Zoo Family
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Zoo Family is an Australia
n children's television series
on the Nine Network Australia
that first screened in 1985. The series was produced by Crawford Productions
and was based on the book by Robin Klein
. It was filmed at the Melbourne Zoo
. It was later shown in reruns on Nickelodeon
in the United States
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n children's television series
Children's television series
Children's television series, are commercial television programs designed for, and marketed to children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run in the early evening, for the children that go to school...
on the Nine Network Australia
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
that first screened in 1985. The series was produced by Crawford Productions
Crawford Productions
Crawford Productions is an Australian television production company founded by Hector Crawford; the present incarnation of the company, Crawfords Australia, is now a subsidiary of the WIN television corporation.-History:...
and was based on the book by Robin Klein
Robin Klein
Robin McMaugh Klein is an Australian author of books for children. She was born 28 February 1936, in Kempsey, New South Wales and now resides near Melbourne.-Early life:...
. It was filmed at the Melbourne Zoo
Melbourne Zoo
The Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens, commonly known as the Melbourne Zoo, contains more than 320 animal species from Australia and around the world. The zoo is north of the centre of Melbourne. It is accessible via Royal Park station on the Upfield railway line, and is also accessible via tram...
. It was later shown in reruns on Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Synopsis
Zoo Vet Dr. David Mitchell and his children Nick and Susie make the Royal Melbourne Zoo their home.Cast
- Peter Curtain as Dr. David 'Mitch' Mitchell
- Steven Jacobson Nicholas Mitchell
- Kate Gorman as Susie Mitchell
- Rebecca GibneyRebecca GibneyRebecca Catherine Gibney is a New Zealand born Australian actress.-Biography:Gibney was born the youngest of six children, and brought up in Wellington. She has said she wasn't so much funny as a "bit odd" as a child. "I was a bit like Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family...
as Julie Davis - Jon Finlayson as Col. Archibald Spencer
- John OrcsikJohn OrcsikJohn Orcsik is an Australian actor of Hungarian descent.In the early 1970s he appeared in soap opera Bellbird, and played various guest roles in the Crawford Productions police dramas Homicide, Division 4 and Matlock Police...
as Ken Bennett - Robert Summers as Tim Watson
- Marion Heathfield as Mrs. Spencer