The Big Valley

The Big Valley
Creator(s)	A.I. Bezzerides, Louis F. Edelman
On air	September 15, 1965 - May 19, 1969
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	112
Main cast	Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Linda Evans, Barbara Stanwyck,

The Big Valley was a popular TV series of 4 seasons that ran from 1965 to 1969.

Storyline

Victoria Barkley heads her adult brood on the Barkley Ranch in California's San Joaquin Valley, near Stockton, in the 1870s. Heath is the illegitimate son of Victoria's husband, Tom (who is dead at the time of the series). Bank robbers, horse thieves, revolutionaries, and land grabbers keep the Barkleys hopping. - Source: IMDb.com

Main cast

• Richard Long as Jarrod Barkley
• Peter Breck as Nick Barkley
• Lee Majors as Heath
• Linda Evans as Audra Barkley
• Miss Barbara Stanwyck as Victoria Barkley

Episodes

Season 1

No.	Name	Air date
1	Palms of Glory	September 15, 1965
2	Forty Rifles	September 22, 1965
3	Boots with My Father's Name	September 29, 1965
4	The Young Marauders	October 6, 1965
5	The Odyssey of Jubal Tanner	October 13, 1965
6	Heritage	October 20, 1965
7	Winner Lose All	October 27, 1965
8	My Son, My Son	November 3, 1965
9	Earthquake	November 10, 1965
10	The Murdered Party	November 17, 1965
11	The Way to Kill a Killer	November 24, 1965
12	Night of the Wolf	December 1, 1965
13	The Guilt of Matt Bentell	December 8, 1965
14	The Brawlers	December 15, 1965
15	Judgement in Heaven	December 22, 1965
16	The Invaders	December 29, 1965
17	By Fires Unseen	January 5, 1966
18	A Time to Kill	January 19, 1966
19	Teacher of Outlaws	February 2, 1966
20	Under a Dark Star	February 9, 1966
21	Barbary Red	February 16, 1966
22	The Death Merchant	February 23, 1966
23	The Fallen Hawk	March 2, 1966
24	Hazard	March 9, 1966
25	Into the Widow's Web	March 23, 1966
26	By Force and Violence	March 30, 1966
27	The River Monarch	April 6, 1966
28	The Midas Man	April 13, 1966
29	Tunnel of Gold	April 20, 1966
30	Last Train to the Fair	April 27, 1966

Season 2

No.	Name	Air date
1	The Lost Treasure	September 12, 1966
2	Legend of a General: Part 1	September 19, 1966
3	Legend of a General: Part 2	September 26, 1966
4	Caesar's Wife	October 3, 1966
5	Pursuit	October 10, 1966
6	The Martyr	October 17, 1966
7	Target	October 31, 1966
8	The Velvet Trap	November 7, 1966
9	The Man from Nowhere	November 14, 1966
10	The Great Safe Robbery	November 21, 1966
11	The Iron Box	November 28, 1966
12	Last Stage to Salt Flats	December 5, 1966
13	A Day of Terror	December 12, 1966
14	Hide the Children	December 19, 1966
15	Day of the Comet	December 26, 1966
16	Wagonload of Dreams	January 2, 1967
17	Image of Yesterday	January 9, 1967
18	Boy Into Man	January 16, 1967
19	Down Shadow Street	January 23, 1967
20	The Stallion	January 30, 1967
21	The Haunted Gun	February 6, 1967
22	Price of Victory	February 13, 1967
23	Brother Love	February 20, 1967
24	Court Martial	March 6, 1967
25	Plunder!	March 13, 1967
26	Turn of a Card	March 20, 1967
27	Showdown in Limbo	March 27, 1967
28	The Lady from Mesa	April 3, 1967
29	Days of Grace	April 17, 1967
30	Cage of Eagles	April 24, 1967

Season 3

No.	Name	Air date
1	Joaquin	September 11, 1967
2	Ambush	September 18, 1967
3	A Flock of Trouble	September 25, 1967
4	Time After Midnight	October 2, 1967
5	Night in a Small Town	October 9, 1967
6	Ladykiller	October 16, 1967
7	Guilty	October 30, 1967
8	The Disappearance	November 6, 1967
9	A Noose Is Waiting	November 13, 1967
10	Explosion!: Part 1	November 20, 1967
11	Explosion!: Part 2	November 27, 1967
12	Four Days to Furnace Hill	December 4, 1967
13	Night of the Executioner	December 11, 1967
14	Journey Into Violence	December 18, 1967
15	The Buffalo Man	December 25, 1967
16	The Good Thieves	January 1, 1968
17	Days of Wrath	January 8, 1968
18	Miranda	January 15, 1968
19	Shadow of a Giant	January 29, 1968
20	Fall of a Hero	February 5, 1968
21	The Emperor of Rice	February 12, 1968
22	Rimfire	February 19, 1968
23	Bounty on a Barkley	February 26, 1968
24	The Devil's Masquerade	March 4, 1968
25	Run of the Savage	March 11, 1968
26	The Challenge	March 18, 1968

Season 4

No.	Name	Air date
1	In Silent Battle	September 23, 1968
2	They Called Her Delilah	September 30, 1968
3	Presumed Dead	October 7, 1968
4	Run of the Cat	October 21, 1968
5	Deathtown	October 28, 1968
6	The Jonah	November 11, 1968
7	Hell Hath No Fury	November 18, 1968
8	The Long Ride	November 25, 1968
9	The Profit and the Lost	December 2, 1968
10	A Stranger Everywhere	December 9, 1968
11	The Prize	December 16, 1968
12	Hunter's Moon	December 30, 1968
13	Top of the Stairs	January 6, 1969
14	Joshua Watson	January 20, 1969
15	The Secret	January 27, 1969
16	The 25 Graves of Midas	February 3, 1969
17	Lightfoot	February 17, 1969
18	Alias Nellie Handley	February 24, 1969
19	The Royal Road	March 3, 1969
20	A Passage of Saints	March 10, 1969
21	The Battle of Mineral Springs	March 24, 1969
22	The Other Face of Justice	March 31, 1969
23	Town of No Exit	April 7, 1969
24	Danger Road	April 21, 1969
25	Flight from San Miguel	April 28, 1969
26	Point and Counterpoint	May 19, 1969