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Our Zoo: With Lee Ingleby, Liz White, Anne Reid, Honor Kneafsey. A drama series about the family who founded Chester Zoo in the 1930s.
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- 2014-09-03
- Drama, History
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Our Zoo is a British drama television series from BBC One, first broadcast on 3 September 2014.. The six-part series, written by Matt Charman and directed by Andy De Emmony, is about George Mottershead, his dreams of creating a cage-free zoo, his family and how their lives changed when they embarked on the creation of Chester Zoo.
- 3 September –, 8 October 2014
S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1. Wed, Sep 3, 2014. In 1930 George Mottershead, still tormented by memories of the Great War, where his brother died, is collecting supplies from Liverpool docks for his father Albert's shop when he sees an abandoned monkey and parrot, which he brings home. He plans to sell Mortimer, the monkey, to a circus but instead ...
Episode 1 Aired Sep 3, 2014 Deeply affected by his war trauma and driven by his unique love of animals, George attempts to build his dream - a zoo without bars. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 10 ...
Sep 4, 2014 · Thu 4 Sep 2014 01.00 EDT. Share. Our Zoo (BBC1) arrived with an air of early Sunday evenings: a new six-part drama on BBC1, set in 1930, about George Mottershead, a plucky man who loves animals ...
Sep 2, 2014 · With a single-mindedness bordering on madness George Mottershead drove himself and his family to realise his ambition to transform a ramshackle house on the outskirts of Chester into a unique institution that would change forever the way zoos house animals. Buy Our Zoo on Google Play, then watch on your PC, Android, or iOS devices. Download to ...
George receives more animals for his zoo as well as rescuing a fox from a hunt led by vicar Aaron Webb. Muriel is befriended by Lady Katherine whilst Lucy is still negative about the move. Lizzie goes to the council to get a business licence and is overwhelmed by the paper-work involved but finally triumphs to George's delight.
