History Series / FlashGordon1954

It featured Steve Holland, Irene Champlin, and Joseph Nash as Flash Gordon, Dale Arden, and Dr Zarkov, agents of the Galactic Bureau of Investigation in the 33rd century, travelling among the planets of the galaxy fighting crime and thwarting invasions. (The planet Mongo and its merciless emperor, mainstays of most versions of ''Flash Gordon'', were nowhere to be seen; this series was produced during the period when the comic strip had left Mongo behind, and Flash & co. were doing a lot more planet-hopping. The strip would return to Mongo in later decades. It's worth noting that the [[Film/FlashGordonSerial old movie serials,]] where Mongo was front and center, were aired on TV in the 50's as well, so kids would still have been familiar with the Mongo arc.)

It featured Steve Holland, Irene Champlin, and Joseph Nash as Flash Gordon, Dale Arden, and Dr Zarkov, agents of the Galactic Bureau of Investigation in the 33rd century, travelling among the planets of the galaxy fighting crime and thwarting invasions. (The planet Mongo and its merciless emperor, mainstays of most versions of ''Flash Gordon'', were nowhere to be seen; this series was produced during the period when the comic strip had left Mongo behind, and Flash & co. were doing a lot more planet-hopping. The strip would return to Mongo in later decades. It's worth noting that the old movie serials, where Mongo was front and center, were aired on TV in the 50's as well, so kids would still have been familiar with the Mongo arc.)

It featured Steve Holland, Irene Champlin, and Joseph Nash as Flash Gordon, Dale Arden, and Dr Zarkov, agents of the Galactic Bureau of Investigation in the 33rd century, travelling among the planets of the galaxy fighting crime and thwarting invasions. The planet Mongo and its merciless emperor, mainstays of most versions of ''Flash Gordon'', were nowhere to be seen; this series was produced during the period when the comic strip had left Mongo behind, and Flash & co. were doing a lot more planet-hopping. The strip would return to Mongo in later decades. It's worth noting that the old movie serials, where Mongo was front and center, were aired on TV in the 50's as well, so kids would still have been familiar with the Mongo arc.

It featured Steve Holland, Irene Champlin, and Joseph Nash as Flash Gordon, Dale Arden, and Dr Zarkov, agents of the Galactic Bureau of Investigation in the 33rd century, travelling among the planets of the galaxy fighting crime and thwarting invasions. (The planet Mongo and its merciless emperor, mainstays of most versions of ''Flash Gordon'', were nowhere to be seen; this series was produced during the period when the comic strip had left Mongo behind, and Flash & co. were doing a lot more planet-hopping. The strip would return to Mongo in later decades.)

It featured Steve Holland, Irene Champlin, and Joseph Nash as Flash Gordon, Dale Arden, and Dr Zarkov, agents of the Galactic Bureau of Investigation in the 33rd century, travelling among the planets of the galaxy fighting crime and thwarting invasions. (The planet Mongo and its merciless emperor, mainstays of most versions of ''Flash Gordon'', were nowhere to be seen.)

* CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth: While ''most'' versions of the ''Franchise/FlashGordon'' franchise focus on a single planet, Mongo, and would therefore fall under the PlanetaryRomance trope, the 1950's Live Action TV series is of the Captain Space variety, with Flash, Dale, and Zarkov zipping all over the universe to fight evil.

* CardCarryingVillain: Akim the Terrible

* ShirtlessScene: Steve Holland always had a mandatory scene per episode where he'd enter the cabin of his rocketship while still changing his shirt, revealing a well-muscled chest.

* FashionVictimVillain: Akim the Terrible's outfit has to be seen to be believed.

* InternationalCoproduction

Not to be confused with the [[Film/FlashGordonSerial films serials of the 1930s]], which were also shown on American television in the 1950s (under the title ''Space Soldiers'', as this series had dibs on the title ''Flash Gordon'').