Season 1 (1985)
For Dr. David "Mitch" Mitchell and his children Nick and Susie, the dream of children the world over comes true. They are the Zoo Family and their home is the Royal Melbourne Zoo. It's just one of the best zoos anywhere. And with their dad the Zoo Vet, the kids live with the animals as no-one else can.
Release date: 1985-07-28
Episodes (26):
1. Zoo Family
Release date: 1985-07-28
2. A Bird in the Hand
Release date: 1985-08-04
3. Seal Song
A girl whose mother died in a boating accident befriends the seals and the Mitchell family. Thomas Spencer suggests his sister in law would make an ideal live-in maid for the Mitchell family.
Release date: 1985-08-11
4. The Last Cheetah
Release date: 1985-08-18
5. Short Waves, Tall Stories
Release date: 1985-08-25
6. Going Home
Release date: 1985-09-01
7. Diamonds Are Forever
Release date: 1985-09-08
8. Penguin Parade
Release date: 1985-09-15
9. Ride for Your Life
Release date: 1985-09-22
10. Trust Me
Release date: 1985-09-29
11. Elephants and Runaways
Release date: 1985-10-06
12. Watson of the Jungle
Release date: 1985-10-13
13. Love, Romance, Elephants
Release date: 1985-10-20
14. All in a Day's Holiday
Release date: 1985-10-27
15. Reptiles Can't Cry
The Mitchell family catch troubled teen Ace, red-handed, as he spray paints one of the zoo's giant turtles. But the reptile keeper decides to give him a chance and Ace finds, to everyone's surprise, that he truly enjoys caring for reptiles. He is taken in by the Mitchell family and earns the respect of the two Mitchell children, Susie and Nick. Meanwhile, the irascible Col Archibald Spencer does his own detective work and wrongly accuses young Tim Watson of harming the turtle and putting a stumpy-tailed lizard in Mrs Spencer's handbag. More by fortune than design, Col Spencer eventually tracks down the correct culprit and uses his influence as the zoo's primary benefactor to insist on redressing the crime. To the dismay of zoo vet Dr David Mitchell, zoo director Ken Bennett has his hand forced by Spencer and has to fire Ace. However, the episode ends with Ace promised a job at Taronga Zoo in Sydney and heading north on the train.
Release date: 1985-11-03
16. Rotters and Otters
Release date: 1985-11-10
17. Tote That Bale
Release date: 1985-11-17
18. Star Attraction
Release date: 1985-11-24
19. Me and Jane
Release date: 1985-12-01
20. Mavis of the Apes
Release date: 1985-12-08
21. Yvonne the Terrible
Release date: 1985-12-15
22. The Good, the Bad and Martin
Release date: 1985-12-22
23. Monkey Business
Release date: 1985-12-29
24. A Bunch of Emigrants
Release date: 1986-01-05
25. Dangers of the Job
Release date: 1986-01-12
26. The Way of the Bison
Release date: 1986-01-19
Cast
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Steven Jacobson - Nick Mitchell, Robert Summers - Tim Watson
Crew - click here to expand
Luke Hura - Animal Coordinator, Simone North - Production Coordinator, Hector Crawford - Executive Producer, Rob Hansford - Key Grip, Ian Crawford - Executive Producer, Gwenda Marsh - Producer, Terry Stapleton - Executive Producer, Stewart Wright - Production Manager, Donald Lindsay - Wardrobe Supervisor, Bruce Rowland - Music Arranger, Andrew Reese - Art Direction, Brett Anderson - Director of Photography, John Hollands - Post Production Supervisor, Debbie Cox - Assistant Production Manager, Paul Tilley - Focus Puller, Michael Slater - Sound Mixer, Jan Pontifex - Casting