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Pioneer Quest: A Year in the Real West (2000) | ecco

Pioneer Quest: A Year in the Real West

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Pioneer Quest: A Year in the Real West

1

Season

2000

Canada

7.7

Two couples assume the lives of early settlers to the West. Using only the resources and tools of the period, they will attempt to build homes, raise livestock, hunt and grow crops.

Episode List

The Dream

S1 • E1

The Dream

This episode introduces viewers to hundreds of candidates who volunteered to spend an entire year living as 1870s settlers, and profiles both the intense selection process used to select the two couples and their move onto the Manitoba prairie.

If Momma Ain't Happy...

S1 • E2

If Momma Ain't Happy...

The settlers struggle against illness, fatigue and self-doubt while plowing fields and caring for livestock.

Prairie Purgatory

S1 • E3

Prairie Purgatory

The settlers endure an infestation of mosquitoes; isolation and close quarters cause emotional stress.

What Are We Doing This for?

S1 • E4

What Are We Doing This for?

Tensions rise when producers have to show up!

101 Chopping Days 'til Christmas

S1 • E5

101 Chopping Days 'til Christmas

The Pioneers start working on a new barn. Old man winter is coming.

No Way, We're Not Leaving

S1 • E6

No Way, We're Not Leaving

One of the Pioneers has a medical emergency.

The Long Haul

S1 • E7

The Long Haul

The settlers continue to brave the harsh winter, and get some traditional (and painful) dental treatment.

Going Home

S1 • E8

Going Home

The Pioneers are experiencing their last days with this social experiment.

Survivors of the Real West

S1 • E9

Survivors of the Real West

A recap of the year in the life as pioneers!

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Cast

Tom Anniko

Tom Anniko

Self - Narrator

Brian Hartigan

Self