Little Gems - The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

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The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe was mainly show during the school summer holidays in the late 1960s - 1970s. It was a superb 13 part black and white adventure series based on the book by Daniel Defoe. It first appeared on British TV back in 1965 on BBC1 and has Robert Hoffmann in the starring role. The ever haunting music that accompanied the series is never forgotten by those children who watched the series during the Summer school holiday breaks.

BBC Radio Times program transmission and details – Robinson Crusoe.

Robinson Crusoe	Transmission Date/Time	Episode Description

Episode 1	BBC One London, 12 October 1965 17.00	A violent storm casts Robinson on to a desert island. He spends his solitude in remembering his youthful escapades in York.
Episode 2	BBC One London, 19 October 1965 17.00	Alone on his island, Robinson solves the problem of food and meets his first companion.
Episode 3	BBC One London, 26 October 1965 17.00	Robinson remembers the day he left home and travelled to Hull to seek a ship
Episode 4	BBC One London, 2 November 1965 17.00	Robinson brings ashore all he can salvage from the wreck of the Esmeralda, and makes a fire for the first time.
Episode 5	BBC One London, 9 November 1965 17.00	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.
Episode 6	BBC One London, 16 November 1965 17.00	Robinson copes with a fire in his hut and begins to make a canoe.
Episode 7	BBC One London, 23 November 1965 17.00	Robinson relates how he came to be involved in the wreck of the Esmeralda.
Episode 8	BBC One London, 30 November 1965 17.00	Robinson discovers an abandoned ship and a pirate's treasure hoard.
Episode 9	BBC One London, 7 December 1965 17.00	Having drifted with the pirate ship, Robinson lands on another deserted shore.
Episode 10	BBC One London, 14 December 1965 17.00	Robinson encounters the cannibals, and rescues Friday.
Episode 11	BBC One London, 21 December 1965 17.00	Robinson tries to teach Friday how to become civilised.
Episode 12	BBC One London, 28 December 1965 17.00	Friday returns and other unwelcome visitors arrive on the island.
Episode 13	BBC One London, 4 January 1966 17.00	Friday and Robinson come to grips with the mutineers.

Present here is the first episode of this adventure. The remaining episodes will be uploaded soon.

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Main Characters - The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Robinson	Robinson's father	Friday
Robinson's Friend	Another of Robinson's Friends	Newly named Dick the Dog
	Lawyer Wooseley

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Credits - Credit Screens

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Credits

Credits

Screenplay	Jean-Paul Carriere, Pierre Reynal and Jacques Somet
Narrated by	Lee Payant
Director of Photography	Quinto Albicoco
Art Director	Robert Luchaire
Orchestra Conducted by	P Reverberi
Music by	Robert Mellin and P Reverberi
Film Editors	Borys Lewin and Helene Plemiannikov
Sound Engineer	Georges Mardiguian
Executive Producer	Claire Monis
Directed by	Jean Sacha

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