The Great Adventure (American TV series)

The Great Adventure is an American historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963–64 television season.^[1] The initial 13 episodes were narrated by Van Heflin,^[2] with the second grouping of 13 episodes narrated by Russell Johnson.^[3] The series, which featured theme music by Richard Rodgers, presented a weekly one-hour dramatization of the lives of famous Americans and important events in American history.^[4]

The Great Adventure
Lee Marvin and Walter Koenig in "Six Wagons to the Sea", 1963.
Genre	Historical Anthology
Directed by	Buzz Kulik Philip Leacock Joseph M. Newman Denis Sanders Robert Stevens
Narrated by	Van Heflin Russell Johnson
Theme music composer	Richard Rodgers
Composers	Fred Steiner Bernard Herrmann Wilbur Hatch Leon Klatzkin Nathan Scott David Buttolph Robert Drasnin Leigh Harline
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer	Bert Granet
Producers	John Houseman Ethel Winant
Running time	44 mins.
Production company	CBS
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 27, 1963 – May 1, 1964

The series lasted for only 26 episodes, and showed, among others, stories on the Confederate submarine, the Hunley; the life of Harriet Tubman; the Battles of Lexington and Concord; the trial and hanging of Nathan Hale; the life of "Boss" Tweed; the death of Sitting Bull; the siege of Boonesborough; the capture of Jefferson Davis; the life and death of Wild Bill Hickok; and the Battle of New Orleans.

Among those who appeared in the series were:

• The Great Adventure at IMDb
• Theme music
• The Great Adventure at CVTA with episode list