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26 episodes

Swiss Family Robinson - Season 1

First aired Aug 12, 1974Season 1

Browse all 26 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

The Arrival

8.0
Aug 12, 197430 min1 votes

In 1801, a family from Switzerland is shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island. All wash ashore safely except their younger son Franz, who is presumed dead.

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Episode 2

The Secret Of Shark Island

NR
Aug 19, 197430 min

Franz steals away from the island in the family's outrigger canoe. He rows to a neighboring island and finds evidence that humans once lived there.

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Episode 3

The Mark Of Captain Keel

NR
Aug 26, 197430 min

A deranged ex-pirate kidnaps Franz and Marie, in order to lure Father to his camp. He has mistaken Johann for Sir Henry Buckley, a famous buccaneer.

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Episode 4

The Curse Of The Idol

NR
Sep 2, 197430 min

The family suffers a series of bad luck incidents after taking a carved wooden idol from an ancient stone mausoleum they discover on the island.

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Episode 5

The Animal Kingdom

NR
Sep 9, 197430 min

The family's pet leopard, Ulysses, has grown too large and dangerous to keep around. But when Franz and Ernest release him deep in the island's jungle, they find he is too domesticated to survive on his own.

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Episode 6

Bruno

NR
Sep 16, 197430 min

A dog from the ship turns up on the island and appears to be wild. Franz and johann disagree with what to do about the animal.

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Episode 7

Attack Of The Cat

NR
Sep 23, 197430 min

Marie finds a panther's kitten in the jungle and brings it home. The kitten's angry mother attacks Ernest in revenge.

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Episode 8

Lost At Sea

NR
Sep 30, 197430 min

Ernest builds a boat from salvaged shipwreck timber and sets off to the open seas, in hopes of finding help for his stranded family. But he unfortunately loses his compass and becomes lost at sea.

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Episode 9

A Time To Live And A Time To Die

NR
Oct 7, 197430 min

Ernest finds a pregnant wild goat in the jungle and brings her back to the treehouse. Marie is eager to witness the upcoming birth, but Mother worries that something will go wrong.

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Episode 10

Cave Of The Tiger

NR
Oct 14, 197430 min

A rockslide traps papa and Franz in a cave with the tiger that they were tracking.

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Episode 11

Dead Man's Gold

NR
Oct 21, 197430 min

Franz and Ernest find an abandoned pirate camp while exploring the island. Franz also finds a treasure map at the camp, and becomes obsessed with finding the treasure, while neglecting his usual duties.

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Episode 12

Terror On South Island

NR
Oct 28, 197430 min

Traveling to South Island to investigation a signal, the Robinson family discover a skeleton in a cave. Ernest is injured from a fall. But the real Terror was yet to be revealed as Soldier Ants were swarming towards them.

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Episode 13

The Visitor

NR
Nov 4, 197430 min

Ernest and Franz rescue a castaway they find floating offshore on a couple of barrels. The castaway says he has a map of the island, and insists that there is a settlement beyond the waterfalls.

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Episode 14

Nature's Child

NR
Nov 11, 197430 min

While hiding Marie's birthday gift Franz and Earnest stumble upon a wild girl and her pet leopard.

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Episode 15

Return From Paradise

NR
Nov 18, 197430 min

Once again, Ernest encounters the mysterious young girl, the child of nature, who shares the family's island.

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Episode 16

Skeleton Clue

NR
Nov 25, 197430 min

Johann cancels lessons when Ernest, Franz and Marie complain that school is useless on the island. But when Johann tells them they can have two days to do whatever they want, they find out that math and science can be useful after all.

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Episode 17

Somewhere On This Earth

NR
Dec 2, 197430 min

Ernest, Franz and Marie hike to the north side of the island to search for a wedding anniversary present for their parents. They find a chest from their shipwreck which may contain a valuable artifact.

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Episode 18

Rescue!

NR
Dec 9, 197430 min

The Robinsons are overjoyed when a British warship finds the island and the sailors come ashore. But the captain says he cannot take them aboard.

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Episode 19

Second Honeymoon

NR
Dec 16, 197430 min

The Robinson children decide to camp in the caves for a few days so their parents can have some romantic privacy at the treehouse.

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Episode 20

Deadly Feast

NR
Dec 23, 197430 min

Mother prepares an oyster stew for the family, but they're inedible. As she's tasting the meal while cooking, she consumes enough poison to collapse and fall into a coma.

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Episode 21

The Intruder

NR
Dec 30, 197430 min

A meteorite lands close to the Robinsons's treehouse home and brings an alien substance that almost drives the family from their island.

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Episode 22

The Weakest Link

NR
Jan 6, 197530 min

Ernest learns a lesson about dependence when his thoughtlessness almost brings disaster to the rest of the Robinsons.

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Episode 23

Monsoon

NR
Jan 13, 197530 min

Marie becomes lost and disoriented after being swept up in a dangerous monsoon. Johann goes out to look for her.

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Episode 24

The Castaway

NR
Jan 20, 197530 min

Franz tells his family how he managed to survive the first few days on the island when he thought he had been the only one who reached shore.

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Episode 25

Rogue

NR
Jan 27, 197530 min

An old bear roams out of the wilderness and makes his last stand in the Robinsons's compound.

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Episode 26

Disappearance

NR
Feb 3, 197530 min

When mama and papa are caught in a storm while fishing in a boat, the children must fend for themselves.