20 Season 65 Episode The Beachcombers - Season 16 The Beachcombers is a Canadian comedy-drama television series that ran from October 1, 1972 to December 12, 1990 and is the longest-running dramatic series ever made for English-language Canadian television. In all, 387 episodes were produced. Country : Canada Genre : Drama, Family Director : Cast : Pat John, Bruno Gerussi, Rae Brown