Season 1

July 28, 1985

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.

26 Episodes

Episodes

Zoo Family

July 28, 1985

A Bird in the Hand

August 4, 1985

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.

The Last Cheetah

August 18, 1985

Short Waves, Tall Stories

August 25, 1985

Going Home

September 1, 1985

Diamonds Are Forever

September 8, 1985

Penguin Parade

September 15, 1985

Ride for Your Life

September 22, 1985

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Trust Me

September 29, 1985

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Elephants and Runaways

October 6, 1985

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Watson of the Jungle

October 13, 1985

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Love, Romance, Elephants

October 20, 1985

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All in a Day's Holiday

October 27, 1985

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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.

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