Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (1968)

Directed by

Max Varnel

Genre

children's television series

Country

Australia

Length

3 seasons, 91 episodes

Rated

PG

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy lives in a national park in Australia with his pet kangaroo who is very smart. They have adventures with the people who visit the park.

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What happens

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (known commonly as Skippy) is an Australian television series created by Australian actor John McCallum, Lionel (Bob) Austin, and Lee Robinson, produced from 1967 to 1969 (airing from 5 February 1968 to 4 May 1970) about the adventures of a boy and his highly intelligent pet kangaroo, and the various visitors to the fictional Waratah National Park, filmed in today's Waratah Park and adjoining portions of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park near Sydney. Three series comprising 91 30-minute episodes were produced. Additionally, a full-length film titled Skippy and the Intruders was released to theatres in 1969. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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