Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe (/dɪˈfoʊ/; c. 1660 – 24 April 1731), born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, which is second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the English novel, and helped to popularize the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson. Defoe wrote many political tracts and was often in trouble with the authorities, and spent a period in prison. Intellectuals and political leaders paid attention to his fresh ideas and sometimes consulted with him. Defoe was a prolific and versatile writer, producing more than three hundred works—books, pamphlets, and journals—on diverse topics, including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology, and the supernatural. He was also a pioneer of business journalism and economic journalism. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Works

BBC Play of the Month

A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.

Release Date1965-10-19

DepartmentWriting

JobAuthor

Episode Count1

Vote Count7

Man Friday

Englishman Robinson Crusoe, stranded alone on an island for years, is overjoyed to find a fellow man, a black islander whom he names Friday. But Crusoe cannot overcome the shackles of his own heritage and upbringing and is incapable of seeing Friday as anything other than a savage who needs Crusoe's brand of cultural and religious enlightenment. Friday attempts to share his own more generous and unashamed culture, but ultimately realizes that Crusoe can never see him as anything but an inferior being. With that awareness, Friday sets out to turn the tables on Crusoe.

Release Date1975-03-04

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count31

Moll Flanders

The daughter of a thief, young Moll is placed in the care of a nunnery after the execution of her mother. However, the actions of an abusive priest lead Moll to rebel as a teenager, escaping to the dangerous streets of London. Further misfortunes drive her to accept a job as a prostitute from the conniving Mrs. Allworthy. It is there that Moll first meets Hibble, who is working as Allworthy's servant but takes a special interest in the young woman's well-being. With his help, she retains hope for the future, ultimately falling in love with an unconventional artist who promises the possibility of romantic happiness.

Release Date1996-06-14

DepartmentWriting

JobCharacters

Vote Count81

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island. Left to fend for himself, Crusoe seeks out a tentative survival on the island, until he meets Friday, a tribesman whom he saves from being sacrificed. Initially, Crusoe is thrilled to finally have a friend, but he has to defend himself against the tribe who uses the island to sacrifice tribesman to their gods. During time their relationship changes from master-slave to a mutual respected friendship despite their difference in culture and religion.

Release Date1997-06-11

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count258

Softly from Paris

An anthology of erotic stories by famous writers like Guy de Maupassant, Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne, Marquis de Sade, Giovanni Boccaccio, Marquis de Foudras, Daniel Defoe, Anton Tchekov, Jin Ping Mei, and Aristophanes.

Release Date1986-11-08

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Episode Count1

Vote Count7

Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked and he finds himself all alone on a tropical island. With a few tools he manages to rescue from the wreck he has to learn to support himself until help arrives.

Release Date1988-06-30

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count14

Man Friday

Play based on the tale of Robinson Crusoe, examining the relationship between Crusoe and Man Friday, with a new twist by which both characters believe they are teaching the other.

Release Date1972-10-30

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

The Periwig-Maker

Europe; the plague years. A wigmaker, locked in his shop, observes the events and writes about them in his journal. Mostly, we see shrouded bodies, and a young girl who lives in the tavern across the way that gets progressively sicker.

Release Date1999-11-13

DepartmentWriting

JobAuthor

Vote Count15

Robinson Crusoe on Mars

Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food and companionship on the lifeless planet.

Release Date1964-06-01

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count149

Life and Amazing Aventures of Robinson Crusoe

In the seventeenth century, Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked on a desert island and is the only survivor. He takes steps to get food and shelter, hoping one day to be rescued. One day a band of black men arrive by boat and are about to execute one of their number; Crusoe saves him and drives them off, and names the man Friday, and teaches him Crusoe's on language. They survive together, but will they ever be rescued?

Release Date1973-09-03

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count11

Crusoe

Crusoe is a television adventure drama based loosely on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC during the first half of the 2008–2009 television season. It follows the adventures of Robinson Crusoe: a man who has been shipwrecked on an island for six years and is desperate to return home to his wife and children. His lone companion is Friday, a native whom Crusoe rescued and taught English.

Release Date2008-10-17

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count25

Les Cent Livres des Hommes

Les Cent Livres des Hommes (ORTF, 1969-1973) was a series of literary programs created by Claude Santelli and Françoise Verny, and produced notably by Santelli, Jean Archimbaud, and Serge Moati. Planned for one hundred episodes but completed at thirty-nine, the series aimed to introduce great literary works, 'chefs-d’œuvre', to a younger audience through a mix of dramatization, reading, and documentary techniques. It marked a transfer of cultural legitimacy from writers and critics to a generation of television producers, offering a new model of educational and creative literary broadcasting - 'télévision d’auteur'.

Release Date1970-06-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Festival of Family Classics

Series of television versions of famous folk tales and classic literature.

Release Date1972-09-10

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a Sailor from York

The picture, unlike the other film adaptations of the story, focuses much more on Crusoe’s life before and after his stay on the island. Following the principle of setting the novel right, it describes Crusoe’s experiences with delicate irony and understanding.

Release Date1982-10-01

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count8

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Shipwrecked on an uninhabited island, Robinson Crusoe fills his time in either building a shelter for himself, or by reminiscing about the years he spent at sea and the adventures that led him to where he is. The months roll by and the hardships become easier, especially with his herd of wild goats, the ship's dog and a friendly parrot to keep him company. But one day he comes across a strange footprint - friend or foe?

Release Date1965-09-10

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count13

Vote Count6

Robinson and Company

As of his early childhood Robinson Crusoe has wanted to become a sailor. And when he does become one bad luck has it that the vessel he sails on gets shipwrecked. Being the only survivor of the catastrophe, he manages to take refuge on a desert island where he will spend several years, learning how to survive...

Release Date1991-05-24

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count7

Robinson Crusoe

The only survivor of a ship's crew, Robinson finds himself alone with his dog, his cat and his parrot on an almost deserted island...

Release Date1972-11-23

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count2

Robinson Crusoe

A man struggles to survive after being shipwrecked on a deserted island.

Release Date1947-02-20

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count4

Robinson Crusoe

Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès would then paint the film by hand to colour it. Originally a 15 minute film, twelve and a half minutes of painted film have been found and have been restored.

Release Date1902-12-20

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count22

Robinson Crusoe

An English slave trader is marooned on a remote tropical island, forced to fend for himself and deal with crushing loneliness.

Release Date1954-08-05

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count91

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

Ever since her birth in Newgate Prison, Moll has survived by her cunning wit, and considerable powers of seduction. She goes through five husbands and countless lovers to escape a life on the streets. In between using and deceiving her besotted paramours, she is not above picking a pocket or two! All the while, though, her heart belongs to the charismatic Jemmy. Inevitably, even the most clever criminal's luck runs out and Moll is soon facing hangman's noose. As her execution day approaches, she devises on last desperate ploy to save not only her own neck, but also the life of her one true love.

Release Date1996-12-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count1

Robinson Crusoe: The Great Blitzkrieg

Is the year 3089 and technology has exceeded all expectations. Space travel is now common place and humans have met a race of aliens who call themselves Karomingiens. This was an initially friendly race, before a group of Karomingian scientists traveled in the earth's past, downloading for research, the brain information of one of the most devious humans of the 20th Century: Adolf Hitler. The Brain set itself free into the Main Central Unit and took control over the entire alien civilization, downgrading their political system to Fascism. Now, Karomingian Nazis have only one objective: Total annihilation of humans to achieve the existence of only one pure race, theirs.

Release Date2008-10-10

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count1

Robinson Crusoe

The classical story of Robinson Crusoe, a man who is dragged to a desert island after a shipwreck.

Release Date2003-12-13

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count38

The Year of the Plague

A terrible disease is found in a Mexican town. A doctor tries to alert the authorities when he discovers its epidemic nature. No one listen to him and soon after the disease spreads. The government tries to control the information in order to prevent panic.

Release Date1978-02-12

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count18

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

After being born in prison, Moll Flanders wends her way through the top and bottom of 18th-century English society, has five husbands and many male and female lovers, travels to America and back again, and in general discovers all that is cruel and sweet in life.

Release Date1996-10-13

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count17

Il naufrago del Pacifico

Release Date1962-09-30

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count1

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

A bawdy story of how a poor damsel surrenders her virtue again and again to get to the top of society.

Release Date1965-05-26

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count14

Robinson Crusoe

Release Date1913-07-29

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Robinson Crusoe

Cartoon based on Daniel Defoe's novel. Having survived a shipwreck, young Robinson must, along with four of his animal friends, try to adapt in the best of all worlds to living on a remote island. Unfortunately, the island is visited by funny cannibals, who, once deprived of their meal, will target him. Robinson, the animals and now little Friday will have to barricade themselves and make a stand while they wait for someone to take them away.

Release Date1974-03-29

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count4

Robinson Crusoé

A man struggles to survive after being shipwrecked on a deserted island.

Release Date2003-12-22

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count2

Vote Count3

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

An 18-part silent American adventure film serial now considered to be lost. Chapter Titles: 1. The Sea Raiders 2. Shipwrecked 3. The Cannibals' Captives 4. Hidden Gold 5. The Ship of Despair 6. Friday's Faith 7. The Swamp of Terror 8. Marooned 9. The Jaguar Trap 10. A Prisoner of the Sun 11. No Greater Love 12. The Island of Happiness 13. The Sword of Courage 14. The Buccaneers 15. The Jolly Roger 16. The Idol's Bride 17. When the Heart Calls 18. Back to the Primitive

Release Date1922-03-27

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count1

As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé

Robinson Crusoe spoof, with touches of Peter Pan. Shipwreck victim lands on a desert island, finds a friendly native and has to fight pirates whose leader is Captain Hook himself.

Release Date1978-12-28

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count1

Molly

Molly is in love with Peter. Peter is living a dangerous, violent and depraved upper class life. Peters brother Robin is in love with Molly.

Release Date1977-04-11

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count7