List of Land and Sea episodes


The following is a list of episodes of the Canadian documentary series, Land and Sea, broadcast in Newfoundland and Labrador on CBC Television outlet CBNT-DT.
NOTE: This guide is a work in progress and changes will be made when more accurate information becomes available.

Season 14 (1977–1978) (Incomplete)

  1. "The Last Run"

Season 15 (1978–1979) (Incomplete)

  1. "The New Squid Salesman" Full Episode:
  2. "Cape Shore Songs and Stories" Full Episode:
  3. "The Clarenville Shipyard"

Season 16 (1979–1980) (Incomplete)

  1. "Herb Pittman" Full Episode:
  2. "The Mackerel Fishery" Full Episode:
  3. "Port aux Choix" Full Episode:

Season 17 (1980–1981) (Incomplete)

  1. "Martin Flynn"
  2. "Them Days" Part 1: Part 2:
  3. "Air Sea Rescues"
  4. "Change Islands"
  5. "Change Islands"

Season 18 (1981–1982) (Incomplete)

  1. "Troubled Waters" Full Episode:
  2. "A Trip to the Ice Fields"
  3. "Off to Boston"

Season 19 (1982–1983) (Incomplete)

  1. "Nordetor"
  2. "Centreville and Fair Island"
  3. "The Coates Family of Main Brook"
  4. "Silviculture"

Season 20 (1983–1984) (Incomplete)

  1. "Rennies River"
  2. "Baskets of Grass"
  3. "Talamh An Eisc: The Land of Fish"
  4. "A Question of Quality"

Season 21 (1984–1985) (Incomplete)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Monday nights.
  1. "Our Forest: Life or Death"
  2. "Mackerel: The Last Chance"
  3. "A Job's Cove Christmas"
  4. "West Coast Dairy"

Season 22 (1985–1986) (Incomplete)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Monday nights.
  1. "The Waiting Game"
  2. "Scallops: A Last Resort"
  3. "A Fortune Bay Christmas"
  4. "Winter Fishery Revisited"
  5. "Herring: A Revival"

Season 23 (1986–1987) (Incomplete)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Monday nights.
  1. "St. Pierre"
  2. "Fishing Along the French Shore"
  3. "Remembering This Land"
  4. "A Fortune Bay Christmas"
  5. "Peddling Fish the American Way"

Season 24 (1987–1988) (Incomplete)

  1. "The Turkey Farmer"

Season 25 (1988–1989) (Incomplete)

  1. "Trucking Industry"
  2. "Managing Our Moose"
  3. "Foley's New Boat"

Season 26 (1989–1990) (Incomplete)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Monday nights.
  1. "T&H Fishery of Cox's Cove"
  2. "Gaultois: The Waiting Game"
  3. "Twillingate Fishery"
  4. "Newfoundland Silvers"
  5. "Port aux Basques Winter Fishery"
  6. "Fish Farming"

Season 27 (1990–1991) (Incomplete)

  1. "Trouble at the Tip"
  2. "Rencontre East"
  3. "Soulie's Lost Mine"

Season 29 (1992–1993) (Incomplete)

  1. Last of the herd: Bison on Brunette Island

Season 30 (1994–1995) (Incomplete)

  1. "The Trouble with Beavers"
  2. "The Plant Workers of Charleston"
  3. "Last of the Lighthouse Keepers"

Season 33 (1997–1998) (Incomplete)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Monday nights.
  1. "Falabella Man"
  2. "Back on the Water"
  3. "Songs of the Irish Cape Shore"
  4. "The Mushauau Innu"
  5. "The Loss of the Myers III"
  6. "The Pig Farmer of Ferryland"
  7. "Silver Fox Island"
  8. "Becoming an Outdoors Woman"
  9. "Red Cliff Times"
  10. "In the Name of the Pine Marten"
  11. "Pine Marten Country"
  12. "Harry Martin's Labrador"
  13. "Labrador Road"
  14. "The Ashuanipi Reunion"
  15. "The Labrador Seal Hunt"

Season 34 (1998–1999)

  1. "The Labrador Seamstress"
  2. "Bog Farmers of Seal Cove"
  3. "Boston Seafood"
  4. "In the Name of the Pine Marten"
  5. "Mountain Bikers"
  6. "Once Upon a Christmas Time"
  7. "The Woodswoman"
  8. "Bringing Back the Lobsters"
  9. "A Private Issue"
  10. "Caribou Concerns"
  11. "Flying with Falcons"

Season 35 (1999–2000)

NOTE: Originally broadcast every second Friday night.
  1. "Land and Sea 25th Anniversary"
  2. "The Land of Cod and Copper"
  3. "Railway Walk"
  4. "The Perfect Storm"
  5. "The Perfect Storm"
  6. "Once Upon a Christmas Time"
  7. "A Fortune Bay Christmas"
  8. "Milking the Market"
  9. "The Food Fishery"
  10. "The Artist as a Fisherman"
  11. "If Wishes Were Horses"
  12. "A Labrador Homecoming"
  13. "The Unforgettable Fisherman"
  14. "The Alpacas of Port au Port"
  15. "The Mattea"
  16. "Adventure Kayaking"

Season 36 (2000–2001)

NOTE: Originally broadcast every Tuesday night.
  1. "Sabrina of St. Carol's"
  2. "A Picture of Exploits"
  3. "Jacky's Giants"
  4. "Cathi and Clayton"
  5. "The Bonds of Earth"
  6. "The Bonds of Earth"
  7. "Rideout's Recipe for Homegrown Retirement"
  8. "The Railway Ride"
  9. "The Last of the Carbonear Stationers"
  10. "Death of a Fisherman"
  11. "Changing Course"
  12. "Ray Lake, a Son of St. Lawrence"
  13. "A Thousand Flights and More"
  14. "From the Stump Up"

Season 37 (2001–2002)

NOTE: Originally broadcast every Tuesday then Monday night.
  1. "The Wonderful Grand Hikers"
  2. "An Ordinary Second"
  3. "The Greenspond Letter"
  4. "The Keeper of the Cape"
  5. "The Bee Charmers"
  6. "A Lifetime of Seasons"
  7. "Seven Days"
  8. "Quest for a Catamaran"
  9. "The Rangers"
  10. "O'Grady's Irish Pipes"
  11. "The Hero"
  12. "The Springdale Christmas Whales"
  13. "Musical Memories"

Season 38 (2002–2003)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Wednesday nights.
  1. "The Southern Reflections"
  2. "The Grand River"
  3. "The Wreck of the Florizel"
  4. "More Than Just a Pretty Place"
  5. "The White Fleet"
  6. "The Dust of His Ancestors"
  7. "The Ocean Traveller"
  8. "The Truth Lies in the Rocks"
  9. "A Harvest of Seals"
  10. "And Then There Was Light"
  11. "A Portrait of Lights"
  12. "The Gift"
  13. "Resettlement: A Look Back"
  14. "In Love with the Gander"
  15. "Counting Coyotes"
  16. "Fish Enough"

Season 39 (2003–2004)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Friday nights.
  1. "The Hugh Brothers"
  2. "It's a Life"
  3. "Their Story"
  4. "A Dream Come True"
  5. "Chatman's Bakery"
  6. "A Fortune Bay Christmas"
  7. "Twin Cities Seniors Most Excellent Adventure"
  8. "A Rare Breed"
  9. "Torn from the Sea"
  10. "A Story with a Hook"
  11. "Why They Stayed"
  12. "The Early Years"
  13. "The Peacemaker"
  14. "Built with Pride"
  15. "Seasons Remembered"

Season 40 (2004–2005)

NOTE: Originally broadcast every Friday night.
  1. "Our Story"
  2. "The Split Peas"
  3. "The Grey Islands' Eiders"
  4. "The Irish Loop"
  5. "Sole Survivor"
  6. "Sole Survivor"
  7. "The Farmer's Daughters"
  8. "The Parsons of Lethbridge"
  9. "Once Upon a Christmas Time"
  10. "A Fortune Bay Christmas"
  11. "The Snowshoe Man"
  12. "I Arose from the Woodlands"
  13. "The People of the Torngats"
  14. "The Northern Nurse"
  15. "The Northern Nurse"
  16. "Salt Water Music"
  17. "The Willing Lass"
  18. "From Wilderness to Wooddale"

Season 41 (2005–2006)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Monday nights.
  1. "The King of the Sheep"
  2. "Paddy Miller's House"
  3. "The Saltwater Boys"
  4. "A Fortune Bay Christmas"
  5. "Once Upon a Christmas Time"
  6. "Uncle Jim"
  7. "Leaving Home"
  8. "People Who Live by the Sea"
  9. "Root Cellar Pride"
  10. "Mining Memories"
  11. "An Animal's Best Friend"
  12. "The Valley of the Winds"
  13. "My Burgeo Home"
  14. "The Fruits of His Labour"

Season 42 (2006–2007)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Monday nights.
  1. "A Few Tunes, Between Friends"
  2. "A Family Affair"
  3. "Boys and Their Toys"
  4. "The Planters"
  5. "Labrador Diary"
  6. "My Highway, the Sea"
  7. "The Organ Master"
  8. "A Fortune Bay Christmas"
  9. "Wolf Dogs"
  10. "Lawrence of the Lake"
  11. "Music and Friends"
  12. "The Daughter Who Did"
  13. "Sunday Hunters"
  14. "Torn from the Labrador Sea"
  15. "St. John's Harbour"
  16. "The Cove of Love"
NOTE: "The Cove of Love" was to have aired on April 16 but an episode of Living Newfoundland and Labrador aired instead.

Season 43 (2007–2008)

NOTE: Originally broadcast on Monday nights.
  1. "The Traveling Pig Farmer"
  2. "Tony the Tailor"
  3. "Changing Change Islands"
  4. "Change Islands"
  5. "The Perfect Little Goat"
  6. "The Mighty Churchill"
  7. "The Tapestry of Conche"
  8. "Any Mummers Allowed In?"
  9. "Never Forgotten"
  10. "If It Looks Good, Shoot It"
  11. "From Fortune Bay to Lourdes"
  12. "Coaker"
  13. "Zita of Fogo Island"
  14. "Celie's Story"
  15. "Caught Out in a Storm"
  16. "Where Old Horses Go"

Season 44 (2008–2009)

NOTE: These episode titles are subject to change at any time prior to broadcast. Also, unless noted, new episodes are now produced in 16:9 widescreen.
  1. "The Edge of the Ice"
  2. "Ashes Island"
  3. "When I Was in the San"
  4. "The Horse Lady"
  5. "The Land of Fish"
  6. "All Around the Family"
  7. "A Man Called Muck"
  8. "Tracy Reid's Second Chance"
  9. "A Lot of Good Memories"
  10. "The Westport of Westports"
  11. "Newtown, the Way it Used to Be"
  12. "A Fisherman's Daughter"
  13. "The Crest of the Wave"
  14. "Dr. Jeon"
  15. "The Trouble with Whales"
  16. "The Cormiers of the Valley"
NOTE: "The Land of Fish" was broadcast nationally on the CBC series This Land in 1983 and in Newfoundland in early 1984. The first half featured Otto Tucker, whose ancestral roots found him in England's West Country; the second half featured Aloysius O'Brien and his Irish ancestral roots. Land and Sea aired Part 2 during this season. Part 1 aired during the following season.

Season 45 (2009–2010)

NOTE: Because of the expansion of CBC's hour-long local newscasts to 90 minutes, Land and Sea now airs separate feeds on Sunday afternoons at 12:00 pm. Episodes listed here will be Newfoundland and Labrador-based. Maritime-based episodes are not listed here. The new season started on October 18, 2009.
  1. "Wood or Nothing"
  2. "Politics of the Pelt"
  3. "Honouring Their Own"
  4. "The Land of Fish"
  5. "The Only Child"
  6. "Racing Forwards"
  7. "Gaby Gale"
  8. "The Garden of Mancel"
  9. "Pretty as a Pitcher"
  10. "The Finest of Firs"
  11. "What They'll Leave Behind"
  12. "Baskets of Grass"
  13. "Shades of the Past"
  14. "The Story of a Quarry"
  15. "Fried Squirrels and Beaver Tails"

Season 46 (2010–2011)

  1. The Time of Tunes
  2. Island of Peace
  3. Land and Sea Remembered, part two
  4. The Nobles
  5. Mistaken Mystique
  6. The Grenfell—an archival special
  7. Gone on the Track
  8. The Mi'kmaq Way
  9. True Blue
  10. The Squid Jiggin' Grounds—an Archival Special
  11. The Quahog Shuffle
  12. The Berry Belt
  13. The Fisheries Broadcast – an archival special
  14. Make It, Bake It or Grow It
  15. The Heart of Hagan's Hospitality
NOTE: "The Only Child" was supposed to air on November 15, with the subsequent episodes up to "Gaby Gale" intended to air a week before they actually did, but due to an error in Toronto, the dates were pushed back.

Season 47 (2011–2012)posted

  1. Dulcie's in the Store
  2. Eco-Fishery
  3. The Car Buffs of the Bay
  4. Moose River Disaster
  5. Resettlers Remember – the Fair Island Story
  6. Sharks
  7. The St. John's Farmers' Market
  8. Schooners
  9. The Igor Quilts
  10. Cape Breton Fiddles
  11. The Mummer Man
  12. Young Farmers
  13. Escape from the Cape
  14. Sardines
  15. Bill Kelly
  16. Harness Racing
  17. Southern Shore Sri Lankans
  18. Rum Running
  19. Feel Free to Sit
  20. Pirates and Privateers
  21. Rabinowitz Organic Farm
  22. Last of Their Kind
  23. What My Eyes Have Seen
  24. Clara Oliver
  25. Titanic – a Legacy of Safety

Season 48 (2012–2013)

  1. The One and Only Celie
  2. Saving Louisbourg
  3. The Women Who Crossed an Ocean
  4. The Mi'kmaq Journey
  5. The Shepherd
  6. Maritime Pickers
  7. Lynda's Life
  8. Sable Island
  9. Chef Jeremy
  10. Shipbuilding in the Maritimes
  11. One Last Schooner
  12. Saving Louisbourg
  13. The Mummer Man
  14. Tuna Fishery
  15. Whale Rescue
  16. The Sky's the Limit
  17. Lobster Collapse
  18. Patersons' Rural Resolve
  19. Nova Scotia Islands
  20. Frank and Mary
  21. Maritime Forestry
  22. Hunting the Hunter
  23. Wild at Heart
  24. Merasheen Magic
  25. Wool Whisperers
  26. Sea Junk