Pit Pony

tv-g

26 episodes

drama, family

1999

tv-g

26 episodes

drama, family

1999

The story of a struggling family in a small coastal mining town....

Starring Alex Wrathell, Jennie Raymond, Elliot Page

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Pit Pony

tv-g

26 episodes

drama, family

1999

tv-g

26 episodes

drama, family

1999

The story of a struggling family in a small coastal mining town....

Starring Alex Wrathell, Jennie Raymond, Elliot Page

Ad-free streaming
Limited time special offer

Starting at

$5.99/mo

Cancel Anytime

Start watching now

26 Episodes

SERIES INFO

23m

Nellie wrestles with a tough decision after Ned lands a position on the mine face with higher pay and risk. Mrs. MacTavish tells Nellie a cautionary tale about a woman whose husband was kil...

23m

When wealthy Aunt Rose visits the MacLean family to attend Nellie's wedding, she makes no secret about her distaste for minors and her low expectation for Nellie's future happiness.

23m

Ned tries to rally the other workers in the mine to confront their bosses about the poor safety conditions. In the meantime, Spider dares Willie, Mollie and Angus to spend the night inside ...

23m

A funeral is held for Allen, who perished in a mining accident that nearly claimed Ned's life as well. Ned wants the mine shut down completely for repairs, but Mr. Crowe is only willing to c...

23m

After tensions come to a head between Ned and Mr. Frawley, Ned is fired and Aunt Rose offers to take the children back to Halifax. However Nellie and Willie refuse to leave town, and Willie...

23m

Aunt Rose grabs the attentions of a suitor by the name of John Scottie MacNeil, who happens to be a famous traveling violinist. When the townspeople learn, the MacLean family gets the cold shoulder.

23m

When Willie spots what he believes to be a ghost pirate ship, he enlists Mollie and Angus to help him hunt for buried treasure. However, Spider stumbles upon the cursed cache first. Elsewh...

23m

When his horse disappears, Willie is convinced someone stole him. Disguising himself as a pit boy minor, Willie infiltrates the mine, and Ned helps him search. Meanwhile, Ben Fawley tries to...

23m

Ben backs up Ned's claim that sable belongs to Willie when the horse is found working as pit pony. Meanwhile, Willie suspects a connection between some stolen explosives and the pirate treasure.

23m

Glace Bay enters a new age when a public telephone is installed in the train station. Willie writes a letter to Alexander Graham Bell.

23m

While experimenting with the new camera Alexander Graham Bell gave him, Willie snaps a few pictures of the Borso house. Intrigued by the house's mysterious past, Willie investigates and lear...

23m

After Miss Harper submits Willie's photograph to a contest, the image gains notoriety for exposing the poor working conditions of the coals mines. Investigative journalist L.B. Collins arriv...

23m

When Ned loses his job temporarily, Nellie wants to find work to help supplement their income. Meanwhile, Miss Harper tries to raise the literacy level of the boys in the pit.

23m

Amid preparations for Willie's 13th birthday Nellie feels for the first time how destitute they are in comparison to their relatives. Meanwhile, Ned struggles with being housebound after the...

23m

Aunt Rose offers to purchase a large farmhouse as a gift for Nellie and Ned. Unfortunately, Rose's generosity comes at a cost, since she insists on decorating the home to her own taste and a...

23m

Mine owner Wendell Crowe disapproves of Miss Harper's attempt to educate the pit boys and makes Mr. Frawley close down her school. Ned, however, persuades Miss Harper to stand up for herself...

23m

After Nellie's laundry business takes off, Willie gets swamped with his responsibilities at school, his deliveries and helping Nellie.

23m

Ned faces off against Jack Doyle when both run for president of the workers' union. In the run-up to the election, Doyle discovers a plan Crowe and Frawley to replace some of the miners with machines.

23m

After Spider's pit pony gets sick, Willie asks Helen Borso for a special medication to help. When Doyle returns the horse to the pit before he's fully healed, Willie is forced to enter the m...

23m

Nellie gives Mollie a makeover to help her appear more feminine. Meanwhile, Spider conceals his gratitude to Willie from the other pit boys, afraid that showing his appreciation will destro...

23m

After Nellie's laundry machine breaks down, she works briefly as Miss Harper's teaching assistant, only to learn that the school can't afford to pay her. Mrs. MacTavish holds an auction to r...

23m

Mr. Frawley gives Spider a promotion, but it doesn't come with the pay hike he was expecting. Meanwhile, Maggie MacLean comes back to town to learn what's happened in Nellie, Willie, and Ned...

23m

Charley has visions of a ghost of a friend who perished in a tragic accident more than 30 years ago. Meanwhile, Jack Doyle's insensitive management style breeds resentment among the pit workers.

23m

Hope blooms when Nellie things she might be pregnant, and Willie and Maggie take over her teaching duties. Helen Borso, however, believes Nellie's condition might be something else.

23m

Nellie is an invalid now, confined to bed after being diagnosed with consumption. Mrs. MacTavish contacts Nellie's relatives to apprise them of the situation as her conditions worsen.

23m

Temporarily taking over Stringy's job as a pit pony driver, Willie tries to get the other workers to organize a walkout to protest Mr. Frawley's management practices.