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Zoo Family
Overview
Follows a family who live at Melbourne Zoo in Victoria, Australia. Doctor David Mitchell is the zoo's veterinarian. His children Nick and Susie love being with all the animals.
Key Crew
Producer: Gwenda Marsh
Top Cast
Peter Curtin
Dr. David Mitchell
Rebecca Gibney
Julie Davis
Kate Gorman
Susie Mitchell
Steven Jacobson
Nick Mitchell
Robert Summers
Tim Watson
John Orcsik
Ken Bennett
Jon Finlayson
Col. Archibald Spencer
Gennie Nevinson
Peta Hamilton
Seasons
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.
26 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Zoo Family
1985-07-28Episode 2: A Bird in the Hand
1985-08-04Episode 3: Seal Song
1985-08-11A 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.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 4: The Last Cheetah
1985-08-18Episode 5: Short Waves, Tall Stories
1985-08-25Episode 6: Going Home
1985-09-01Episode 7: Diamonds Are Forever
1985-09-08Episode 8: Penguin Parade
1985-09-15Episode 9: Ride for Your Life
1985-09-22Episode 10: Trust Me
1985-09-29Episode 11: Elephants and Runaways
1985-10-06Episode 12: Watson of the Jungle
1985-10-13Episode 13: Love, Romance, Elephants
1985-10-20Episode 14: All in a Day's Holiday
1985-10-27Episode 15: Reptiles Can't Cry
1985-11-03The 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.
Runtime: 30 min
