About this season
Flash Gordon is a science fiction television series based on the characters of the Alex Raymond-created comic strip of the same name. Diverging from the storyline of the comics, the series set Flash, Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov in the year 3203. As agents of the Galactic Bureau of Investigation, the team travels the galaxy in their ship the Sky Flash, battling cosmic villains under the order of Commander Paul Richards. The series was filmed in West Berlin and Marseille as a West German, French and American co-production by Intercontinental Television Films and Telediffusion. The series aired in syndication throughout most of the U.S. but also aired on the east coast on the DuMont Television Network. The series proved popular with American audiences and critical response, though sparse, was positive. Flash Gordon has garnered little modern critical attention. What little there is generally dismisses the series, although there has been some critical thought devoted to its presentation of Cold War and capitalist themes.
Episodes (39)
1. Flash Gordon and the Planet of Death
Aired 1 October 1954
2. Escape into Time
Aired 8 October 1954
3. The Electro Man
Aired 15 October 1954
4. The Vengeance of Rabeed
Aired 22 October 1954
5. Akim the Terrible
Aired 5 November 1954
The Galactic Bureau of Investigation. This episode is about a planet ran by AKIM THE TERRIBLE, where it is a crime to help old or sick people who are being robbed.
6. The Claim Jumpers
Aired 12 November 1954
In this episode, Flash Gordon and Dale Arden track down some mean space pirates and save Prospector Pete and beautiful daughter when the robbers come to steal Pete's huge precious stone.
7. The Dancing Death
Aired 19 November 1954
8. The Breath of Death
Aired 26 November 1954
9. The Great Secret
Aired 3 December 1954
10. Return of the Androids
Aired 10 December 1954
11. The Frightened King
Aired 17 December 1954
12. The Deadly Deception
Aired 24 December 1954
13. Duel Against Darkness
Aired 31 December 1954
14. The Sound Gun
Aired 14 January 1955
15. The Weapon That Walked
Aired 31 January 1955
16. Mission to Masca
Aired 4 February 1955
17. The Lure of Light
Aired 11 February 1955
18. The Rains of Death
Aired 18 February 1955
19. Flash Gordon and the Race Against Time
Aired 25 February 1955
There is to be a vote on Mars to decided if the Galaxy Bureau of Investigation will continue. Flash, Dale and Zarkov have a stake in this because they work for the G.B.I. Flash must get Commander Richards to Mars on Time. Will they make it?
20. The Witch of Neptune
Aired 4 March 1955
21. Flash Gordon and the Brain Machine
Aired 11 March 1955
Continued from last episode where Zarkov and Commander Richards are caught destroying the atmosphere of Neptune. Flash and Dale replace the machine that returns the breathable atmosphere to Neptune. Zydereen teleports Zarkov and Richards to Saturn where she starts drainng their knowledge and memories. Flash and Dale arrive but are too late to help their friend and Zydereen escapes.
22. Struggle to the End
Aired 18 March 1955
Flash Gordon pits himself against the mad witch, who is again trying to completely dominate the universe.
23. The Water World Menace
Aired 25 March 1955
24. Saboteurs from Space
Aired 1 April 1955
25. The Forbidden Experiment
Aired 8 April 1955
Dr. Zarkov receives a call from an old friend on planet Zeta N1. He needs Zarkov to bring him some serum. When Zarkov gets there he finds his friend is dead and he is captured. Flash and Dale come to rescue Zarkov and are also captured. They all just barely escape with their lives.
26. Heat Wave
Aired 15 April 1955
27. The Hunger Invasion
Aired 22 April 1955
28. Encounter With Evil
Aired 29 April 1955
29. The Matter Duplicator
Aired 6 May 1955
30. The Micro-man Menace
Aired 13 May 1955
31. The Space Smugglers
Aired 20 May 1955
32. The Mystery of Phoros
Aired 27 May 1955
33. The Shadowy Death
Aired 3 June 1955
34. Death in the Negative
Aired 10 June 1955
35. The Earth's Core
Aired 17 June 1955
36. Deadline at Noon
Aired 24 June 1955
Flash, Dale and Zarkov have to go back in time to the 1950s to stop a bomb that is destroying planets in their time. They are chased through West Berlin showing post World War II Berlin. Can they find and destroy the bomb before it goes off at noon?
37. The Law of Velorum
Aired 1 July 1955
38. The Skyjackers
Aired 8 July 1955
39. The Subworld Revenge
Aired 15 July 1955