

Two astronauts and a sympathetic chimp friend are fugitives in a future Earth dominated by a civilization of humanoid apes. Based on the 1968 Planet of the Apes film…
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure • Series • 1974 • 1 season
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Ron Harper, James Naughton
Created by: Anthony Wilson

S1 E1 - Escape from Tomorrow
Astronauts Alan Virdon and Peter Burke crash land on a strange planet. After being rescued by a friendly human, Virdon and Burke discover this planet is ruled by intelligent apes. To their horror, they discover that they are back on Earth in the year 3085.
Sep 13, 1974

S1 E2 - The Gladiators
Burke, Virdon and Galen come across two humans fighting and get involved, but lose the magnetic disc. To recover it, they must approach the nearby village, where the ape prefect pits humans in a series of gladiatorial games.
Sep 20, 1974

S1 E3 - The Trap
In a ruined city, Burke and Urko are trapped underground and must reluctantly work together to escape, while Alan and Galen must deal with Urko's gorilla patrol in the streets above.
Sep 27, 1974 • 1h

S1 E4 - The Good Seeds
Burke and Virdon have to seek the help of a gorilla farmer and his family when Galen falls sick.
Oct 4, 1974

S1 E5 - The Legacy
Burke and Virdon are helped by a young woman and a young boy while searching for an underground computer in a ruined city, but their plans go awry when Alan is captured and Urko uses the boy to get information from the astronaut.
Oct 11, 1974 • 1h

S1 E6 - Tomorrow's Tide
An ape who runs a fishing business plans to use Virdon and Burke as slaves after he captures them.
Oct 18, 1974

S1 E7 - The Surgeon
Galen must use all his charm to try and persuade his ex-girlfriend, a female ape surgeon named Kira, to operate on Virdon using a forbidden human anatomy book, after the astronaut is shot.
Oct 25, 1974 • 48m

S1 E8 - The Deception
When the guys try to track down the apes who are framing humans for crimes in a small community, Fauna, a blind female ape, falls in love with Burke while believing him to be a chimpanzee.
Nov 1, 1974

S1 E9 - The Horse Race
Virdon decides to take part in a dangerous horse race even though he runs the risk of being captured by Urko.
Nov 8, 1974

S1 E10 - The Interrogation
Burke undergoes a horrific interrogation after being captured whilst Virdon and Galen mount a rescue attempt.
Nov 15, 1974

S1 E11 - The Tyrant
Aboro, a despot, is making community life a misery; Burke, Virdon, and Galen decide to rob him of his powers.
Nov 22, 1974

S1 E12 - The Cure
Thanks to their advanced medical knowledge, Burke and Virdon are able to help a village struck with malaria, but risk discovery.
Nov 29, 1974 • 1h

S1 E13 - The Liberator
Burke and Virdon are captured by a bunch of humans determined to hand them over to the Apes.
Dec 6, 1974

S1 E14 - Up Above the World So High
Burke and Virdon join forces with Leuric, a human attempting to fly by building himself a hang glider.
Dec 20, 1974
Planet of the Apes
Two astronauts and a sympathetic chimp friend are fugitives in a future Earth dominated by a civilization of humanoid apes. Based on the 1968 Planet of the Apes film and its sequels, which were inspired by the novel of the same name by Pierre Boulle.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure • TV Series • 1974