The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (TV Series) - Episode List

Episode List

Part 1. First shown Tuesday, 12 October 1965 on BBC 1 at 5 pm.

Whilst travelling on a ship form Brazil to Africa, a violent storm casts Robinson onto a desert island off the coast of South America. He spends his solitude in remembering his youthful escapades in York.

Part 2. Shown 19 October 1965.

Alone on his island, Robinson solves the problem of food and meets his first companion.

Part 3. Shown 26 October 1965.

Robinson recalls leaving home and travelling to Hull to seek a ship. The remains of the 'Esmeralda' are washed near the shore and he busies himself salvaging as much as possible before it sinks.

Part 4. Shown 2 November 1965.

Robinson recalls his first sea voyages and finds a cave which becomes his new home.

Part 5. Shown 9 November 1965.

In the intervals of building a shelter and making furniture, Robinson recalls how he was assumed to be dead by his friends and was sold into slavery.

Part 6. Shown 16 November 1965.

A fire in his cave destroys all he has created. While rebuilding his home he recalls how he escaped from slavery and the events that led him to become owner of a Brazilian banana plantation.

Part 7. Shown 23 November 1965.

Robinson relates how he came to be involved in the wreck of the "Esmerelda".

Part 8. Shown 30 November 1965.

Robinson discovers an abandoned ship and pirate's treasure hoard.

Part 9. Shown 7 December 1965.

Having drifted with the pirate ship Robinson lands on another part of the island.

Part 10. Shown 14 December 1965.

Robinson encounters the cannibals and rescues Friday.

Part 11. Shown 21 December 1965.

Robinson tries to teach Friday how to become civilised but Friday runs away.

Part 12. Shown 28 December 1965.

Friday returns and other unwelcome visitors arrive on the island.

Part 13. Shown 30 December 1965.

Friday and Robinson defeat the mutineers and escape from the island.