The_Zoo_(2017_TV_series)
The Zoo (2017 TV series)
British TV series or program
The Zoo is a British children's mockumentary television series broadcast on CBBC.[1] Produced by BBC Studios and DHX Media, the series follows the daily life of animals at Paignton Zoo and Living Coasts with a comic twist after they have been given human voices and computer-generated mouths.[2] It is also being aired on ABC Me and 7TWO in Australia and Family Channel and Family CHRGD in Canada.
The series is narrated by Hugh Dennis, providing the viewers with a factual yet comical take on events and to converse with the animals to uncover their side of the story. It mainly focuses on Jürgen and his group of gorillas.[3]
The series premiered on CBBC on 14 August 2017. The second series premiered on 9 April 2018.
In September 2018 the show aired as part of the second series of Saturday Mash-Up.