Robinson Crusoe

  • Part 1. [First shown Tues. 12th. October 1965 on BBC 1 at 5pm.]
  • 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 19th. October 1965.]
  • Alone on his island, Robinson solves the problem of food and meets his first companion.
  • Part 3. [Shown 26th. October 1965.]
  • Robinson remembers the day he left home and travelled to Hull to seek a ship.
  • Part 4. [Shown 2nd November 1965.]
  • Robinson brings ashore all he can salvage from the wreck of the "Esmerelda".
  • Part 5. [Shown 9th. 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 16th. November 1965.]
  • Robinson with fire in his hut and begins to make a canoe.
  • Part 7. [Shown 23rd. November 1965.]
  • Robinson relates how he came to be involved in the wreck of the "Esmerelda".
  • Part 8. [Shown 30th. November 1965.]
  • Robinson discovers an abandoned ship and pirate's treasure hoard.
  • Part 9. [Shown 7th. December 1965.]
  • Having drifted with the pirate ship Robinson lands on another deserted shore.
  • Part 10. [Shown 14th. December 1965.]
  • Robinson encounters the cannibals and rescues Friday.
  • Part 11. [Shown 21st. December 1965.]
  • Robinson tries to teach Friday how to become civilised but Friday runs away.
  • Part 12. [Shown 28th. December 1965.]
  • Friday returns and other unwelcome visitors arrive on the island.
  • Part 13. [Shown 30th. December 1965.]
  • Friday and Robinson come to terms with the mutineers.