The Beachcombers

  • Rank #
  • Premiered: Oct 1972
  • Episodes: 321
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • CBC
  • Unknown
  • Adventure Comedy Drama

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Season 8
8x1
Songwriters
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 16, 1979
Guest star Rene Simard is the focus of attention when Nick and Jesse pursue the vacationing singer up and down the Sunshine coast, determined to sell him a song and become instant celebrities
8x2
Nick's Place
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 23, 1979
Nick embarks on a high flying scheme to convert a crumbling slum into Gibsons first after hours coffee house... and discovers that Relic is his landlord
8x3
Nobody's Boy
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 30, 1979
Relic meets his match in a twelve year old tough named Pat O'Gorman. Young Pat seems destined for the wrong side of the lay until Nick and Molly intervene.
8x4
Boom
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 14, 1979
A stolen boom of logs is the hotly contested prize for which Relic, McLoskey, Nick and Ceece Neville compete. A comedy of misunderstandings with a truly 'explosive' ending.
8x5
The Singing Death Man
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 28, 1979
A collector engages Relic and McLoskey to rob the Seahost graveyard, but they arouse a guardian spirit, the Singing Death Man, who takes fearful revenge against Relic. Chief Moses offers .. show full overview
8x6
Sunblind
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 04, 1979
Relic accuses Nick of getting soft. Attempting to refute the accusation, Nick ends up adrift on a log and blind. His efforts to find his way back to safety forms the substance of this perilous adventure.
8x7
Cargo of Doom
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 11, 1979
Relic and McLoskey con Nick and Jesse into transporting a cargo of volatile dynamite. A sudden storm threatens to blow the Persephone to smithereens, with all hands aboard.
8x8
A Fool and His Money
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 18, 1979
Two old prospectors lead Nick, Jesse and Pat O'Gorman a merry chase for several thousand dollars worth of hotly contested highgrade gold ore
8x9
Up The Creek
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 25, 1979
Both Nick and Relic, are injured in the bush, and there's no one but little Sara to tend their wounds, try to get them out and fend off a marauding bear. Guests: Gibsons' 1st and 2nd Brownie Pack
8x10
Participaction
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 02, 1979
To help Molly lose weight, Nick and the rest of the family go on a fitness kick which Relic does his utmost to sabotage - with devastating results to himself
8x11
Wheeler Dealer
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 09, 1979
A dangerous accident aboard Persephone and a near-fatal fire are among the consequences when Pat O'Gorman sets out to make a fast buck - using money that doesn't belong to him.
8x12
Manhunt
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 16, 1979
Constable John leads Nick on a calamitous search for a non-existant arsonist. The Constable's dedication to duty is only exceeded by his ruinous ill luck
8x13
Skyhook
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 23, 1979
Young Pat O'Gorman dreams of becoming a flier. His dreams become nightmares when he finds himself airborne in a Cessna 185 - with Ol' Relic sharing the dual controls. Nick and the Cessna's pilot must try and bring them safely back down
8x14
The Lovely Miss Peachum
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 06, 1980
Do you believe Relic is in love? Neither do Nick and Molly but they have a tough time uncovering the hidden motives behind his blundering but determined courtship of the spinster schoolmarm, Gladys Peachum.
8x15
Mystery at Plunket Island
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 13, 1980
A famous authoress involves Nick in some hair raising hi-jinks as she works out the plot of her next best seller/
8x16
The Scent of Juniper
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 20, 1980
Jesse Jim falls in love with a frightened young Indian girl who has retreated from reality after being victimized by a gang of young toughs. Nick and Jesse attempt to help the girl - but .. show full overview
8x17
Boatnappers
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 27, 1980
A pair of extortionists meet their match when they 'kidnap' Persephone and the Jet Boat and demand exorbitant ransom money from Nick and Relic.
8x18
Ace
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 03, 1980
Margaret battles 'the heartbreak of cellulitis' and the charms of her rival Lola Cross to win the heart of a no-account bum named Ace, who thinks he's 1980's answer to Elvis Presley.
8x19
Mercy Flight
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 10, 1980
Alone in the bush, Sadie has an accident while trapping, Nick and Molly's well intentioned efforts to fly Sadie out for medical help form the basis for a hair-raising adventure
8x20 Season finale
Windsurfer
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 17, 1980
A romantic interest develops between Margaret and her friend, Hans, who is teaching her to windsurf.

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