Zoo Family
Season 1
July 28, 1985
26Episodes
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
3. Seal Song
August 11, 1985
30 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Marion Heathfield, Mel Kounnas, John McTernan
5. Short Waves, Tall Stories
August 25, 1985
30 min
Guest Stars:
Marion Heathfield, Bruce Spence, Brian Hannan, Paul Makin, Chris Connelly
7. Diamonds Are Forever
September 8, 1985
30 min
Guest Stars:
Marion Heathfield, Chris Connelly, Bunney Brooke
8. Penguin Parade
September 15, 1985
30 min
Guest Stars:
Marion Heathfield, Chris Connelly, Peter Darby, Mark Hennessy, Darren Boyd
9. Ride for Your Life
September 22, 1985
30 min
Guest Stars:
Marion Heathfield, Chris Connelly, Tommy Dysart, Rodney Bell
10. Trust Me
September 29, 1985
30 min
Guest Stars:
Marion Heathfield, Chris Connelly, Susan Gorence, Michaela Abay, Nigel Bradshaw
11. Elephants and Runaways
October 6, 1985
30 min
Guest Stars:
Marion Heathfield, Mark Kounnas, Nick Waters
12. Watson of the Jungle
October 13, 1985
30 min
Guest Stars:
Marion Heathfield, David Letch, Jeffrey Hodgson, Brett Lewis
13. Love, Romance, Elephants
October 20, 1985
30 min
Guest Stars:
Marion Heathfield, Chris Connelly, Max Phipps
14. All in a Day's Holiday
October 27, 1985
30 min
Guest Stars:
Marion Heathfield, Chris Connelly, Natalie Lewenberg, Barbara West, Robyn Gibbes
15. Reptiles Can't Cry
November 3, 1985
30 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Marion Heathfield, Justin Coleman, Tim McKenzie
16. Rotters and Otters
November 10, 1985
30 min
Guest Stars:
Marion Heathfield, Chris Connelly, Huw Williams
17. Tote That Bale
November 17, 1985
30 min
Guest Stars:
Marion Heathfield, Chris Connelly, Mark Ferguson, Desirée Smith
18. Star Attraction
November 24, 1985
30 min
Guest Stars:
Marion Heathfield, Vince Colosimo, Fiona Corke, Paul Dawber
21. Yvonne the Terrible
December 15, 1985
30 min
Guest Stars:
Marion Heathfield, Chris Connelly, Kylie Minogue
22. The Good, the Bad and Martin
December 22, 1985
30 min
Guest Stars:
Marion Heathfield, Chris Connelly, Ben Mendelsohn, Rachel Friend
23. Monkey Business
December 29, 1985
30 min
Guest Stars:
Marion Heathfield, Paul Dawber, Marion Edward
24. A Bunch of Emigrants
January 5, 1986
30 min
Guest Stars:
Marion Heathfield, Chris Connelly, Tony Martin, Carl Price