The Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim

Aug 01, 1975 (en) Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama [0] Min
  • First Air Date
    Aug 01, 1975
  • Production
    Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA)
  • Rotten tomato
    60%
  • Original title
    The Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim
  • Release
    Aug 01, 1975
  • en
    -

Overview

The Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim was a children's television serial consisting of ten 15 minute installments which originally aired in 1975 on Canada's TVOntario and was rerun countless times afterward over the next decade on TVO as well as on other Canadian educational channels and PBS. The title character is a shoeshine boy who travels back 100 years in time by means of a magic trunk and meets Zachariah Gibson, a travelling salesman and showman who peddles elixers and tonics. Episodes are based on the pair's travels between the worlds of the 1875 and 1975. Both characters face challenges in their respective times - Timothy is an orphan who squats in an abandoned warehouse and makes a living shining shoes and doing odd jobs at a neighbourhood diner owned by Wilma. Zachariah Gibson is a travelling salesman who sells medicinal cure-all elixirs of dubious quality out of his wagon. The two form an unlikely bond across time that teaches Zachariah the value of friendship.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Jeremy Pollock

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Joey Davidson

    Timothy Pilgrim

  2. David Hemblen

    Zachariah Gibson

  3. Paul Culliton

    Barney

  4. Jack Mather

    Ol' Coop

  5. Arlene Meadows

    Wilma

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 5 / Crews : 6

Season 1 ( 1975-08-01)

The title character is a shoeshine boy who travels back 100 years in time by means of a magic trunk and meets Zachariah Gibson, a travelling salesman and showman who peddles elixers and tonics. Episodes are based on the pair's travels between the worlds of the 1875 and 1975. Both characters face challenges in their respective times - Timothy is an orphan who squats in an abandoned warehouse and makes a living shining shoes and doing odd jobs at a neighbourhood diner owned by Wilma. Zachariah Gibson is a travelling salesman who sells medicinal cure-all elixirs of dubious quality out of his wagon. The two form an unlikely bond across time that teaches Zachariah the value of friendship.

Zachariah Gibson's Magic Trunk

Episode: 1

Escape to the Future

Episode: 2

Past Meets Present

Episode: 3

The Missing Half-Penny

Episode: 4

Trapped in the Past

Episode: 5

A Thief at Large

Episode: 6

The Escaped Prisoner

Episode: 7

Zachariah's Pioneer Remedy

Episode: 8

Did Barney Do It?

Episode: 9

Returning Home

Episode: 10
Aug 01, 1975 (en)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
[0] Min
  • First Air Date Aug 01, 1975
  • Production
    Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA)
  • Rotten tomato 60%
Original Title The Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim
en

Overview

The Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim was a children's television serial consisting of ten 15 minute installments which originally aired in 1975 on Canada's TVOntario and was rerun countless times afterward over the next decade on TVO as well as on other Canadian educational channels and PBS. The title character is a shoeshine boy who travels back 100 years in time by means of a magic trunk and meets Zachariah Gibson, a travelling salesman and showman who peddles elixers and tonics. Episodes are based on the pair's travels between the worlds of the 1875 and 1975. Both characters face challenges in their respective times - Timothy is an orphan who squats in an abandoned warehouse and makes a living shining shoes and doing odd jobs at a neighbourhood diner owned by Wilma. Zachariah Gibson is a travelling salesman who sells medicinal cure-all elixirs of dubious quality out of his wagon. The two form an unlikely bond across time that teaches Zachariah the value of friendship.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Jeremy Pollock

    Producer