Network: NBC
Episodes: 13 (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: October 17, 2008 – January 31, 2009
Series status: Cancelled/ended
Performers include: Philip Winchester, Tongai Arnold Chirisa, Anna Walton, Sam Neill, Mia Maestro, Mark Dexter, Emma Barnett, Jake Curran, James Lauren, James Middlemarch, Lorcan O’Toole, Kieran Bew, Joaquim de Almeida, Sean Bean, Jeremy Crutchley, and Terence Harvey.
TV show description:
Based on Daniel Defoe’s classic novel, Robinson Crusoe, this adventure series picks up with Crusoe (Philip Winchester) having already been shipwrecked for six years.
In England, he’d been wrongly accused of rebelling against the crown, due in part to some of the people he was associated with. As a result, he sets off on a voyage to the new world, thanks in part to his mentor and patron, Jeremiah Blackthorn (Sam Neill). Unbeknownst to Crusoe, Blackthorn is only acting as his friend and is really trying to steal away a family fortune that Crusoe is heir to.
Stranded on the desert island, Crusoe’s lone companion is Friday (Tongayi Chirisa), a native from a tribe of cannibals. Friday had saved Crusoe from being sacrificed and Crusoe taught him English. Friday believes himself to be an embarrassment to his father, but Crusoe recognizes his wisdom and courage.
Overcoming marauding militias, wild cats, starvation, pirates, and apocalyptic lightning storms, Crusoe dreams of the day he will be reunited with his beloved family yet doesn’t want to leave his devoted native friend.
Crusoe’s wife, Susannah (Anna Walton), lives in Blackthorn’s home with her two small children after her husband disappears. Despite the fact that he’s been missing all this time, she refuses to believe her beloved husband is dead.
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i am a 15 year old teenager and i love crusoe!!!!!!!! PLEASE don’t cancel it!!!!!!! i was so disappointed when the season was over and i ask my dad everyday when it’s coming back on. you can’t just leave the ending that way. my dad is the one that introduced it to me. we taped it everytime it was on from the premiere and i watch each episode at least three times. i NEED to know what happens and if he ever makes it back to england.