Wind at My Back

Overview

A recently widowed mother loses her children to a cold mother-in-law in Ontario during the Great Depression of the 1930s. 

Based loosely on the books "Never Sleep Three in a Bed" and "The Night We Stole the Mounties’ Car" by Max Braithwaite

Episodes

S01E01 Four Walls and a Roof (1)

December 1, 1996 60 min
Financial hardships of the Great Depression hit Honey Bailey and her family, changing the life they had known.

S01E02 Four Walls and a Roof (2)

December 1, 1996 60 min
May struggles to handle the boys, especially a defiant Hub, who resolves to get he and his brother back to their mother. In North Bridge, Honey looks for work.

S01E03 No Way of Telling

December 8, 1996 10.0 60 min
Honey's brother disappears with her savings. Meanwhile, the boys search for clues to a bank robbery.

S01E04 A Family of Independent Means

December 15, 1996 60 min
Honey is fired and cannot find another job. Meanwhile, Hub and Fat try to earn money.

S01E05 My Dog Pal

December 22, 1996 60 min
Hub and Fat earn money taking care of a dog.

S01E06 Something From Nothing

January 5, 1997 60 min
Uncle Bob gets Hub a job on weekends at a local farm and Fat manages to win a small part in a local Chautaugua show. Meanwhile, when Honey loses everything and is forced inot a...

S01E07 Moonshine Struck

January 12, 1997 60 min
While adapting to life with her mother-in-law and coping with her new job, Honey becomes attracted to a charming, but self-centred, local policeman.

S01E08 Train To Nowhere

January 19, 1997 60 min
Honey and Grace help Max adapt one of his unsold radio plays for the local drama society, only to see it consume Aunt Toppy's life.

S01E09 Aunt Grace's Wedding

January 26, 1997 60 min
Complications and a disapproving May threaten Grace's secret plans to attend an out-of-town wedding with Judd.

S01E10 No Place Like Home

February 2, 1997 60 min
Trouble ensues when Uncle Joe makes a surprise visit to New Bedford; Honey and the boys continue their battle to bring baby Violet home.

S01E11 Chasing Rainbows

February 9, 1997 60 min
The boys concoct some hair-brained schemes to raise money for Honey's birthday present; May gets into hot water when fundraising proceeds go missing.

S01E12 Moving Mountains

February 16, 1997 60 min
Hub has trouble with school and gets involved with a bad crowd.

S01E13 Back In My Arms Again

February 23, 1997 60 min
With Honey away at a hairdressing course, Fat learns that Matilda and Hugh plan to leave the country with Violet.

Cast

Shirley Douglas
Shirley Douglas
Tyrone Savage
Tyrone Savage
Daniel Pilon
Daniel Pilon
Cynthia Belliveau
Craig Eldridge
Craig Eldridge
Charmion King
Carl Marotte
Carl Marotte
Dylan Provencher
Robin Craig
Toppy Bailey
Ron Lea
Ron Lea
Ken James
Ken James
Kathryn Greenwood
Kathryn Greenwood
Grace Bailey

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