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The Campbells

1986–1990 · 4 seasons

A gentle, old-fashioned frontier drama about a widowed doctor raising his children, earnest and wholesome but with a bit more grit than its prairie predecessors.

Genres
Drama
Overview
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.
How it feels
Measured and easy to follow.
About
Family, parenthood, survival, healing
Content
Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    period
    Audience
    family
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight5

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    George Bloomfield, Joseph L. Scanlan, Peter Rowe, Timothy Bond
    Written by
    Allan Prior, Julia Jones
    Starring
    Cedric Smith, Malcolm Stoddard, John Wildman, Amber Lea Weston, Eric Edwards, Geraint Wyn Davies, J. Winston Carroll, John Tench
    Length
    4 seasons, 100 episodes, 30 min each
    Network
    ITV1, CTV
    Country
    Canada
    Languages
    English, French

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