Land of the Giants

1h

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Action & Adventure

Drama

Set fifteen years in the then-future year 1983, the series tells the tale of the crew and passengers of a sub-orbital transport ship named Spindrift. In the pilot episode, the Spindrift is en route from Los Angeles to London, on an ultra-fast sub-orbital flight. Just beyond Earth's boundary with space, the Spindrift encounters a magnetic space storm, and is dragged through a space warp to a mysterious planet where everything is twelve times larger than on Earth, whose inhabitants the Earthlings nickname "the Giants". The Spindrift crash-lands, and the damage renders it inoperable.

Production Companies

Irwin Allen Productions

Kent Productions

Episodes

Cast

The Crash

1. The Crash

1h

22nd Sep 1968

The Spindrift crashes on the Land of the Giants and its crew and passengers quickly find themselves in a struggle for survival.

Ghost Town

2. Ghost Town

1h

29th Sep 1968

The Earthlings find themselves trapped in an Earth-sized town run by a giant eccentric and his sadistic daughter.

Framed

3. Framed

1h

6th Oct 1968

When a giant hobo is framed for murder, the Earthlings come to his aid.

Underground

4. Underground

1h

20th Oct 1968

The Earthlings become involved in an underground resistance in the giant civilization.

Terror-Go-Round

5. Terror-Go-Round

1h

3rd Nov 1968

Barry and Fitzhugh are captured by giant Gypsies.

The Flight Plan

6. The Flight Plan

1h

10th Nov 1968

The Spindrift crew find an amnesiac Earthling, Joe, but it turns out to be a ploy by giant crooks to get hold of the ship's power supply.

Manhunt

7. Manhunt

1h

17th Nov 1968

A giant escaping convict takes the Spindrift but then wanders into quicksand, endangering everyone.

The Trap

8. The Trap

1h

24th Nov 1968

The Earthlings try to salvage radium from a clock but find themselves at the mercy of giant scientists using a sound detector to home in on them.

The Creed

9. The Creed

1h

1st Dec 1968

Barry is strick by appendicitis and the Earthlings have no choice but to turn to a giant doctor for assistance.

Double-Cross

10. Double-Cross

1h

8th Dec 1968

An amnesiac Fitzhugh falls in with two giant thieves and becomes their willing accomplice.

The Weird World

11. The Weird World

1h

22nd Dec 1968

The Spindrift crew finds a paranoid survivor from Earth...but his suspicions endanger everyone.

The Golden Cage

12. The Golden Cage

1h

29th Dec 1968

Mark falls for an attractive Earth girl - the survivor of a previous space flight.

The Lost Ones

13. The Lost Ones

1h

5th Jan 1969

This time around, four punk kids from Earth run up against the Spindrift crew.

Brainwash

14. Brainwash

1h

12th Jan 1969

The Giants have invented a chemical that forces those exposed to it to tell the truth, and plan to test it on the Earthlings.

The Bounty Hunter

15. The Bounty Hunter

1h

19th Jan 1969

When the giants increase their search efforts, the Earthlings must increase their salvage efforts and end up captured by a giant and his daughter.

On a Clear Day You Can See Earth

16. On a Clear Day You Can See Earth

1h

26th Jan 1969

The Earthlings become involved with an insane giant scientist who has infra-red goggles he can use to find them whenever he wants.

Deadly Lodestone

17. Deadly Lodestone

1h

2nd Feb 1969

The Giants have invented a detector that can home in on Earth-based metals, and Dan puts the entire group at risk due to the surgical pin in his leg.

Night of Thrombeldinbar

18. Night of Thrombeldinbar

1h

16th Feb 1969

Fitzhugh pretends to be an elf to entertain two orphan children, but things turn deadly when it's revealed that traditionally the children sacrifice the elf to make a wish come true.

Seven Little Indians

19. Seven Little Indians

1h

23rd Feb 1969

Kobick uses a captured Chipper as bait in a trap to capture the entire Spindrift crew.

Target: Earth

20. Target: Earth

1h

2nd Mar 1969

Mark is roped into helping two giant scientists build a spaceship that can return them all to Earth.

Genius at Work

21. Genius at Work

1h

9th Mar 1969

A giant boy-genius comes up with a pill that can enlarge an Earthling to Giant-size.

Return of Inidu

22. Return of Inidu

1h

16th Mar 1969

The Earthlings come to the aid of a giant magician.

Rescue

23. Rescue

1h

23rd Mar 1969

After the Earthlings are inadvertently responsible for two children becoming trapped in a well, they volunteer their servicse to rescue them.

Sabotage

24. Sabotage

1h

30th Mar 1969

The Spindrift crew must deal with the head of Police Security, who is attempting to undermine a Senator who believes in their cause and frame the Earthlings for sabotage.

Shell Game

25. Shell Game

1h

13th Apr 1969

The Earthlings come to the aid of a giant deaf boy and his poverty-stricken family.

The Chase

26. The Chase

1h

20th Apr 1969

Inspector Kobick of the SID involves the Earthlings in a plan to track down counterfeiters.

First air date

22nd Sep 1968

Last air date

22nd Mar 1970

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks