Born Free

Season 1

1974 · 13 episodes · 9h 32m in all

Episodes

1. 

   1. Pilot

   9 Sept 1974 · 44 min

   George and Joy Adamson work in Kenya to help local wardens protect the wildlife. When the poaching activities increase, George suspects a longtime friend of aiding the criminal enterprise.

2. 

   2. Elephant Trouble

   16 Sept 1974 · 44 min

   Local villagers lodge a complaint about Elsa. The Adamsons are asked by government officials to relocate Elsa to prevent further trouble.

3. 

   3. A Matter of Survival

   23 Sept 1974 · 44 min

   Free-spirited Terri Hill has to survive in the bush after crashing her light aircraft.

4. 

   4. Death of a Hunter

   30 Sept 1974 · 44 min

   Ex-hunter Archie Gordon plans to make amends for his past by tackling some modern-day ivory poachers.

5. 

   5. Africa's Child

   7 Oct 1974 · 44 min

   A friend of the Adamsons allows his granddaughter to stay with them for a while. Will bush country make an impression on young Regan?

6. 

   6. The Masai Rebels

   14 Oct 1974 · 44 min

   A Masai warrior decides to prove his manhood by hunting a large lion. However, a big game hunter has the same idea.

7. 

   7. The Flying Doctor of Kenya

   28 Oct 1974 · 44 min

   Dr. Claire Hanley sets out on her first village tour with the East African Flying Doctor Service. She will need to learn to be adaptable to both local customs and demanding field conditions. Joy is on hand to offer advice. Elsa is in a rather mischievous mood.

8. 

   8. The Trespassers

   4 Nov 1974 · 44 min

   After several years of absence, a tribe of Masai nomads is back. Some time after, veterinarian Paul Morgan finds that their cattle has been contaminated by rinderpest. He accordingly asks the Masais the right to examine the animals but, despite the Adamsons' intervention, Olotuno, the tribe's chief, formally opposes the idea.

9. 

   9. The Maneaters of Merti

   11 Nov 1974 · 44 min

   Two killer lions have claimed several lives. George begins a coordinated search using both villagers and game wardens. These particular lions are unusually cunning however.

10. 

    10. Elsa's Odyssey

    18 Nov 1974 · 44 min

    Regan clings to Joy when her estranged mother unexpectedly turns up. Elsa becomes a temporary surrogate to some lion cubs.

11. 

    11. The White Rhino

    25 Nov 1974 · 44 min

    Rob Mallory is shocked when the government adds his land to a requisition list. Fearing for the farm he had planned to leave to granddaughter Regan, he agrees a contract with a zoo trapper to raise funds.

12. 

    12. The Raiders

    9 Dec 1974 · 44 min

    Constant cross border raids in the north of the territory risk spreading disease among the villagers' cattle. Young Jama becomes an orphan when his father is killed during a skirmish but shows courage as events unfold.

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    13. The Devil Leopard

    30 Dec 1974 · 44 min

    The Adamsons hunt a killer leopard while tribesmen are being encouraged by an anthropologist to return to their old illegal ways.