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Miniseries
4 Episodes1993
Miniseries
4 Episodes1993
E01
Survival of the Fittest
1/19/1993·59m
Facing the worst crisis in the Zoological Society of London's 166-year history, a new management team believes it must cut costs drastically and somehow attract more visitors. Keepers who have worked devotedly with the animals all their lives apply for their own jobs.
E02
Natural Selection
1/26/1993·59m
Cost-cutting turns to the animals, one-third of whom must go.
E03
The Political Animal
2/2/1993·60m
As visitors flock to see the new panda Ming Ming, the very fabric of the zoo is crumbling. Health and Safety may shutter part of the aquarium. Unprofitable animal breeding programmes are scrutinized. Meanwhile, an alliance of keepers and Zoological Society Fellows plan a coup.
E04
Tooth and Claw
2/9/1993·60m
A rebel group of keepers and Fellows calls a special general meeting, aiming to topple the present management. Director general David Jones and his leading opponent work out their plans while a keeper nurses a sick koala named Midgie, one of two at the zoo.
