''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

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.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p. 499 It was filmed at the

Melbourne Zoo Melbourne Zoo is a zoo in Melbourne, Australia. It is located within Royal Park in Parkville, approximately north of the centre of Melbourne. It is the primary zoo serving Melbourne. The zoo contains more than 320 animal species from Austr ...

. It was later shown in reruns on

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in the

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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

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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

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