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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.
- Drama
OUR ZOO tells the story of George Mottershead (Lee Ingleby) and his family, who founded Chester Zoo in the early Thirties in the face of considerable pressure from the local people of Upton as well as the Ministry of Health.
- (1.5K)
- 2014-09-03
- Drama, History
- Lee Ingleby, Liz White, Anne Reid
Drama series based on the true story of the Mottershead family who, in the face of staunch opposition and huge personal sacrifice, founded Chester Zoo in the 1930s.
Episode #1.1. 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.
Episode 1. 1/6 George attempts to build his dream - a zoo without bars. Similar programmes. By genre: > All episodes of Our Zoo.
Sep 2, 2014 · Our Zoo - TV on Google Play. 2014 • BBC. 5.0 star. 9 reviews. Eligible. info. Frustrated by living with his wife and two daughters under his parents' roof and tormented by his war trauma, George...
Cast & Characters. Meet the human residents of Chester Zoo.
