The Best Episodes of Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

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8.2/10(24 votes)
#1 - Dead or Alive
S1:E76/13/1968
A mysterious disease threatens to wipe out all animals in Waratah National Park, and evidence points to Skippy as the carrier. Sonny is heartbroken at the possibility of losing Skippy, and disappears into the bush with the kangaroo. There he comes across a poacher, and Dr. Steiner discovers that the poacher's dogs are the actual carriers of the disease.
Director:Eric Price
Writer:James Workman
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Director:Eric Price
Writer:James Workman
8.3/10(20 votes)
#2 - The Swagman
S1:E127/18/1968
An old tramp, Trundle, looking for odd jobs, fascinates Sonny with tales of adventure. However, Matt Hammond believes the stories are figments of Trundle's imagination and considers it a bad association for Sonny. Trouble begins when the old swagman gives Sonny an expensive antique watch as a parting gift. Matt discovers the gift, asks the police to trace the owner… and discovers the Swagman's secret. Trundle turns out to be Miles Vincent Archer, the wealthy chairman of a vast corporation.
Director:Max Varnel
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Max Varnel
Writer:Unknown
8.1/10(18 votes)
#3 - The Runaway
S1:E269/12/1968
A young runaway holds Mark and Jerry at gunpoint demanding to be flown out of the park. Skippy leaps to the rescue and the boy flees on foot only to go over a ravine. Jerry risks his life the boy who would rather fall to his death than accept help.
Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Will Pryor
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Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Will Pryor
7.9/10(23 votes)
#4 - Double Trouble
S1:E208/22/1968
Matt Hammond's boss and a government Senator decide to sack him after it appears that Matt has run their car off the road and threatened them. It transpires that Dr. Stark has hired an actor to impersonate Matt Hammond in order to discredit him, but the whole scheme backfires and Dr. Stark has to honour the promise of a $10,000 donation to Waratah National Park.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Ed Devereaux
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Ed Devereaux
7.9/10(18 votes)
#5 - Honest Jack
S2:E311/11/1968
Sonny finds a man chopping down trees in Waratah National Park and when Sonny tells him it is illegal, the determined man insists that he owns the land. Matt Hammond has received word from Jerry of a bulldozer clearing land in the Park, and Mark radios in from his patrol boat that someone is building a fence down by the river. It transpires that "Honest Jack", a slick operator, has been selling blocks of land in Waratah National Park. For his final scam he tries to sell off Ranger Headquarters as an 'ideal home'.
Director:Max Varnel
Writer:Ross Napier
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Director:Max Varnel
Writer:Ross Napier
7.7/10(18 votes)
#6 - The Raft
S2:E111/25/1968
While on a rafting trip throught the mangrove swamp, Sonny and Skippy come to the aid of a boy who has run away from his step-father while on a camping trip.
Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Moya Wood
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Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Moya Wood

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7.6/10(20 votes)
#7 - The Waratah Festival
S1:E178/9/1968
A diamond thief loses a valuable necklace while on the run from the police in the park. The thief sees Skippy find it and places it in her pouch and follows her back to the ranger station where the Hammonds are busy building a parade float. The thief stows away on the float and a dramatic fight breaks out when he tries to recover the necklace as the float makes its way through the streets of Sydney.
Director:Max Varnel
Writer:Carol Odell
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Director:Max Varnel
Writer:Carol Odell
7.5/10(23 votes)
#8 - Many Happy Returns
S1:E148/1/1968
Sonny's birthday wish comes true — a ride in the helicopter, but not the way he expects. While flying over Sydney, Flight Ranger Jerry King collapses, leaving Sonny alone with the controls. To save their lives, Matt tries to use a tranquilizer gun to deliver the medicine to Jerry while flying alongside. When that fails, Sonny must be talked through landing the helicopter on his own.
Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Unknown
7.5/10(18 votes)
#9 - The Rustlers
S1:E198/16/1968
Sonny, helped by Skippy, takes a job with a team of sheep shearers, not knowing they are rustlers, to earn money to buy a birthday present for his father. His absence from home puts Matt Hammond on the track of the three strange characters who have developed a variation of sheep rustling — they only take the wool!
Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Margaret Trist
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Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Margaret Trist
7.5/10(17 votes)
#10 - Follow My Leader
S2:E412/13/1968
A spoiled young violin prodigy, and an old family friend of Clancy's, insists on acquiring a baby koala but Skippy saves him from losing his life in the attempt.
Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Ross Napier
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Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Ross Napier
7.5/10(16 votes)
#11 - Tara (1)
S1:E238/30/1968
Sonny and Skippy discover the hidden entrance to a remote valley, thought to be inaccessible and uninhabited. There Sonny makes friends with an old Aboriginal living alone, whose tribe has long since migrated to other parts of the country. One day Sonny finds Tara weak and in a semi-coma — he believes he has been visited by a 'death spirit' and is going to die.
Director:Max Varnel
Writer:Joan Levy
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Director:Max Varnel
Writer:Joan Levy
7.5/10(16 votes)
#12 - The Perfect Hosts
S2:E211/4/1968
At home alone during a violent rainstorm — and nervous about radio reports of an armed bandit on the loose — Sonny and Clancy are surprised by a suspiscious visitor.
Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Ross Napier
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Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Ross Napier
7.5/10(16 votes)
#13 - Up the Waratahs
S3:E103/16/1970
A pair of gamblers wanting to fix Mark's football match rescuit a bumbling petty criminal to take him out of the match.
Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Joy Cavill
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Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Joy Cavill
7.4/10(19 votes)
#14 - Cage of Koalas
S1:E55/30/1968
A research scientist who is to study marsupial wildlife at Waratah National Park turns out to be an attractive young woman. Her methods anger Chief Ranger Matt Hammond and she has to be rescued from serious trouble on a koala trapping foray into the lonely bush.
Director:Eric Price
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Eric Price
Writer:Unknown
7.4/10(19 votes)
#15 - Ten Little Visitors
S1:E3310/3/1968
Sonny and Skippy become guides for foreign children stopping at Waratah National Park while touring Australia.
Director:Max Varnel
Writer:Ross Napier
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Director:Max Varnel
Writer:Ross Napier
7.4/10(18 votes)
#16 - The Lyre Bird
S1:E66/6/1968
Sonny makes a new friend Lisa, a young ballerina. Together they find an aged Botanist who has been missing in Waratah National Park and, with Skippy's help, bring about his rescue.
Director:Eric Price
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Eric Price
Writer:Unknown
7.3/10(18 votes)
#17 - Surf King
S1:E259/6/1968
While Park Ranger Matt Hammond and Clancy are busy fighting a bush fire, Jerry makes a gallant attempt to win the Bondi Surf Championship — despite having just sustained serious injuries while rescuing a surfer girl in distress.
Director:Max Varnel
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Max Varnel
Writer:Unknown
7.3/10(16 votes)
#18 - Plain Jane
S2:E305/28/1969
A shy and unassuming young woman visits Clancy at Ranger Headquarters. Mark makes an effort but Jerry goes out of his way to avoid spending time with her until Clancy, with the help of a friend, transforms her for a beach party.
Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Ross Napier
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Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Ross Napier
7.3/10(15 votes)
#19 - Rockslide
S2:E91/6/1969
A young National Service deserter risks recapture to look after Sonny after he is injured in a rockslide.
Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Ted Roberts
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Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Ted Roberts
7.2/10(23 votes)
#20 - Long Way Home
S1:E45/23/1968
Dr. Alexander Stark is determined to have Skippy for his private zoo. When Matt Hammond refuses to sell at any price, Stark has two of his henchman steal the kangaroo and she begins a tense series of adventures to find her way home.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Ross Napier
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Ross Napier
7.3/10(13 votes)
#21 - Oats
S2:E154/9/1969
In Matt's absense, an inspector from the Department of Civil Services arrives to evaluate operations at Ranger Headquarters. His strict by-the-book manner creates trouble for everyone and his panic during a crisis has near fatal consequences.
Director:Max Varnel
Writer:Ross Napier
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Director:Max Varnel
Writer:Ross Napier
7.2/10(21 votes)
#22 - Sports Car Rally
S1:E25/9/1968
An invasion of sports cars threatens the life of protected fauna in Waratah National Park, but when Matt leads a rescue squad to save the life of a driver pinned under his car in a serious accident, the rally organisers gratefully decide on another venue.
Director:Max Varnel
Writer:Lee Robinson
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Director:Max Varnel
Writer:Lee Robinson
7.2/10(17 votes)
#23 - They're Singing Me Back
S1:E228/29/1968
Aboriginal warriors come to Waratah National Park to claim a run-away tribal girl. Head Ranger Matt Hammond defies their spears, convinces the elder that the girl's great talent for singing can help bring white and black people closer together.
Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Unknown
7.2/10(16 votes)
#24 - The Last Chance
S1:E279/13/1968
An aging film star attempts a comeback on a new movie being filmed in the National Park. When Skippy inserts herself into a scene, a new star is born — much to the annoyance of the leading man who tries to have Skippy 'taken care of'.
Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Creswick Jenkinson
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Director:Eric Fullilove
Writer:Creswick Jenkinson
7.2/10(16 votes)
#25 - No Trespassers
S1:E289/19/1968
Skippy stumbles on a secret boxing training camp illegally set up in Waratah National Park. A young champion, Rocky Miller, takes a forbidden joy ride in the helicopter with Jerry King, and a forced landing has surprise results.
Director:Max Varnel
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Max Varnel
Writer:Unknown