''Minnow on the Say'' is a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
children's adventure television series which aired on
CBC Television in 1960. It is based on the 1955
novel of the same title by
Philippa Pearce
Ann Philippa Pearce OBE (22 January 1920 – 21 December 2006) was an English author of children's books. Best known of them is the time-slip novel ''Tom's Midnight Garden'', which won the 1958 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, as ...
, who later wrote the classic ''
Tom's Midnight Garden
''Tom's Midnight Garden'' is a children's fantasy novel by Philippa Pearce. It was first published in 1958 by Oxford University Press with illustrations by Susan Einzig. It has been reissued in print many times and also adapted for radio, tele ...
''. (Her first novel was adapted for British television in 1972, as ''Treasure over the Water''.)
Premise
This Vancouver-produced dramatic series featured two boys and their canoe, ''The Minnow'', as they seek treasure along the Sayfor River. The treasure was buried in 1588 by an ancestor of the boys. Peter Statner adapted the story for broadcast.
Scheduling
15-minute episodes were broadcast on Fridays at 5:00 p.m. from 1 April to 24 June 1960.
References
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CBC Television original programming
1960 Canadian television series debuts
1960 Canadian television series endings
1960s Canadian children's television series
Black-and-white Canadian television shows
Canadian television shows based on children's books
Television shows based on British novels
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