WIND AT MY BACK: SEASON 5

Details

• Release Year: 2000
• Genre: Adventure, Family
• Plot: In the approach to Christmas 1938, much is happening in the lives of the Bailey and Sutton families of New Bedford. Grace Mainwairing and her mother - the Bailey family matriarch, May Bailey - are in Europe collecting the remains of Grace's husband, Van, who was killed in the war in Spain. Hub Bailey is in the seminary at the University of Toronto. Back in New Bedford, Hub's mother, Honey Sutton, is following in her son's footsteps and is also a University of Toronto student. She is taking courses by correspondence although she would rather take classes in person in Toronto. Honey's husband, Max, has to take over many of the household duties because of Honey's busy schedule, this in addition to his regular work as the school's principal and the town mayor. This leaves no time for his passion, writing. Even this year's Christmas pageant, which is being directed by May's daughter-in-law, Toppy Bailey, was written by science teacher, Jim Flett. Jim's lack of play writing skills is evident. Hub's brother, Fat, also has a career in mind, that of a RCMP officer. He wants to leave high school to enter the force. Even without Hub present, Fat is feeling like he is living in the shadow of his older "perfect" brother. And Maisey McGinty has more immediate thoughts: boys, specifically Hub, despite Hub studying to be a Catholic priest. But Hub may be reconsidering his stated vocation when he meets Austrian exchange student, Anna Schiller, a cellist in the music program. Hub and Anna met in an anti-fascist political group on campus. Because of a secret Anna is keeping, Hub decides to bring her to New Bedford for the Christmas holidays. Both Maisey and Honey don't much like what Anna symbolizes in Hub's life, for Maisey a rival, and for Honey someone who is taking him away from his vocation. In addition, RCMP Inspector Wells is after Anna, which places a wedge between brothers Hub and Fat, the aspiring RCMP officer. By Christmas Day, the future lives of all involved are much clearer.
• Cast: Shirley Douglas; Kathryn Greenwood; Dylan Provencher; Tyrone Savage; James Carroll; Robin Craig; Cynthia Belliveau; Dalene Irvine; Lynne Griffin; Dan MacDonald; Neil Crone; Dan Lett; Ron Lea; Bradie Whetham; Robert Bockstael; Laura Bruneau; Sally Cahill; Don Allison; Julia Chantrey; Richard Blackburn; Christopher Bondy; Rodger Barton; Kathryn Long; Natasha La Force; Peggy Mahon; Noah Shebib; Marium Carvell; Ann Holloway; Maggie Huculak; Andrew Jackson; Nola Augustson; Emily Andrews; Gabrielle Boni; Gordon Pinsent; Josh Wittig; Charmion King; Jesse Collins; Philip Granger; Françoise Vallée; Ho Chow; Robert Clarke; Graham McPherson; Philip Nessel; Carl Marotte; Dan Redican; Ken James; Craig Eldridge; Robert Benson; Debra Hale; Gordon Jocelyn; Corinne Conley; Daniel Pilon; Debra McGrath; Roger Dunn; Richard Donat; Marilyn Boyle; Sandy Webster; David Roemmele; Casey; Kay Tremblay; Brenda Bazinet; Alison Hope; Kenny Vadas; Reg Dreger; Kevin Hare; Moira Wylie; Frances Kushner; Gerry Quigley; John Bourgeois; Erika Dair; Emanuel Arruda; Geoffrey Bowes; Lisa Ryder; Richard Partington; Chris Benson; David Clement; Ron Payne; Sumela Kay; Burke Lawrence; Kristin Fairlie; Louisa Martin; Thomas Hauff; Judy White; Michèle Duquet; Derek Keurvorst; Frank Blanch; James Downing; Billy Otis; Sharon McFarlane; John Friesen; Dominic Zamprogna; Chuck Shamata; Bob Bainborough; Géza Kovács; Josh Hindman; Christian Matheson; Michael G. Brown; Booth Savage; Anthony Bekenn; Tom McCamus; Karl Pruner; Mark Humphrey; Greg Spottiswood; Robert Buck; Fiona Byrne; Stephanie Morgenstern; John Fanning; Alan C. Peterson; Michael Rhoades; Colin Fox; Stephanie Graham; Allegra Fulton; Albert Schultz; Laura Bertram; Jackie Laidlaw; John Vasilantonakis; Donald Carrier; Julia Sommerville; Douglas O'Keeffe; Louise Nicol; Samantha Croxall; Layton Morrison; Ian D. Clark; Jim Feather; Larry Yachimec; John Bayliss; Nancy Kee; Judy Sinclair; Kelli Fox; Martha Gibson; Garry Robbins; Peter Costigan; Barna Moricz; Steve Jackson; Kenneth McGregor; Allen Stewart-Coates; Len Doncheff; Jill Frappier; George Davis; Sam Malkin; Ray Paisley; Robert Racki; Jovanni Sy; Adrian Truss; Chris Britton; Patti Kazmer; Robert McKenna; Cliff Saunders; Geoffrey Pounsett; Shel Goldstein; Ron Tough; Jillian Cook; Deborah DeMille; Kelly Fiddick; Richard Fitzpatrick; Alan Goodley; Kathryn Haggis; Marcus Hondro; Robert McCarrol; Layne Coleman; Nadia Litz; Peter Millard; Mark Huisman; Dennis O'Connor; Philip Craig; Jef Mallory; Christopher Marren; Jacqueline Blais; Jacqueline McLeod; Gregory Cross; Diane Douglass; Catherine Hayos; Gordon Masten; Leon Pownall; Dylan Root; Ray Sager; Nicu Branzea; Paul Brogren; Samantha Reynolds; Nicolas Van Burek; Paulette Sinclair; Alan Catlin; Jeffrey R. Smith; Torquil Campbell; John Liddle; Donald Tripe; James B. Douglas; Bruce Hunter; Richard McMillan; Brennan Root; Richard Taylor; Shannon Lawson; Marianne Moroney; John Nelles; Jonathan Wilson; Lorry Ayers; Oliver Becker; Robin Liszak; Rita Tuckett; Jed Dixon; Richard Gira; Melinda Deines; Ed Fielding; Stefan Brogren; David Haydn-Jones; Bruce Pirrie; Maria Vacratsis; David Huband; David Sparrow; Damien Whitely; David Bolt; Dan Petronijevic; Jesse Robb; Leslie Yeo; Drew Carnwath; Brent Titcomb; David Gardner; Jefferson Mappin; Patrick Patterson; Bob Windsor; Lindsay Murrell; Karen Woolridge; Michelle Carberry; Daniel DeSanto; Dawn Greenhalgh; Cassandra Van Wyck; Mike Matthews; Carly Street; Deborah Lambie; Wayne Robson; Colleen Williams; Maryke Hendrikse; Toni MacRae; David Jansen; Telmo Miranda; Joe Pingue; Susan Hamann; Aron Tager; Sarah Lafleur; Donald Ewer; Asia Vieira; Scott Wickware; Joan Massiah; Dana Robertson; David Dunbar; Jim Aldridge; James Kidnie; Jane Edmondson; Lisa Horner; Colin O'Meara; Steve Pernie; Robert Hollinger; Christian Shoemaker; Stephanie Belding; Anthony Dean Rubes; James Doherty; Barbara Muller; John Stoneham Sr.; Marshall Perlmuter; Bryan Renfro; Philippe Ayoub; Patrick Gillen; Catherine McNally; Steven Miller; Paul Huggett; Linda Callow; Wayne Curnew; Ken Jubenvill; Stefan Scaini; Roman Buchok; Harvey Frost; Donald Shebib; Michael Kennedy; Penelope Buitenhuis; Vic Sarin; Alan Goluboff; Kevin Sullivan; Jeff Boulton; Raymond Storey; Laurie Pearson; Michael MacLennan; John Boni; Arnold Margolin; Ann MacNaughton; Marlene Matthews; Michael Mercer; Roy Sallows; Jeremy Hole; Barry Stevens; Kelly Rebar; Avrum Jacobson; Janet MacLean; Michael Amo; Blair Ferguson; Dennis Foon; J.H. Wyman; Dave Carley; James Defelice; Maureen McKeon
• Director: Ken Jubenvill
• Runtime: 10:00
• Company: Wind At My Back Productions Ltd.
• Media Format: Series