PBS: Quest For The Sea

[Meerkat]

Hay Cove on the east coast of Newfoundland is converted into the quintessential 1930s fishing community in the new reality series, QUEST FOR THE SEA. With the stark beauty of the windswept coast as a backdrop, ten adventurous souls travel back in time to experience life as it was once lived in a Newfoundland outport community.
Two families, an elderly housekeeper, and a workman, arrive full of adventure and hope but reality quickly sets in and so do profound interpersonal tensions. Interspersed between the live action, the series includes segments with elderly Newfoundlanders who lived this life as children and young adults before their communities disappeared. PBS, Monday, August 9th. Check local listings for times in your area. Runs about 2 hrs.

[Dave Fleming]

As I said in the other Forum where you posted this info Meerkat, I will pass on this.

I can recall quite well the forced immigration of whole communities from the OUTPORTS by 'king' Joey Smallwood.

"We was druve!"

[Meerkat]

I'm interested in watching it for it's own sake and without any reference to politics. Others may feel the same. Whatever - I posted it to alert other people to the opportunity.

My dad grew up in that area and in roughly that time frame, so I find that part of it especially interesting.

[Dave Fleming]

Nay Meerkat NO Politics from me, rather a gut wrenching feeling for those souls moved from their homes and a culture lost.

[Meerkat]

I haven't seen this yet, obviously, but I have heard enough stories from my dad, who lived in somewhat less demanding circumstances (being on the mainland), to know that there was little or no romance to this way of life. He, at least, had the relative luxury of being able to do some subsistance farming, but fishing was still a major activity. Short, gnarly summers and long brutal winters. Virtually no entertainments.

[bamamick]

I look forward to it. I don't know the story so that will be one good reason for me to watch. Another is that I am fascinated by the concept of people being plopped down into the past and having to cope with problems that they were not trained for from birth. A third reason is that that part of the world holds a great attraction for me. I am a native of the deep south of the U.S., but come from Scottish-Irish stock like so many of those who lived on the coast of the Maritimes. It could have been my family going through those same hard times.

I hope that it is done better than the Colonial House project, which allowed modern political and ethical values to creep in and, in a way, dominate the project. All I got out of that one was a sour taste for this kind of thing. Prarie House was much better, imho, and really showed me quite a bit of what I wanted to know about life on the prarie.

Mickey Lake