The Beachcombers is a Canadian comedy-drama television series that ran from October 1, 1972 to December 12, 1990. At 387 episodes, it is the third longest-running dramatic series ever made for English-language Canadian television. Long before green was in, Nick Adonidas and his band of enviro-vigilantes were fighting the good planetary fight. And long before the burly beard descended on Queen Street and various other hipster communities, these guys were rocking facial hair that would make Paul Bunyan blush.