Bindi the Jungle Girl
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| Bindi the Jungle Girl | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Presented by | Bindi Irwin |
| Starring |
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| Composer | Mark McDuff |
| Country of origin | Australia United States[1] |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 33 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Cinematography | Craig Lucas |
| Running time | 22 minutes approx |
| Production company | The Best Picture Show Company |
| Original release | |
| Network | Discovery Kids (America) ABC for Kids (Australia) |
| Release | 9 June 2007 – 20 December 2008 |
Bindi the Jungle Girl is a children's television nature documentary series, presented by Bindi Irwin, the daughter of Steve and Terri Irwin. The series was produced and shot in Queensland by The Best Picture Show Company for Discovery Kids and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
The series aired from 9 June 2007 until 20 December 2008 on American networks Discovery Kids and simulcast on Animal Planet and on ABC1 in Australia from 18 July 2007.
The series also features Bindi's mother Terri, her younger brother Robert, and Steve Irwin's "best mate" and director of Australia Zoo, Wes Mannion. Bindi performs songs and dances with a group called the Crocmen, and answers questions from viewers in the "Bindi's Blog" segment.
Steve Irwin appeared in several episodes filmed prior to his death in 2006. The second series was produced after his death, but he appears in archive footage in a segment named "Croc Hunter Unplugged", generally spoken of transcendentally in the present tense.[2]
Plot
[edit]Bindi Sue Irwin and her late father, "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, try to spread the idea of conservation by teaching the world about many different types of animals and explain why they are important.
Cast
[edit]- Bindi Irwin as herself
- Terri Irwin as herself
- Robert Irwin as himself
- Steve Irwin as himself
- Macaila Fernandes as Girl with Cat
- Dani Hagan as Hamster Care Educator
- Johnny Maio as Boy with Guinea Pigs
Episodes
[edit]Series overview
[edit]| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 26 | 9 June 2007 | 31 May 2008 | |
| 2 | 7 | 27 September 2008 | 20 December 2008 | |
Season 1 (2007–08)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | U.S. air date | Australian air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Not Many Left" | 9 June 2007 | 10 November 2009 | |
| Bindi talks about animals in countries where there are not many left. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | "Elephants at Work" | 9 June 2007 | 10 November 2009 | |
| Bindi talks about Asian elephants, who have been the workhorses of Asia for centuries, and the role they play in today's world. Meanwhile, Steve and Wes travel to Sri Lanka and Thailand to study the elephant. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | "American Beauties" | 16 June 2007 | 11 November 2009 | |
| Bindi takes a trip across the United States, with dad Steve and mum Terri, to look at some of the unusual and interesting wildlife in the U.S.. They meet elk, bighorn sheep, black bears, bison, wolves, snakes, prairie dogs and American alligators. | |||||
| 4 | 4 | "Cat Tracks" | 16 June 2007 | 12 November 2009 | |
| Bindi and her dad Steve go to Africa to take a closer look at lions. While Steve works with vets in South Africa to attach satellite-tracking devices to a male lion, Bindi shows off some smaller cats. | |||||
| 5 | 5 | "Aussie Icons" | 23 June 2007 | 13 November 2009 | |
| Bindi takes a look, with her dad Steve and mum Terri, at some of the famous animals and landmarks of Australia, including koalas, kangaroos, wombats, echidnas, possums, kookaburras and crocodiles, as well as the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. | |||||
| 6 | 6 | "Mouthing Off" | 23 June 2007 | 16 November 2009 | |
| Dental care is important to stay alive but in the wild, animals have to live with toothaches; in captivity, however, they are given the very best dental treatment. Bindi, Wes and Terri try some dentistry of their own in the Jungle Girl's Tree House. | |||||
| 7 | 7 | "Dogs R Wild" | 30 June 2007 | 17 November 2009 | |
| Bindi, Terri and Wes check out a training facility for police dogs and the domestic dog's wild cousins – African wild dogs, dingoes from Australia and Arctic wolves. | |||||
| 8 | 8 | "End of the World" | 30 June 2007 | 18 November 2009 | |
| Bindi travels to a land of cold and ice as her dad Steve takes her on a journey to the end of the world – the southern tip of South America and Antarctica – where they experience the unusual wildlife that thrives in the coldest part of the world. | |||||
| 9 | 9 | "Like an Eagle" | 7 July 2007 | 19 November 2009 | |
| 10 | 10 | "Prince Rajah" | 14 July 2007 | 20 November 2009 | |
| Bindi shows us some of the biggest cats in the world – lions and tigers. Some tigers become part of the Australia Zoo family, while dad Steve helps an injured lion to recovery in the United States. | |||||
| 11 | 11 | "Lizard Tales" | 8 September 2007 | 23 November 2009 | |
| 12 | 12 | "Saving the Whales" | 13 October 2007 | 24 November 2009 | |
| The whale population needs our help, and Bindi dives into their world to investigate their gentle and peaceful nature. | |||||
| 13 | 13 | "Animal I.C.U." | 27 October 2007 | 25 November 2009 | |
| This episode highlights the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital, where each year thousands of injured animals are nursed back to health before being released back into the wild. | |||||
| 14 | 14 | "Weirdest Wildlife" | 10 November 2007 | 26 November 2009 | |
| Bindi checks out a few of the world's most unusual-looking animals, some of which look like they are made out of bits and pieces left over from other species. | |||||
| 15 | 15 | "Boots, Bags and Belts" | 17 November 2007 | 27 November 2009 | |
| Bindi and her family look into the danger to animals from poachers who kill them not for food, but to sell their body parts to be made illegally into boots, bags and belts. | |||||
| 16 | 16 | "Animals on the Move" | 1 December 2007 | 30 November 2009 | |
| Bindi's dad, Steve, helps transport reluctant animals, including some large and dangerous ones, from one place to another around the world. | |||||
| 17 | 17 | "Odd Ops" | 8 December 2007 | 1 December 2009 | |
| Bindi looks at some of the more unusual surgical operations that are performed on sick or injured animals, both in the wild and in captivity. | |||||
| 18 | 18 | "Monkey in the Jungle" | 15 December 2007 | 2 December 2009 | |
| Bindi looks at the differences between different types of primates – many of which are in big trouble. | |||||
| 19 | 19 | "Crocodilians" | 12 January 2008 | 3 December 2009 | |
| Bindi teaches us about a species of living dinosaur called crocodilians. | |||||
| 20 | 20 | "Treehouse Sleepover" | 9 February 2008 | 14 December 2009 | |
| Bindi has her best friend Rosie and The Crocmen join her for a sleepover in her treehouse. | |||||
| 21 | 21 | "Poached Eggs" | 1 March 2008 | 4 December 2009 | |
| Bindi looks at two kinds of poachers – animals and humans. | |||||
| 22 | 22 | "Snake in the Grass" | 5 April 2008 | 7 December 2009 | |
| Bindi profiles both venomous and harmless snakes. | |||||
| 23 | 23 | "Ocean's Ten" | 19 April 2008 | 8 December 2009 | |
| Bindi counts down the ten most interesting creatures of the sea. | |||||
| 24 | 24 | "Animal Mysteries" | 3 May 2008 | 9 December 2009 | |
| Strange and interesting cases of animals including acupuncture on Asian elephants, animal instincts before a tsunami, and the hibernation of bears. | |||||
| 25 | 25 | "Devil Island" | 17 May 2008 | 10 December 2009 | |
| An epidemic could wipe out the entire population of Tasmanian devils. | |||||
| 26 | 26 | "How Old Are They?" | 31 May 2008 | 11 December 2009 | |
| Bindi investigates how long animals live in the wild compared to captivity. | |||||
Season 2 (2008)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | U.S. air date | Australian air date | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "American Road Trip" | 27 September 2008 | 2 November 2009 | |||||
| Bindi explores the desert states of Nevada, Utah and Arizona. | |||||||||
| 28 | 2 | "Desert Highway" | 4 October 2008 | 3 November 2009 | |||||
| Bindi continues her desert travels to Southern California and the Mojave Desert. | |||||||||
| 29 | 3 | "Indonesian Safari" | 11 October 2008 | 4 November 2009 | |||||
| Bindi takes a wildlife and cultural tour of Indonesia. | |||||||||
| 30 | 4 | "Tigers on a Plane" | 18 October 2008 | 5 November 2009 | |||||
| Bindi visits the Taman Safari Park in Jakarta where they have started a special breeding program to save endangered tigers. | |||||||||
| 31 | 5 | "Treehouse Idol" | 25 October 2008 | 6 November 2009 | |||||
| Bindi's treehouse is transformed into a dance studio for the finals of the Treehouse Idol competition. | |||||||||
| 32 | 6 | "Vegas to LA" | 20 December 2008 | — | |||||
| 33 | 7 | ||||||||
| On this adventure, Bindi travels famous Route 66 on a road trip from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. | |||||||||
Related special
[edit]The series was introduced along with Bindi Irwin's first solo television program, My Daddy, the Crocodile Hunter, a documentary/memorial of Steve Irwin that aired on Animal Planet. It also talked about Bindi and her blooming career.
DVD releases
[edit]The complete series has been released by ABC (Australia) on PAL Region 4 DVD.
| DVD Name | Episodes | Australian Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Volume 1 Episodes 1-4 | Not Many Left Elephants at Work American Beauties Cat Tracks | 3 October 2007 |
| Volume 2 Episodes 5-8 | Aussie Icons Mouthing Off Dogs R Wild End of the World | 3 April 2008 |
| Roar! Episodes 9-12 | Like an Eagle Prince Rajah Lizard Tales Saving the Whales | 7 August 2008 |
| Chill Out Episodes 13-16 | Animal I.C.U Weirdest Wildlife Boots, Bags and Belts Animals on the Move | 6 November 2008 |
| Jungle Fever Episodes 17-20 | Odd Ops Monkey in the Jungle Crocodilians Poached Eggs | 2 April 2009 |
| Wildlife Detective Episodes 21-26 | Snake in the Grass Ocean's Ten Animal Mysteries Devil Island How Old Are They? Treehouse Sleepover | 2 July 2009 |
| Road Trip Episodes 27-31 | American Road Trip Desert Highway Indonesian Safari Tigers on a Plane Treehouse Idol | 5 November 2009 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Bindi the Jungle Girl (2007)". AllMovie.
- ^ Freeman-Greene, Suzy: Despite the facts, Steve Irwin is still alive for Bindi's fans, The Age, 14 July 2008.