1965, Television: "Lost in Space"

On September 15, 1965, the first episode of the American TV series "Lost in Space" was broadcast on CBS. The first episode titled "The Reluctant Stowaway" was directed by Anton Leader and written by Shimon Wincelberg (as S. Bar-David). Most of the music in the series, including the theme tune, was composed by John Williams.

"Lost in Space" is a science fiction television series created and produced by Irwin Allen. The series follows the adventures of the space colonists family Robinson. When their spaceship, the Jupiter 2, is sabotaged and thrown off course, they try to survive in space. A total of 83 episodes were produced in three series from 1965 to 1968. Main star of the show is Guy Williams, famous from his role as Zorro, he plays Professor John Robinson an astrophysicist specialised in planetary geology. He is the expedition commander and the father of the Robinson children.

June Lockhart as Maureen Robinson and Guy Williams as Professor John Robinson

Marta Kristen as Judy Robinson, Jonathan Harris as Dr. Zachary Smith,
Angela Cartwright as Penny Robinson, Guy Williams as Professor John Robinson,
June Lockhart as Maureen Robinson, Bill Mumy as Will Robinson and
Mark Goddard as Major Don West

Angela Cartwright as Penny Robinson and Bill Mumy as Will Robinson

Synopsis first episode

On October 16, 1997, (in 1965 32 years in the future) the United States is about to launch the Jupiter 2, a saucer-shaped spaceship. Its mission is to take a single family on a 5,5 year journey to a planet orbiting the nearest star, Alpha Centauri. The mission is sabotaged by Dr. Zachary Smith (Jonathan Harris), a foreign agent, who slips aboard the spaceship and reprograms the robot to destroy the spaceship and its crew...

Marta Kristen as Judy Robinson and Mark Goddard as Major Don West

Bill Mumy as Will Robinson and Jonathan Harris as Dr. Zachary Smith

Bob May as The Robot, Jonathan Harris as Dr. Zachary Smith,
Angela Cartwright as Penny Robinson, Bill Mumy as Will Robinson,
Guy Williams as Professor John Robinson, June Lockhart as Maureen Robinson,
Marta Kristen as Judy Robinson and Mark Goddard as Major Don West

Main cast

• Guy Williams as Professor John Robinson
• June Lockhart as Maureen Robinson
• Mark Goddard as Major Don West
• Marta Kristen as Judy Robinson
• Bill Mumy as Will Robinson
• Angela Cartwright as Penny Robinson
• Jonathan Harris as Dr. Zachary Smith
• Bob May as The Robot

Opening and closing credits season 1

Opening and closing credits season 2