The Crocodile Hunter
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Genre | Wildlife documentary/Travel documentary/Family |
Created by | John Stainton Steve Irwin |
Starring | Steve Irwin Terri Irwin Wes Mannion |
Country of origin | Australia United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 78 (including pilot and 13 specials) (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers | John Stainton Judi Bailey Carole Tomko Recka Steve Irwin |
Running time | 42–45 minutes |
Production company | The Best Picture Show Company |
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Network | Animal Planet |
Release | 25 October 1996 (1996-10-25)[1] – 18 June 2004 (2004-06-18) |
Network | Discovery Channel |
Release | 1 January 1997 (1997-01-01) – 4 September 2007 (2007-09-04)[2] |
The Crocodile Hunter is a wildlife documentary television series hosted by Steve Irwin and his wife, Terri. The show became a popular franchise due to Irwin's unconventional approach to wildlife. It spawned a number of separate projects, including the feature film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course and two television spinoffs: Croc Files and The Crocodile Hunter Diaries.
The series was presented on Animal Planet, becoming the network's highest-rated series at the time, and was in international syndication on networks worldwide.[3] The series aired 64 episodes during five seasons, from 1997 to 2004, two years before Irwin’s death, with a pilot episode in 1996 and 13 specials into 2007.
With a nearly 11-year run, the series is the second longest-running program of any Discovery Communications network, behind MythBusters.
Episodes
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
Pilot | 1 | October 25, 1996 (1996-10-25) | ||
1 | 8 | April 5, 1997 (1997-04-05) | May 24, 1997 (1997-05-24) | |
2 | 10 | March 8, 1998 (1998-03-08) | November 22, 1998 (1998-11-22) | |
3 | 16 | September 4, 1999 (1999-09-04) | June 24, 2000 (2000-06-24) | |
4 | 18 | November 19, 2000 (2000-11-19) | August 10, 2002 (2002-08-10) | |
5 | 12 | November 20, 2002 (2002-11-20) | June 18, 2004 (2004-06-18) | |
Specials | 13 | January 1, 1997 (1997-01-01) | September 4, 2007 (2007-09-04) |
See also
References
External links
Media related to The Crocodile Hunter at Wikimedia Commons
- Australia Zoo's Crocodile Hunter website
- Animal Planet - Crocodile Hunter program home page
- NEWS.com.au - In Depth on Steve Irwin's Life and Work
- REPTILES magazine Herp Expert Steve Irwin
- The Crocodile Hunter at IMDb
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