The Swiss Family Robinson (1975 TV series)

The Swiss Family Robinson
Also known asIsland of Adventure
GenreAction/Adventure
Written byAnthony Lawrence
John Meredyth Lucas
William Welch
Directed byChristian I. Nyby II
Leslie H. Martinson
StarringMartin Milner
Pat Delaney
Willie Aames
Eric Olson
Helen Hunt
Cameron Mitchell
ComposerRichard LaSalle
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes20
Production
ProducerIrwin Allen
CinematographyFred Jackman, Jr.
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time48 mins.
Production company20th Century Fox Television
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseSeptember 14, 1975 (1975-09-14) 
April 11, 1976 (1976-04-11)

The Swiss Family Robinson is an American action and adventure series that was broadcast during the 1975–76 TV season. The two-hour pilot for the series was first shown on April 15, 1975. Based upon the 1812 novel The Swiss Family Robinson, the pilot and its 20 subsequent episodes of the series were produced by Irwin Allen, who had earlier produced a futuristic adaptation of the same novel in the 1965 TV series Lost in Space.