Zoo Family — Season 1
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
About this season
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 (26)
1. Zoo Family
Aired 28 July 1985 • 30 min
2. A Bird in the Hand
Aired 4 August 1985 • 30 min
3. Seal Song
Aired 11 August 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. The Last Cheetah
Aired 18 August 1985 • 30 min
5. Short Waves, Tall Stories
Aired 25 August 1985 • 30 min
6. Going Home
Aired 1 September 1985 • 30 min
7. Diamonds Are Forever
Aired 8 September 1985 • 30 min
8. Penguin Parade
Aired 15 September 1985 • 30 min
9. Ride for Your Life
Aired 22 September 1985 • 30 min
10. Trust Me
Aired 29 September 1985 • 30 min
11. Elephants and Runaways
Aired 6 October 1985 • 30 min
12. Watson of the Jungle
Aired 13 October 1985 • 30 min
13. Love, Romance, Elephants
Aired 20 October 1985 • 30 min
14. All in a Day's Holiday
Aired 27 October 1985 • 30 min
15. Reptiles Can't Cry
Aired 3 November 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. Rotters and Otters
Aired 10 November 1985 • 30 min
17. Tote That Bale
Aired 17 November 1985 • 30 min
18. Star Attraction
Aired 24 November 1985 • 30 min
19. Me and Jane
Aired 1 December 1985 • 30 min
20. Mavis of the Apes
Aired 8 December 1985 • 30 min
21. Yvonne the Terrible
Aired 15 December 1985 • 30 min
22. The Good, the Bad and Martin
Aired 22 December 1985 • 30 min
23. Monkey Business
Aired 29 December 1985 • 30 min
24. A Bunch of Emigrants
Aired 5 January 1986 • 30 min
25. Dangers of the Job
Aired 12 January 1986 • 30 min
26. The Way of the Bison
Aired 19 January 1986 • 30 min