Zoo Family

Season 1

1985 · 26 episodes · 13h 0m in all

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.

Episodes

1. 

   1. Zoo Family

   28 Jul 1985 · 30 min

2. 

   2. A Bird in the Hand

   4 Aug 1985 · 30 min

3. 

   3. Seal Song

   11 Aug 1985 · 30 min

   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.

4. 

   4. The Last Cheetah

   18 Aug 1985 · 30 min

5. 

   5. Short Waves, Tall Stories

   25 Aug 1985 · 30 min

6. 

   6. Going Home

   1 Sept 1985 · 30 min

7. 

   7. Diamonds Are Forever

   8 Sept 1985 · 30 min

8. 

   8. Penguin Parade

   15 Sept 1985 · 30 min

9. 

   9. Ride for Your Life

   22 Sept 1985 · 30 min

10. 

    10. Trust Me

    29 Sept 1985 · 30 min

11. 

    11. Elephants and Runaways

    6 Oct 1985 · 30 min

12. 

    12. Watson of the Jungle

    13 Oct 1985 · 30 min

13. 

    13. Love, Romance, Elephants

    20 Oct 1985 · 30 min

14. 

    14. All in a Day's Holiday

    27 Oct 1985 · 30 min

15. 

    15. Reptiles Can't Cry

    3 Nov 1985 · 30 min

    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.

16. 

    16. Rotters and Otters

    10 Nov 1985 · 30 min

17. 

    17. Tote That Bale

    17 Nov 1985 · 30 min

18. 

    18. Star Attraction

    24 Nov 1985 · 30 min

19. 

    19. Me and Jane

    1 Dec 1985 · 30 min

20. 

    20. Mavis of the Apes

    8 Dec 1985 · 30 min

21. 

    21. Yvonne the Terrible

    15 Dec 1985 · 30 min

22. 

    22. The Good, the Bad and Martin

    22 Dec 1985 · 30 min

23. 

    23. Monkey Business

    29 Dec 1985 · 30 min

24. 

    24. A Bunch of Emigrants

    5 Jan 1986 · 30 min

25. 

    25. Dangers of the Job

    12 Jan 1986 · 30 min

26. 

    26. The Way of the Bison

    19 Jan 1986 · 30 min