, but he isn't interested. Moll
• E23: Miss Quincy — Lady Caroline from the episode A Real Lady return to become a school teacher. ""Miss Quincy"" arrives for the first day of school. James and Sims are unaware that she is really L
• E24: Cabin Fever — Rebecca and Emma attempt an outing only to encounter a disturbed hermit. Emma is spending to much time stuck inside the cabin with her brothers and father and tempers are rising.
• E25: The Siege — An angry band of Iroquois surround the farm when James takes in an injured member of their group. Emma finds an injured Iroquois in the barn. They bring him inside to tend to his
• E26: Rough Justice — A fugitive saves Neil's life and Neil must do the same for him. Neil falls through the ice while hunting and is fished out by an injured stranger who turns out to be a killer. N
• E27: Mr. Stevenson — Sims hosts an impostor he thinks is an influential politician.
• E28: Homeward Bound — James must return to Scotland to help his brother-in-law.
• E29: The Sentence of the Court — James must help his brother-in-law when he is accused of a crime he didn't commit. James finds his brother-in-law, Andrew in jail after a constable drops dead while they were argu
• E30: Lady Helen's Love — Preparing to return home, James witnesses a confrontation that results Lady Helen falling unconscious. He's ordered to stay and see to her recovery. The rich and influential woma

Season 3

• E1: Partners — Mrs. Logan shows up to run the inn. A widowed woman and her small son show up to claim ownership of the inn. Sims and James also have claim to part of the property. James decide
• E2: Stand and Deliver — Harriet is kidnapped and Neil gets the first taste of being a constable. Harriet is taken hostage while on a coach back from a trip. Neil and the local constable are on the outla
• E3: Gateway to the World — Neil and Sims decide to start a transport company with undesired results. In partnership with Sims, Neil builds a raft to transport goods in response to price hikes. While on the
• E4: And in the Spring — Neil falls in love with Christine.
• E5: Dreams Stay with You — Neil finds out that Christine was promised to another man and breaks off their engagement before letting her explain. After thinking it over, he goes back to her and they marry.
• E6: Peter was a Saint — A boy comes to stay with the Campbells saying he's James' nephew but really he's a thief looking to mend his ways. James thinks his nephew has come to live with him and pick up a
• E7: Face of a Stranger — A mysterious stranger is thought to be a witch when horses in the area start having fits. James examines dead and sick horses in the area but doesn't know what's causing the probl
• E8: When the Bough Breaks — A baby is left with the Sims. Harriet and Rebecca want to keep him but Sims wants to give him to an orphanage…or does he? An area widower leaves his baby with the Sims househo
• E9: The Eyes of Angels — Looking for adventure, John runs away with a couple of escapees from a Southern Plantation.
• E10: The Reluctant Candidate — James and Sims run for office.
• E11: Something's Rotten — A pair of traveling actors offer to set up a production of Hamlet with area residents to raise money to help out a neighbor. They are really out to get the tax money for themselve
• E12: Fortunes of War — A new resident is accused of cowardace by Sims.
• E13: Miles to Go* — James fulfills a dying womans wish to find her son's father. Maria Brant is dying of tuberculosis and must find her teenage son's father that she hasn't seen in 15 years, so he'll
• E14: Welcome Strangers — John finds a buffalo and Emma has her first published article.
• E15: The Dragonslayers — John and Thomas help an abused servant escape her master.
• E16: Back to School — James tries to reopen school but has trouble finding a teacher. Eventually he settles for Rebecca. Sims takes a while to get used to the idea.
• E17: A Proposal of Marriage* — An old friend of James' arrives from Scotland to become a reverend. Emma misinterprets his intentions as a proposal of marriage. Emma hears James and the reverend talking and bel
• E18: The Raid — Irish rebels take Sims hostage.
• E19: Bird of Paradise* — James falls in love with an artist who's producing a collection of bird paintings. She betrays him.
• E20: Mirrors of the Soul — After nearly drowning, James is rescued by a small band of Ojibwa and comes between two men and the woman they love. James is taken in by a group of Ojibwa after a fall. A trader
• E21: Live By the Sword* — Sims sets up a fencing competition but it's James who shines. Sims invites an elderly fencing champion for an exposition and offers to teach John to fence, but James refuses to l
• E22: A Time for Goodbyes — James wants to accept a job offer at a Toronto hosptial. Sims' sister Margaret comes to visit.
• E23: The Firebrand — James is caught in the middle when Reformer McKenzie confronts Tory Sims.
• E24: Comfort and Joy* — The family prepares for Christmas setting up a tree and to Emma and John's dismay James plans to make haggis. A fire damages the Sims' home and when they can't find anywhere else
• E25: Old Ways and New (1990-03-04) — Emma accompanies James when he returns to Scotland to present lectures at Edinburgh University. James meets with antagonism from some of the old-timers at the school while Emma tr
• E26: The Truth Will Out — Emma's affection for her friend Fraser grows and she considers staying in Scotland but her newly published stories stir too much controversy.

Season 4

• E1: Becky — Emma encounters a demented soldier.
• E2: See No Evil — The Campbells set out for a brief holiday when Emma become witness to a robbery and remembers the killer.
• E3: The Shiners* — A trio terrorizes the community. The drifters trespass on Campbells land and take lumber and refuse to leave. Sims hesitates to take action. James stands up to them as tensions
• E4: Many Happy Returns — Neil returns from Baltimore in time for James' birthday. A fugitive follows him home.
• E5: The Sky's the Limit — Sims purchases a hot air ballon only to find it's stolen.
• E6: A Medal for Valour — Emma and Rebecca come to the rescue of an imperiled veteran.
• E7: The Elusive Mr. Smith — Thomas is charmed by a criminal.
• E8: The Hunting Party — Neil joins an Englishman on a hunt.
• E9: Souls of Like Mind — A father and son disappear and turn up murdered. Neil investigates and between he and John, they bring the culprit to justice. James decides to stay in bed to get some time to hims
• E10: A Man of Means — John falls in love. Sims gives him advice on how to win the girl over. He ends up showing his worthiness to the whole community.
• E11: The Miller's Son — Emma reaches out to a boy with Down's Syndrome.
• E12: Down to the Sea — The Campbells help an abused and mentally disturbed woman.
• E13: Duty Bound — A fugitive man and wife take Pat hostage. Neil pursues them.
• E14: Anniversary Waltz — In preparation for their anniversary Sims gives Harriet a piano. However, he becomes distracted when James offers to help Rebecca by digging the school well and everyone comes to
• E15: Disguises — Emma dresses like a man so she can freely roam the countryside but she gets into trouble anyway.
• E16: The Fine Art of Horsetrading — James gives Neil very bad guidance when Neil sets out to buy horses.
• E17: Boy's Brigade — Neil and John are robbed by orphans on the road.
• E18: Ancient Wounds* — A resentful woman from Sims' past claims to be his jilted fiance. Harriet throws Sims out of the house at precisely the time Rebecca is due for evaluation as a teacher. With Sims
• E19: From Chimborazo to Canton* — An eccentric intellectual visits with an increasingly depressed James.
• E20: Flying the Coop — The women of the community get irrational as Thanksgiving Day approaches…or maybe it has to do with the visit from Sims' sister Margaret.
• E21: Bringing Up Thomas — Emma and John temporarily leave James to take care of Thomas at the inn when his mother leaves on a trip.
• E22: Tales of the Canadas — Emma recalls the family's past adventures. The farewell episode.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does The Campbells have? 4 season(s) with 100 episodes.

Where can I watch The Campbells? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.