The Littlest Hobo: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

London is an extremely intelligent, wandering German shepherd who walks into a different place in each episode of this long-running television series, and comes upon people down on their luck or in trouble. London always befriends and helps the struggling person or persons. Then, when his job is done at episode's end, London declines to be the pet of the people he has helped and departs to continue his cross-country drifting.

Series details

• Title: The Littlest Hobo
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Family
• Premiere date: 1979-10-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 1985-03-07
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CTV
• Network country: Canada
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 5482
• IMDb ID: tt0078644
• TVDB ID: 76674

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1979-10-11; final listed air date 1980-05-22; episode order: 24.
• Season 2: premiered 1980-09-18; final listed air date 1981-04-09; episode order: 18.
• Season 3: premiered 1981-09-17; final listed air date 1982-03-11; episode order: 18.
• Season 4: premiered 1982-09-16; final listed air date 1983-03-24; episode order: 18.
• Season 5: premiered 1983-09-15; final listed air date 1984-03-15; episode order: 18.
• Season 6: premiered 1984-09-13; final listed air date 1985-03-07; episode order: 18.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Littlest Hobo on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.