''Zoo Family'' is an Australian
children's television series
Children's television series (or children's television shows) are television show, television programs designed for children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run during ...
broadcast on the
Nine Network on 23 June 1985.
The series was produced by
Crawford Productions
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.
[Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p. 499] It was filmed at the
Melbourne Zoo
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. It was later shown in reruns on
Nickelodeon
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in the
United States
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.
Synopsis
Zoo Vet Dr. David Mitchell and his children Nick and Susie make the Royal Melbourne Zoo their home.
Cast
*
Peter Curtin as Dr. David 'Mitch' Mitchell
* Steven Jacobson Nicholas Mitchell
* Kate Gorman as Susie Mitchell
*
Rebecca Gibney as Julie Davis
* Jon Finlayson as Col. Archibald Spencer
*
John Orcsik
John Orcsik (born 3 May 1945) credited also variously as Jon Orcsik, John Orschik, John Orscik and John Crosik is an Australian actor, screenwriter, director and producer of Hungarian descent, known for his television roles starting from the l ...
as Ken Bennett
* Robert Summers as Tim Watson
* Marion Heathfield as Mrs. Spencer
See also
*
List of Australian television series
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, id=0088644, title=Zoo Family
* http://www.australiantelevision.net/zoofamily.html
Australian children's television series
Nine Network original programming
1985 Australian television series debuts
1980s Nickelodeon original programming
Nickelodeon original programming