Planet of the Apes

Season 1 1974

  • 1974-09-14T00:00:00Z on CBS
  • 50m
  • 14h (14 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Fantasy, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Drama
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.

14 episodes

Series Premiere

1974-09-14T00:00:00Z

1x01 Escape from Tomorrow

Series Premiere

1x01 Escape from Tomorrow

  • 1974-09-14T00:00:00Z1h

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.

1974-09-21T00:00:00Z

1x02 The Gladiators

1x02 The Gladiators

  • 1974-09-21T00:00:00Z1h

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.

1974-09-28T00:00:00Z

1x03 The Trap

1x03 The Trap

  • 1974-09-28T00:00:00Z1h

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.

1974-10-05T00:00:00Z

1x04 The Good Seeds

1x04 The Good Seeds

  • 1974-10-05T00:00:00Z1h

Burke and Virdon have to seek the help of a gorilla farmer and his family when Galen falls sick.

1974-10-12T00:00:00Z

1x05 The Legacy

1x05 The Legacy

  • 1974-10-12T00:00:00Z1h

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.

1974-10-19T00:00:00Z

1x06 Tomorrow's Tide

1x06 Tomorrow's Tide

  • 1974-10-19T00:00:00Z1h

An ape who runs a fishing business plans to use Virdon and Burke as slaves after he captures them.

1974-10-26T00:00:00Z

1x07 The Surgeon

1x07 The Surgeon

  • 1974-10-26T00:00:00Z1h

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.

1974-11-02T01:00:00Z

1x08 The Deception

1x08 The Deception

  • 1974-11-02T01:00:00Z1h

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.

1974-11-09T01:00:00Z

1x09 The Horse Race

1x09 The Horse Race

  • 1974-11-09T01:00:00Z1h

Virdon decides to take part in a dangerous horse race even though he runs the risk of being captured by Urko.

1974-11-16T01:00:00Z

1x10 The Interrogation

1x10 The Interrogation

  • 1974-11-16T01:00:00Z1h

Burke undergoes a horrific interrogation after being captured whilst Virdon and Galen mount a rescue attempt.

1974-11-23T01:00:00Z

1x11 The Tyrant

1x11 The Tyrant

  • 1974-11-23T01:00:00Z1h

Aboro, a despot, is making community life a misery; Burke, Virdon, and Galen decide to rob him of his powers.

1974-11-30T01:00:00Z

1x12 The Cure

1x12 The Cure

  • 1974-11-30T01:00:00Z1h

Thanks to their advanced medical knowledge, Burke and Virdon are able to help a village struck with malaria, but risk discovery.

1974-12-07T01:00:00Z

1x13 The Liberator

1x13 The Liberator

  • 1974-12-07T01:00:00Z1h

Burke and Virdon are captured by a bunch of humans determined to hand them over to the Apes.

Season Finale

1974-12-21T01:00:00Z

1x14 Up Above the World So High

Season Finale

1x14 Up Above the World So High

  • 1974-12-21T01:00:00Z1h

Burke and Virdon join forces with Leuric, a human attempting to fly by building himself a hang glider.

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