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Taronga Zoo series for Nine

10 part series by McAvoy Media follows keepers & vets at Sydney's unique harbourside zoo.

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Nine will screen a new observational series Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo.

The 10 part series is produced by McAvoy Media and follows the 240 keepers and vets caring for 5,000 animals in the zoo’s harbour location and out in the field.

From complex logistical tasks like moving large wild animals and conducting emergency surgery to releasing animals back into the wild, the series reveals life behind the scenes at the famed zoo.

John McAvoy, CEO of McAvoy Media, added: “Taronga Zoo is a much-loved magical place, and with all they have going on, it’s a very special time to be granted access to film there.”

A deal has also been brokered for the series to air Nat Geo Wild for the US and More 4 for the UK as Inside Taronga Zoo.

It is expected to be formally announced today at Nine’s Upfronts today.

Source: Variety

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  3. Why don’t they just call it “Inside Taronga Zoo” in Australia too? I find it bizarre that they need to have different titles for shows in Australian and International markets.

  4. Oooo, I love a good animal show. Animal Hospital was so great back in the day. I’ll be tuning in. Rather watch that than a Married At First Sight show any day.

  5. Everything old is new again. Local library still has 4:3 DVDs of – “The Zoo is the Australian version of a New Zealand documentary television series of the same name. Centred on the lives of a zoo team at Taronga Zoo, New South Wales. The program is narrated by Sunrise co-host Melissa Doyle.”
    2008 – Tuesday 7:30pm Average audience 1,688,000[1] (Seven)

    1. It’s funny you mention that (though this is a tad off-topic) because the majority of Australian television series are still released on bloody DVD (that is, if they get a home video release at all). There is even a recent Australian film (Jirga) that isn’t receiving so much as a DVD release locally, but is being released on Blu-ray in the States. Other shows of ours, such as Doctor Doctor (which has a different title in the States) are also available on Blu-ray in the States while they’re DVD only here.

        1. USBs are not economical. Blu-rays (available in 25/50GB capacities) cost only marginally more than DVDs on my end, though I cannot attest to the cost difference for commercially pressed discs. DVDs would be dirt cheap to produce though seeing as they are still widely used for other purposes/industries whereas Blu-rays are almost exclusively used for home video, games, and by the extreme minority of enthusiasts and photographers (the latter seem to have mostly moved toward USBs anyway).

          Digital downloads are also very heavily compressed when compared to what is supplied on Blu-ray discs (the former being vastly inferior at about the same price to the consumer), and are crippled with copy-protection and lack the extra content that is routinely supplied on discs.

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