Zoo Family
Season 1
1985 • 26 Episodes
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. Zoo Family
July 28, 1985
No overview available.
2. A Bird in the Hand
August 4, 1985
No overview available.
3. Seal Song
August 11, 1985
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
August 18, 1985
No overview available.
5. Short Waves, Tall Stories
August 25, 1985
No overview available.
6. Going Home
September 1, 1985
No overview available.
7. Diamonds Are Forever
September 8, 1985
No overview available.
8. Penguin Parade
September 15, 1985
No overview available.
9. Ride for Your Life
September 22, 1985
No overview available.
10. Trust Me
September 29, 1985
No overview available.
11. Elephants and Runaways
October 6, 1985
No overview available.
12. Watson of the Jungle
October 13, 1985
No overview available.
13. Love, Romance, Elephants
October 20, 1985
No overview available.
14. All in a Day's Holiday
October 27, 1985
No overview available.
15. Reptiles Can't Cry
November 3, 1985
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
November 10, 1985
No overview available.
17. Tote That Bale
November 17, 1985
No overview available.
18. Star Attraction
November 24, 1985
No overview available.
19. Me and Jane
December 1, 1985
No overview available.
20. Mavis of the Apes
December 8, 1985
No overview available.
21. Yvonne the Terrible
December 15, 1985
No overview available.
22. The Good, the Bad and Martin
December 22, 1985
No overview available.
23. Monkey Business
December 29, 1985
No overview available.
24. A Bunch of Emigrants
January 5, 1986
No overview available.
25. Dangers of the Job
January 12, 1986
No overview available.
26. The Way of the Bison
January 19, 1986
No overview available.