American Western drama television series (1965-1969)
The Big Valley
Genre
Western
Created by
A.I. Bezzerides
Louis F. Edelman
Starring
Richard Long
Peter Breck
Lee Majors
Linda Evans
Barbara Stanwyck
Composer
George Duning
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
4
No. of episodes
112 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time
50 minutes
Production companies
Levy-Gardner-Laven Productions
Four Star Television
Margate
Original release
Network
ABC
Release
September 15, 1965 (1965-09-15) – May 19, 1969 (1969-05-19)
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Sierra Railway Engine #3 at the old Jamestown, California Depot, for the filming of the pilot episode of The Big Valley, 1965
The Big Valley is an American Western television series that originally aired from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969 on ABC.[1] The series is set on the fictional Barkley Ranch in Stockton, California, from 1884 to 1888. The one-hour episodes follow the lives of the Barkley family, one of the wealthiest and largest ranch-owning families in Stockton, led by matriarch Victoria Barkley (Barbara Stanwyck), her sons Jarrod (Richard Long) and Nick (Peter Breck), daughter Audra (Linda Evans), and their half-brother Heath (Lee Majors).[2] The series was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.
^McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
^Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
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