Click above image for introductory theme music (zipped mp3)
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 |
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Episode 1 |
BBC One |
A violent storm casts Robinson on to a desert island. He
spends his solitude in remembering his youthful escapades in |
Episode 2 |
BBC One |
Alone on his island, Robinson solves the problem of food and meets his first companion. |
Episode 3 |
BBC One |
Robinson remembers the day he left home and travelled to |
Episode 4 |
BBC One |
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 |
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 |
Robinson copes with a fire in his hut and begins to make a canoe. |
Episode 7 |
BBC One |
Robinson relates how he came to be involved in the wreck of the Esmeralda. |
Episode 8 |
BBC One |
Robinson discovers an abandoned ship and a pirate's treasure hoard. |
Episode 9 |
BBC One |
Having drifted with the pirate ship, Robinson lands on another deserted shore. |
Episode 10 |
BBC One |
Robinson encounters the cannibals, and rescues Friday. |
Episode 11 |
BBC One |
Robinson tries to teach Friday how to become civilised. |
Episode 12 |
BBC One |
Friday returns and other unwelcome visitors arrive on the island. |
Episode 13 |
BBC One |
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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If anyone has any more episode information / memories or was involved in the creation, filming of The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe etc. then please contact me by clicking email in the navigation bar below.
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
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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