Skippy the Bush Kangaroo: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Skippy welcomes you to the Waratah National Park. Follow the life at Ranger Headquarters with the Hammond family. Matt Hammond (Ed Devereaux), the father and recently widowed; Mark (Ken James) and Sonny (Garry Pankhurst), the sons; Clancy (Liza Goddard), Sonny's best friend; Jerry King (Tony Bonner), the Flight Ranger and of course Skippy (Phil Judd - provided the tsch, tsch voice). Based in country New South Wales, Australia (this is known from several mentions of the city of Sydney). This was the first production done by Fauna Studios.

Series details

• Title: Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Adventure, Children
• Premiere date: 1968-02-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 1970-03-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Nine Network
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9552
• IMDb ID: tt0060025
• TVDB ID: 75742

Cast and credited roles

• Ed Devereaux — Ranger Matt Hammond

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1968-02-05; final listed air date 1968-10-31; episode order: 39.
• Season 2: premiered 1968-04-28; final listed air date 1969-08-05; episode order: 39.
• Season 3: premiered 1969-09-24; final listed air date 1970-03-03; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Skippy the Bush Kangaroo on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.