of Grace's husband, who was killed in the war. As they are returning home, May falls ill, and they are unable to return to Canada for the holidays, while Pritchard, though, went to live with his grandparents in Niagara Falls. Home media Sullivan Entertainment released all five seasons and the Christmas special on DVD in Region 1. In 2016, Sullivan Entertainment announced it would launch their own streaming service called Gazebo TV that would feature the Wind at My Back series among other titles produced by the company. The service launched in early 2017. International broadcasters In the United States, Wind at My Back first aired on Encore WAM! and then on the Odyssey Network, which later became the Hallmark Channel. Its last airing on Hallmark was in 2001. At the beginning of 2010, the series was picked up by BYU Television as part of its Friday night lineup, and later expanded to weekdays. Later that same year, the series was picked up by PTL Satellite Network-rebranded The Inspiration Network to air weekdays. Filming locations The first season of "Wind at My Back" was shot on location in several towns near Toronto, including Tottenham, Bowmanville, Orono and Port Perry. In the town of Bowmanville, located one hour east of Toronto, filming occurred at the Bowmanville Museum, which served as May Bailey's home. The school exterior was also filmed on the same street. Tyrone Mills near Bowmanville provided the exterior of the New Bedford Mine office. Other locations included Brookdale Pond in Uxbridge, Ontario, the location of the Bailey family's Bass Lake Cottage, as well as Jacksons Point, Ontario. After the first season, Sullivan Entertainment built the town's exterior on the backlot of their studio to minimize the time and cost of transportation. Most of Season 2-5 was filmed on the backlot, though they went on location as necessary. Trivia The show was a favourite of Rush drummer Neil Peart, who talks of watching the show in his second memoir, describing the series as being like a Canadian version of The Waltons. References External links Wind at My Back - Official website 1990s Canadian drama television series 2000s Canadian drama television series CBC Television original programming 1996 Canadian television series debuts Northern Ontario in fiction 2001 Canadian television series endings Television series set in the 1930s Great Depression television series Period family drama television series Television shows set in Ontario