• Air date: 12 Sep '66 30 episodes
      The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.
  • List of Episodes (30)
    • 1. Lost Treasure

      12 Sep '66
      A con man comes claiming to be Heath's real father, not Tom Barkley.
    • 2. Legend of a General (1)

      19 Sep '66
      Part 1, Heath is down in Mexico where an old friend of the family escapes arrest, fleeing to the Barkley ranch. Heath is imprisoned to be held in exchange for the general.
    • 3. Legend of a General (2)

      26 Sep '66
      Nick and Jarrod head to Mexico to break out Heath, who has already broken out and been recaptured.
    • 4. Caesar's Wife

      03 Oct '66
      An old friend of Audra's has a new , very young, stepmother who likes him as more than a son, and is jealous of Audra.
    • 5. Pursuit

      10 Oct '66
      Victoria heads alone into the desert to find a sick indian before he reaches, and infects, his people.
    • 6. The Martyr

      17 Oct '66
      Jarrod defends a Basque sheepherder.
    • 7. Target

      31 Oct '66
      A candidate for governor, Joshua Hawks, who had been traveling up and down California spreading lies and causing trouble, comes to Stockton.His target this time, The Barkleys, his story, that Tom Barkley stole every inch of land that they own. He chose the wrong family to mess with this time though, because the Barkleys don't lie down for anyone they come out fighting. Against the wishes of his campain manager, the man who fabricated the story, he decides to, foolishly, stay and fight. Jarrod de
    • 8. The Velvet Trap

      07 Nov '66
      A woman asks Nick for help, pretending to be on the run from her former outlaw boyfriend. It turns out that she was with him all along, and was merely using Nick.
    • 9. The Man from Nowhere

      14 Nov '66
      Jarrod gets amnesia while far from home.
    • 10. The Great Safe Robbery

      21 Nov '66
      Bumbling thieves hold Victoria and Audra hostage as they try to open a safe at the train station.
    • 11. The Iron Box

      28 Nov '66
      While in a strange town, Heath and Nick buy a bull from a man who turns around and has them arrested for stealing it. The sherrif catches up to them while they sit around their campfire, and a fight ensues in which Heath badly burns his leg in the fire. The crooked sheriff takes them to a road gang prison to await trail. . .in a few months!! The cruel warden refuses to allow Heath a doctor and makes him work alongside the others. They soon find out the real reason that innocent drifters are arre
    • 12. Last Stage to Salt Flats

      05 Dec '66
      Heath and companions are stranded in the desert, miles from civilization or water!!!!
    • 13. A Day of Terror

      12 Dec '66
      Victoria and Audra are held captive in the church by an outlaw and her sons.
    • 14. Hide The Children

      19 Dec '66
      Nick accompanies a gypsy to her wedding.
    • 15. Day of the Comet

      26 Dec '66
      Audra falls in love with a man on the run.
    • 16. Wagonload of Dreams

      02 Jan '67
      A man tries to get his peaches to market.
    • 17. Image of Yesterday

      09 Jan '67
      An old beau of Victoria's comes to town, but he is not the man she remembers.
    • 18. Boy into Man

      16 Jan '67
      15-year-old Lud Akely is determined to take care of his younger siblings without any help from the Barkleys, who are trying to help find the mother who abandoned them.
    • 19. Down Shadow Street

      23 Jan '67
      Victoria witnesses a murder, committed by her godson, and is thrown in a sanitarium to prevent her testimony.
    • 20. The Stallion

      30 Jan '67
      An old ranch hand tries to prove he is still useful, by capturing a wild stallion . . . alone.
    • 21. The Haunted Gun

      06 Feb '67
      Gunman turned senator Jud Robson comes to Stockton, and soon begins to say he is being stalked. The main problem with his story, he is suspicious of EVERYONE.
    • 22. Price of Victory

      13 Feb '67
      Nick manages an injured boxer, in his last fight.
    • 23. Brother Love

      20 Feb '67
      A fake faith healer comes to Stockton.
    • 24. Court Martial

      06 Mar '67
      An old war friend of Nick's is being courtmartialed, along with Nick himself!
    • 25. Plunder!

      13 Mar '67
      Heath is sent to protect an evacuated town.