Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

  • 1974
  • 1 Seasons
  • 14 Episodes
  •  6.939  (98)
  •   Ended

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.

Planet of the Apes
Seasons
Up Above the World So High
14. Up Above the World So High
December 20, 1974
Burke and Virdon join forces with Leuric, a human attempting to fly by building himself a hang glider.
The Liberator
13. The Liberator
December 06, 1974
Burke and Virdon are captured by a bunch of humans determined to hand them over to the Apes.
The Cure
12. The Cure
November 29, 1974
Thanks to their advanced medical knowledge, Burke and Virdon are able to help a village struck with malaria, but risk discovery.
The Tyrant
11. The Tyrant
November 22, 1974
Aboro, a despot, is making community life a misery; Burke, Virdon, and Galen decide to rob him of his powers.
The Interrogation
10. The Interrogation
November 15, 1974
Burke undergoes a horrific interrogation after being captured whilst Virdon and Galen mount a rescue attempt.
The Horse Race
9. The Horse Race
November 08, 1974
Virdon decides to take part in a dangerous horse race even though he runs the risk of being captured by Urko.
The Deception
8. The Deception
November 01, 1974
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.
The Surgeon
7. The Surgeon
October 25, 1974
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.
Tomorrow's Tide
6. Tomorrow's Tide
October 18, 1974
An ape who runs a fishing business plans to use Virdon and Burke as slaves after he captures them.
The Legacy
5. The Legacy
October 11, 1974
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.
The Good Seeds
4. The Good Seeds
October 04, 1974
Burke and Virdon have to seek the help of a gorilla farmer and his family when Galen falls sick.
The Trap
3. The Trap
September 27, 1974
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.
The Gladiators
2. The Gladiators
September 20, 1974
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.
Escape from Tomorrow
1. Escape from Tomorrow
September 13, 1974
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.
Description
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.
  • Premiere Date
    September 13, 1974
  • Rating
    6.939  (98)