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Pit Pony

Based on the beloved children's novel, 'Pit Pony' tells the story of a small town in 1904 Nova Scotia and 12-year-old Willie MacLean, who takes a job in the town's coal mine to support his family. Willie develops a bond with a pit pomore

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Episode 1

The Light To The Future

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 killed in a mining accident.

Episode 2

Best Laid Plans

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.

Episode 3

Forerunner

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 a haunted house.

Episode 4

The Ball Game

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 close a small section.

Episode 5

To Have And To Hold

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 tries to get Ned rehired.

Episode 6

Endings And Beginnings

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.

Episode 7

The Phantom Ship

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. Elsewhere, Ned works with a greenhorn.

Episode 8

The Mine's Mark

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 adapt to life in the pit.

Episode 9

Sleeping Dogs Lie

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.

Episode 10

Calling Mr. Bel

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

Episode 11

A Ghost in the Lens

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 learns more about the Borso family.

Episode 12

Famous

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 arrives in town to walk to Willie.

Episode 13

The Winds Of Change

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.

Episode 14

Reunion

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 mind fire.

Episode 15

Making Their Way

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 accepts no one else's input.

Episode 16

Where There's a Will

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 and her students.

Episode 17

Evolution

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

Episode 18

The Truth About Heroes

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.

Episode 19

Night Into Day

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 mines to administer the medicine.

Episode 20

Transformations

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 destroy his tough reputation.

Episode 21

Connections

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 raise the necessary funds.

Episode 22

Homecoming

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's Lives while she was gone.

Episode 23

Charley's Secret

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.

Episode 24

Sunshine And Shadows

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.

Episode 25

Into The Dark

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.

Episode 26

Our Sons And Daughters

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.

About this Show

Pit Pony

Based on the beloved children's novel, 'Pit Pony' tells the story of a small town in 1904 Nova Scotia and 12-year-old Willie MacLean, who takes a job in the town's coal mine to support his family. Willie develops a bond with a pit po

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