Wind at My Back (1996)
Synopsis
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
Network
CBC Television
Episodes
Four Walls and a Roof (1)
Financial hardships of the Great Depression hit Honey Bailey and her family, changing the life they had known.
Four Walls and a Roof (2)
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.
No Way of Telling
Honey's brother disappears with her savings. Meanwhile, the boys search for clues to a bank robbery.
A Family of Independent Means
Honey is fired and cannot find another job. Meanwhile, Hub and Fat try to earn money.
My Dog Pal
Hub and Fat earn money taking care of a dog.
Something From Nothing
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 charity mission, Aunt Grace intervenes and May Bailey finally agrees that her duaghter-in-law may return.
Moonshine Struck
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.
Train To Nowhere
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.
Aunt Grace's Wedding
Complications and a disapproving May threaten Grace's secret plans to attend an out-of-town wedding with Judd.
No Place Like Home
Trouble ensues when Uncle Joe makes a surprise visit to New Bedford; Honey and the boys continue their battle to bring baby Violet home.
Chasing Rainbows
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.
Moving Mountains
Hub has trouble with school and gets involved with a bad crowd.
Back In My Arms Again
With Honey away at a hairdressing course, Fat learns that Matilda and Hugh plan to leave the country with Violet.
Cast
Details
Original Title
Wind at My Back
Status
Ended
Seasons
5
Episodes
65