Crusoe Premiere

Categories: Entertainment | Television | TV
    • Season premiere: October 17, 2008Official Site: Crusoe
    • New episodes: Fridays at 8/7c
    • Filming took place in York, England and South Africa
    • Executive producers: Justin Bodle, Michael Prupas and Chris Philip
    • Directors: Duane Clark, Michael Robison, Alex Chapple and Yves Simoneau
    • Network: NBC
    • Creator: Justin Bodle
    • Adaptation of the novel Robinson Crusoe, written in 1719 by Daniel Defoe
  • The two-hour period-drama premiere of Crusoe airs on October 17, 2008. The series begins with the episode titled "Rum and Gunpowder", and stars Philip Winchester as Robinson Crusoe.
  • "Rum and Gunpowder" Synopsis

    Robinson Crusoe and his companion Friday travel to America. After a dangerous journey, they end up shipwrecked on a remote island.
  • Cast Information

    • Philip Winchester as Robinson Crusoe
    • Georgina Rylance as Judy
    • Anna Walton as Susannah Crusoe
    • Tongayi Chirisa as Friday
    • Lorcan O'Toole as Percy
    • Emma Barnett as Mary Crusoe
    • Mark Dexter as Samuel Tuffley
    • Luke Gellard as young Robinson
    • Barbara Bielecka as young Susannah
  • Quote

    "We have quite a tapestry of various characters of the period coming to the island over a period of time." For an action-adventure story, you have to create characters. You have to create a back story. You have to create a love story. You just try to give it as many layers as you possibly can in a way that's going to appeal to a broad audience for television."—Jeffrey Hayes, executive producerTulsa World: Crusoe Gets Off The Island (October 12, 2008)


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