About this season
The adventures of two married game wardens in Kenya. George Adamson and Diana Muldaur live with their adopted lioness Elsa the Lioness, where they protect the animals in the surrounding area from all sorts of danger, both natural and human.
Episodes (13)
1. Pilot
Aired 9 September 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. Elephant Trouble
Aired 16 September 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. A Matter of Survival
Aired 23 September 1974 • 44 min
Free-spirited Terri Hill has to survive in the bush after crashing her light aircraft.
4. Death of a Hunter
Aired 30 September 1974 • 44 min
Ex-hunter Archie Gordon plans to make amends for his past by tackling some modern-day ivory poachers.
5. Africa's Child
Aired 7 October 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. The Masai Rebels
Aired 14 October 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. The Flying Doctor of Kenya
Aired 28 October 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. The Trespassers
Aired 4 November 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. The Maneaters of Merti
Aired 11 November 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. Elsa's Odyssey
Aired 18 November 1974 • 44 min
Regan clings to Joy when her estranged mother unexpectedly turns up. Elsa becomes a temporary surrogate to some lion cubs.
11. The White Rhino
Aired 25 November 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. The Raiders
Aired 9 December 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.
13. The Devil Leopard
Aired 30 December 1974 • 44 min
The Adamsons hunt a killer leopard while tribesmen are being encouraged by an anthropologist to return to their old illegal ways.