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Animal Magic (1962–1983)

BBC One · Adventure, Children, Nature · 42 seasons

Animal Magic was a BBC children's television series which ran from 1962 to 1983 from BBC Bristol. It began fortnightly and was transmitted weekly from 1964. The presenter was the avuncular Johnny Morris.

Morris' co-presenters over the years were: Gerald Durrell, Tony Soper, Keith Shackleton, Roger Tabor, Sheila Young, David Taylor and Terry Nutkins. When Nutkins joined the show in the early 1980s, the producers tried to update it, using new video effects technology. This allowed them to do such things as "shrink" the presenters to allow them to see life from an ant's viewpoint, or to swim in a riverbed for example. Dottie the ring-tailed lemur appeared as a regular guest for eight years in the 1970s. Much to Morris' anger, the show was discontinued in 1983 when the programme's anthropomorphic treatment of animals fell out of fashion.

The 100th edition was transmitted on 4 January 1967.

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Seasons

  1. Season 1 · 8 episodes · 1962
  2. Season 2 · 7 episodes · 1962
  3. Season 3 · 12 episodes · 1963
  4. Season 4 · 6 episodes · 1963
  5. Season 5 · 6 episodes · 1964
  6. Season 6 · 13 episodes · 1964
  7. Season 7 · 13 episodes · 1964
  8. Season 8 · 12 episodes · 1965
  9. Season 9 · 13 episodes · 1966
  10. Season 10 · 13 episodes · 1966
  11. Season 11 · 14 episodes · 1967
  12. Season 12 · 13 episodes · 1967
  13. Season 13 · 13 episodes · 1968
  14. Season 14 · 15 episodes · 1968
  15. Season 15 · 13 episodes · 1969
  16. Season 16 · 12 episodes · 1969
  17. Season 17 · 13 episodes · 1970
  18. Season 18 · 13 episodes · 1970
  19. Season 19 · 12 episodes · 1971
  20. Season 20 · 13 episodes · 1971
  21. Season 21 · 13 episodes · 1972
  22. Season 22 · 12 episodes · 1972
  23. Season 23 · 13 episodes · 1973
  24. Season 24 · 13 episodes · 1973
  25. Season 25 · 13 episodes · 1974
  26. Season 26 · 13 episodes · 1974
  27. Season 27 · 13 episodes · 1975
  28. Season 28 · 13 episodes · 1975
  29. Season 29 · 13 episodes · 1976
  30. Season 30 · 13 episodes · 1976
  31. Season 31 · 11 episodes · 1977
  32. Season 32 · 13 episodes · 1977
  33. Season 33 · 12 episodes · 1978
  34. Season 34 · 8 episodes · 1979
  35. Season 35 · 7 episodes · 1979
  36. Season 36 · 8 episodes · 1980
  37. Season 37 · 9 episodes · 1980
  38. Season 38 · 6 episodes · 1981
  39. Season 39 · 10 episodes · 1982
  40. Season 40 · 6 episodes · 1982
  41. Season 41 · 10 episodes · 1983
  42. Season 42 · 3 episodes · 1983

Cast

  • Johnny Morris
    Presenter
  • Keith Shackleton
    Co-Presenter
  • Tony Soper
    Co-Presenter
  • Terry Nutkins
    Co-Presenter
  • David Taylor
    Co-Presenter
  • Sheila Young
    Co-Presenter
  • Gerald Durrell
    Co-Presenter
  • Roger Tabor
    Co-Presenter

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