Adventures In Rainbow Country
15 year old Billy Williams and his younger sister Hannah lived
with their mother Nancy (played by Lois Maxwell - Miss Moneypenny
of James Bond fame) at a hunting and fishing lodge in Rainbow
Country, a popular wilderness area of Northern Ontario, Canada.
The lodge was built by Billy's father Frank, who had
disappeared when his plane went down while he was prospecting for
gold.
Although still a teenager, Billy was an accomplished wilderness
guide, scuba diver, angler, white-water canoeist, photographer,
marksman, rock climber, skydiver and bass player in his rock group
The Thunderbirds. Billy had a mop of shaggy blonde hair and always
wore a mohair sweater, a denim jacket and jeans (even on the
hottest summer days).
Billy's best friend was Pete Gawa, a native Canadian (Ojibway)
who also had many outdoor skills (which led me to believe as I was
growing up that every Canadian kid could do all this stuff!).
The inseparable pair experienced an endless adventure after
adventure, thwarting jewel thieves, kidnappers, defectors,
hijackers, the military, witch doctors and even the Devil himself
(in the episode Lac du Diable).
The series was an international co- production of the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation, Television Films Ltd. of Britain and the
Australian Broadcasting Company. Unfortunately the show met with
critical disappointment.
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