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Zoo Family is an Australian children's television series on the Nine Network Australia that first screened in 1985. The series was produced by Crawford Productions and was based on the book by Robin Klein. It was filmed at the Melbourne Zoo. It was later shown in reruns on Nickelodeon in the United States.
Original Release
05/04/1985
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Peter Curtin | Dr. David Mitchell |
Rebecca Gibney | Julie Davis |
Kate Gorman | Susie Mitchell |
Steven Jacobson | Nick Mitchell |
John Orcsik | Ken Bennett |
Jon Finlayson | Col. Archibald Spencer / Mr. Spencer |
Gennie Nevinson | Peta Hamilton / Peta |
Maciej Staniewicz | Harry Zychla / Harry |
Marion Heathfield | Mrs. Spencer |
Chris Connelly | Andrew Webster |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Zoo Family | Sunday, 23 June 1985 |
2 | A Bird in the Hand | Sunday, 11 August 1985 |
3 | Seal Song | Saturday, 27 August 1988 |
4 | The Last Cheetah | Sunday, 21 July 1985 |
5 | Short Waves, Tall Stories | Sunday, 04 August 1985 |
6 | Going Home | Sunday, 25 August 1985 |
7 | Diamonds Are Forever | Saturday, 08 October 1988 |
8 | Penguin Parade | Sunday, 18 August 1985 |
9 | Ride for Your Life | Sunday, 08 September 1985 |
10 | Trust Me | Sunday, 29 September 1985 |
11 | Elephants and Runaways | Sunday, 30 June 1985 |
12 | Watson of the Jungle | Saturday, 15 October 1988 |
13 | Love, Romance, Elephants | Sunday, 22 September 1985 |
14 | All in a Day's Holiday | Sunday, 01 September 1985 |
15 | Reptiles Can't Cry | Sunday, 14 July 1985 |
16 | Rotters and Otters | Saturday, 29 October 1988 |
17 | Tote That Bale | Sunday, 06 October 1985 |
18 | Star Attraction | Sunday, 07 July 1985 |
19 | Me and Jane | Saturday, 26 November 1988 |
20 | Mavies of the Apes | Saturday, 28 January 1989 |
21 | Yvonne the Terrible | Saturday, 19 November 1988 |
22 | The Good, the Bad and Martin | Saturday, 04 February 1989 |
23 | Monkey Business | Saturday, 01 June 1985 |
24 | A Bunch of Emigrants | Thursday, 23 November 1989 |
25 | Dangers of the Job | Saturday, 11 February 1989 |
26 | Way of the Bison | Sunday, 15 September 1985 |
Directors
Howard Neil, Chris Shiel, Colin Budds, Mark Defriest, Mark Callen, Chris Langman, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
Writers
Commissioner Gordon, Andrew Kennedy, Mary Dagmar-Davies, Michael T. Kennedy, Roger Dunn, Cassandra Carter, John Lord, Deborah Cox, John Alsop, Peter Hepworth, Judith Colquhoun, Roger Moulton, Leon Saunders, Michael Joshua, John Reeves, Terry Stapleton, Vincent Moran
Cast
Name | Character |
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Peter Curtin | Dr. David Mitchell |
Rebecca Gibney | Julie Davis |
Kate Gorman | Susie Mitchell |
Steven Jacobson | Nick Mitchell |
John Orcsik | Ken Bennett |
Jon Finlayson | Col. Archibald Spencer / Mr. Spencer |
Gennie Nevinson | Peta Hamilton / Peta |
Maciej Staniewicz | Harry Zychla / Harry |
Marion Heathfield | Mrs. Spencer |
Chris Connelly | Andrew Webster |
Paul Dawber | John Davis |
Emma Bathgate | Robyn |
Julia Blake | Mrs. Watson |
Vince Colosimo | Vince Colosimo |
Mark Kounnas | Fred Robinson |
Marion Edward | Mona Vale |
William Upjohn | Patrick |
Mel Kounnas | Meg |
Peter Snook | Barry |
Justin Coleman | Ace |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Terry Stapleton | Executive Producer |
Ian Crawford | Executive Producer |
Hector Crawford | Executive Producer |
Gwenda Marsh | Producer |