Little House on the Prairie but make it Scottish and slightly more miserable.
Season 2 • Episode 12
LatestA travelling fiddler stops by the Campbell farm. James notices the man has a serious health condition. Emma's curiousity leads her to finding out about his condition.
The Campbells was a Scottish-Canadian television drama series, which aired on Scottish Television and CTV from 1986 to 1990. A historical family drama, the series starred Malcolm Stoddard as James Campbell, a Scottish doctor living in 1830s Upper Canada with his three children, Neil, Emma and John.
Production
Surprisingly authentic 1830s Upper Canada sets on a TV budget.
Acting
Cedric Smith's Thomas Sims: the grumpy neighbor you love to hate.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series was a rare co-production between Scottish Television and Canada's CTV, filmed in Ontario but written largely by UK writers—explaining the slightly confused colonial perspective.
The Campbells arrived during a wave of 1980s heritage television, when networks realized Baby Boomers would watch literally anything with bonnets and hardship.
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