''Minnow on the Say'' is a

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children's adventure television series which aired on

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in 1960. It is based on the 1955 novel of the same title by

Philippa Pearce Ann Philippa Pearce OBE FRSL (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 Associati ...

, who later wrote the classic '' Tom's Midnight Garden''. (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.

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