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.
Episode 1
Zoo Family
Jul 28, 1985
Episode 2
A Bird in the Hand
Aug 4, 1985
Episode 3
Seal Song
Aug 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.
Episode 4
The Last Cheetah
Aug 18, 1985
Episode 5
Short Waves, Tall Stories
Aug 25, 1985
Episode 6
Going Home
Sep 1, 1985
Episode 7
Diamonds Are Forever
Sep 8, 1985
Episode 8
Penguin Parade
Sep 15, 1985
Episode 9
Ride for Your Life
Sep 22, 1985
Episode 10
Trust Me
Sep 29, 1985
Episode 11
Elephants and Runaways
Oct 6, 1985
Episode 12
Watson of the Jungle
Oct 13, 1985
Episode 13
Love, Romance, Elephants
Oct 20, 1985
Episode 14
All in a Day's Holiday
Oct 27, 1985
Episode 15
Reptiles Can't Cry
Nov 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.
Episode 16
Rotters and Otters
Nov 10, 1985
Episode 17
Tote That Bale
Nov 17, 1985
Episode 18
Star Attraction
Nov 24, 1985
Episode 19
Me and Jane
Dec 1, 1985
Episode 20
Mavis of the Apes
Dec 8, 1985
Episode 21
Yvonne the Terrible
Dec 15, 1985
Episode 22
The Good, the Bad and Martin
Dec 22, 1985
Episode 23
Monkey Business
Dec 29, 1985
Episode 24
A Bunch of Emigrants
Jan 5, 1986
Episode 25
Dangers of the Job
Jan 12, 1986
Episode 26
The Way of the Bison
Jan 19, 1986