{{Short description|Television series}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2012}} {{infobox television | image = | caption = | runtime = | creator = [[Alison Nisselle]] | producer = Gwenda Marsh | executive_producer = | starring = | theme_music_composer = | country = Australia | network = [[Nine Network]] | first_aired = {{start date|1985|06|23|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|1985}} | num_episodes = 26 }}
'''''Zoo Family''''' is an Australian [[children's television series]] broadcast on the [[Nine Network]] on 23 June 1985.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112847845/animal-and-children-idea-succeeds-in/|title=Animal-and-children idea succeeds in 'Zoo Family'|last=Hooks|first=Barbara|date=21 June 1985|work=[[The Age]]|access-date=10 November 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{free access}}</ref> The series was produced by [[Crawford Productions]]<ref name="moran">Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p. 499</ref> and filmed at the [[Melbourne Zoo]]. It was later shown in reruns on [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]] in the United States.
==Synopsis== Zoo Vet Dr. David Mitchell and his children Nick and Susie make the [[Melbourne Zoo|Royal Melbourne Zoo]] their home.
==Cast==
===Main / regular=== * [[Peter Curtin]] as Dr. David 'Mitch' Mitchell * Steven Jacobson as Nicholas Mitchell * Kate Gorman as Susie Mitchell * [[Rebecca Gibney]] as Julie Davis * [[Jon Finlayson]] as Col. Archibald Spencer * [[John Orcsik]] as Ken Bennett * Robert Summers as Tim Watson * Marion Heathfield as Mrs. Spencer * [[Gennie Nevinson]] as Peta Hamilton
===Guests=== * [[Ben Mendelsohn]] as Martin (1 episode) * [[Bruce Spence]] as George (1 episode) * [[Fiona Corke]] as Fiona (1 episode) * [[John McTernan (actor)|John McTernan]] as Mr Macleod (1 episode) * [[Julia Blake]] as Mrs Watson (1 episode) * [[Kylie Minogue]] as Yvonne (1 episode) * [[Marion Edward]] as Mona Vale (1 episode) * [[Max Phipps]] as Elephant Jim (1 episode) * [[Nigel Bradshaw]] as Bernie Barker (1 episode) * [[Rachel Friend]] as Susie's friend (1 episode) * [[Tommy Dysart]] as McGregor (1 episode) * [[Tony Martin (Australian actor)|Tony Martin]] as Manuel (1 episode) * [[Vince Colosimo]] (1 episode)
==See also== * [[List of Australian television series]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0088644|title=Zoo Family}} * http://www.australiantelevision.net/zoofamily.html
[[Category:Australian children's television series]] [[Category:Nine Network original programming]] [[Category:1985 Australian television series debuts]] [[Category:1980s Nickelodeon original programming]] [[Category:Nickelodeon original programming]]