
Season 1 (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.
Episodes: 26
Star Cast: Peter Curtin , Rebecca Gibney , Kate Gorman , Steven Jacobson ,
Episodes List

Ep.1 Zoo Family
Air Date: 1985-07-28

Ep.2 A Bird in the Hand
Air Date: 1985-08-04

Ep.3 Seal Song
Air Date: 1985-08-11
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.

Ep.4 The Last Cheetah
Air Date: 1985-08-18

Ep.5 Short Waves, Tall Stories
Air Date: 1985-08-25

Ep.6 Going Home
Air Date: 1985-09-01

Ep.7 Diamonds Are Forever
Air Date: 1985-09-08

Ep.8 Penguin Parade
Air Date: 1985-09-15

Ep.9 Ride for Your Life
Air Date: 1985-09-22

Ep.10 Trust Me
Air Date: 1985-09-29

Ep.11 Elephants and Runaways
Air Date: 1985-10-06

Ep.12 Watson of the Jungle
Air Date: 1985-10-13

Ep.13 Love, Romance, Elephants
Air Date: 1985-10-20

Ep.14 All in a Day's Holiday
Air Date: 1985-10-27

Ep.15 Reptiles Can't Cry
Air Date: 1985-11-03
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.

Ep.16 Rotters and Otters
Air Date: 1985-11-10

Ep.17 Tote That Bale
Air Date: 1985-11-17

Ep.18 Star Attraction
Air Date: 1985-11-24

Ep.19 Me and Jane
Air Date: 1985-12-01

Ep.20 Mavis of the Apes
Air Date: 1985-12-08

Ep.21 Yvonne the Terrible
Air Date: 1985-12-15

Ep.22 The Good, the Bad and Martin
Air Date: 1985-12-22

Ep.23 Monkey Business
Air Date: 1985-12-29

Ep.24 A Bunch of Emigrants
Air Date: 1986-01-05

Ep.25 Dangers of the Job
Air Date: 1986-01-12
