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
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
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.