

Swiss Family Robinson
Swiss Family Robinson is a 1974-1975 Canadian television drama series, based on Johann David Wyss' novel The Swiss Family Robinson. The series consisted of 26 30-minute episodes, and diverged somewhat from the original novel. Only one season was produced, due to the development of a Swiss Family Robinson series in 1975 by ABC in the United States. This situation precluded sales of the Canadian series to the lucrative American market. Reruns, however, continued to be syndicated in Canada for many years, with stations often scheduling the program as part of their Saturday morning line-up.
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1.The Arrival
12-08-197430mIn 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.

2.The Secret Of Shark Island
19-08-197430mFranz 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.

3.The Mark Of Captain Keel
26-08-197430mA 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.

4.The Curse Of The Idol
02-09-197430mThe family suffers a series of bad luck incidents after taking a carved wooden idol from an ancient stone mausoleum they discover on the island.

5.The Animal Kingdom
09-09-197430mThe 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 domestic...

6.Bruno
16-09-197430mA 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.

7.Attack Of The Cat
23-09-197430mMarie finds a panther's kitten in the jungle and brings it home. The kitten's angry mother attacks Ernest in revenge.

8.Lost At Sea
30-09-197430mErnest 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 beco...

9.A Time To Live And A Time To Die
07-10-197430mErnest 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.

10.Cave Of The Tiger
14-10-197430mA rockslide traps papa and Franz in a cave with the tiger that they were tracking.

11.Dead Man's Gold
21-10-197430mFranz 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 neglec...

12.Terror On South Island
28-10-197430mTraveling 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...

13.The Visitor
04-11-197430mErnest 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 t...

14.Nature's Child
11-11-197430mWhile hiding Marie's birthday gift Franz and Earnest stumble upon a wild girl and her pet leopard.

15.Return From Paradise
18-11-197430mOnce again, Ernest encounters the mysterious young girl, the child of nature, who shares the family's island.

16.Skeleton Clue
25-11-197430mJohann 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...

17.Somewhere On This Earth
02-12-197430mErnest, 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...

18.Rescue!
09-12-197430mThe Robinsons are overjoyed when a British warship finds the island and the sailors come ashore. But the captain says he cannot take them aboard.

19.Second Honeymoon
16-12-197430mThe Robinson children decide to camp in the caves for a few days so their parents can have some romantic privacy at the treehouse.

20.Deadly Feast
23-12-197430mMother 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.

21.The Intruder
30-12-197430mA meteorite lands close to the Robinsons's treehouse home and brings an alien substance that almost drives the family from their island.

22.The Weakest Link
06-01-197530mErnest learns a lesson about dependence when his thoughtlessness almost brings disaster to the rest of the Robinsons.

23.Monsoon
13-01-197530mMarie becomes lost and disoriented after being swept up in a dangerous monsoon. Johann goes out to look for her.

24.The Castaway
20-01-197530mFranz 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.

25.Rogue
27-01-197530mAn old bear roams out of the wilderness and makes his last stand in the Robinsons's compound.

26.Disappearance
03-02-197530mWhen mama and papa are caught in a storm while fishing in a boat, the children must fend for themselves.
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