Giraffe, meerkat & Co.
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Original title | Giraffe, meerkat & Co. |
Country of production | Germany |
original language | German |
Year (s) | 2006-2018 |
Production company |
Hessian radio |
length | 50 minutes long versions: 89 minutes short versions: 29 minutes |
Episodes | 329 in 8 seasons Long versions: 59 in 3 seasons Short versions: 80 in 2 seasons |
genre | Zoo documentary soap |
music | Enjott Schneider , Marco Hertenstein |
First broadcast | October 23, 2006 on Das Erste long version: May 17, 2015 on HR Abstract: January 26, 2015 on Das Erste |
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Giraffe, Meerkat & Co. is a zoo docu-soap from Hessischer Rundfunk (HR). The viewer looks behind the scenes of the Frankfurt Zoo and the Kronberg Opel Zoo . Veterinarians and animal keepers are accompanied in their daily work and the viewers get an insight into the everyday life of the animal world and the professional world of the employees of the zoo.
The series was produced by Hessischer Rundfunk. The first season of the series comprises 44 episodes and reached an average of 2.37 million viewers when it was first broadcast on ARD from October 23 to December 22, 2006. The second season, which contains 40 episodes, first aired from May 5 to July 3, 2008. The 40 episodes of the third season were broadcast for the first time from May 25 to July 20, 2009 in the first. The broadcast of the 40 episode fourth season began on February 25, 2011 and ended on May 6, 2011. Season five, which also contains 40 episodes, ran for the first time from May 14 to July 11, 2012. The premiere of the 45 episodes sixth season took place from February 3 to April 17, 2014. The seventh season was shown for the first time from October 19 to December 15, 2015 in the first and consists of 40 episodes. The first broadcast of the eighth and final season on the first took place from March 13 to May 16, 2018 with a further 40 episodes.
Episodes of the series were cut into two different formats. Das Erste created a 29-minute version of the series, which consists of 80 episodes in two seasons and premiered from 2015 to 2016. The Hessischer Rundfunk cut episodes of the 6th, 7th and 8th season into an 89-minute XXL format, the three seasons of which contain 59 episodes and were first seen on television from 2015 to 2018.
Olaf Pessler is the speaker from the start - the music is by Enjott Schneider & Marco Hertenstein .
The series is part of a series of zoo documentaries that the ARD television stations have been producing with great success since 2003. The first and ongoing documentary series is Elefant, Tiger & Co. from the Leipzig Zoological Garden .
Seasons
Season | First broadcast from | until | consequences |
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1. | October 23, 2006 | December 22, 2006 | 44 |
2. | May 5, 2008 | July 3, 2008 | 40 |
3. | May 25, 2009 | July 20, 2009 | 40 |
4th | February 25, 2011 | May 6, 2011 | 40 |
5. | May 14, 2012 | July 11, 2012 | 40 |
6th | 3rd February 2014 | 17th April 2014 | 45 |
7th | 19th October 2015 | December 15, 2015 | 40 |
8th. | March 13, 2018 | May 16, 2018 | 40 |
Long version format of the series (XXL version of the Hessischer Rundfunk ): Cuttings of episodes from the 6th, 7th and 8th season
Season | First broadcast from | until | consequences |
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1. | 17th May 2015 | September 27, 2015 | 19th |
2. | February 14, 2016 | 17th July 2016 | 20th |
3. | 18th March 2018 | August 12, 2018 | 20th |
Abstract format of the series ( Das Erste ):
Season | First broadcast from | until | consequences |
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1. | January 26, 2015 | March 31, 2015 | 40 |
2. | April 8, 2016 | June 10, 2016 | 40 |
Episode overview
Season | Year of production | Sequence number | Episode name |
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1 | 2006 | 1 | The coati babies need a mom |
1 | 2006 | 2 | Always trouble with the tractor |
1 | 2006 | 3 | Suspicious marabou |
1 | 2006 | 4th | Baby for Ruby? |
1 | 2006 | 5 | Where are the barbed guans? |
1 | 2006 | 6th | Dangerous temptation ... |
1 | 2006 | 7th | Predator feeding in the cat jungle |
1 | 2006 | 8th | Moving for the crocodile |
1 | 2006 | 9 | Catch me! |
1 | 2006 | 10 | Grasping spike man Arthur has a problem |
1 | 2006 | 11 | Family connection for Tom and Jerry? |
1 | 2006 | 12 | Melons? Pretty scary ... |
1 | 2006 | 13 | Change for Malea and Iban |
1 | 2006 | 14th | New animals for the savannah |
1 | 2006 | 15th | Two giraffes on a long journey |
1 | 2006 | 16 | Close the door! |
1 | 2006 | 17th | A case for Simona |
1 | 2006 | 18th | Apple ice cream for the sloth bears |
1 | 2006 | 19th | Stowaway |
1 | 2006 | 20th | Aruba is causing trouble |
1 | 2006 | 21st | The realm of darkness |
1 | 2006 | 22nd | Meerkat on the run |
1 | 2006 | 23 | Animal stars |
1 | 2006 | 24 | On the hunt for bad guys |
1 | 2006 | 25th | Looking foward to? |
1 | 2006 | 26th | Swallowed glasses? |
1 | 2006 | 27 | When giraffes cuddle |
1 | 2006 | 28 | Muffled savannah dwellers |
1 | 2006 | 29 | Scenes from a young marriage |
1 | 2006 | 30th | Alpacas run wild |
1 | 2006 | 31 | How do hippos prevent? |
1 | 2006 | 32 | Elvis on a great journey |
1 | 2006 | 33 | Animal pushy |
1 | 2006 | 34 | Mysterious exotic |
1 | 2006 | 35 | Will Cupid meet? |
1 | 2006 | 36 | Where's the entertainment |
1 | 2006 | 37 | Bongo remains the happiness of love |
1 | 2006 | 38 | Elk Ole in love intoxication |
1 | 2006 | 39 | Pelicans get a new home |
1 | 2006 | 40 | Rendezvous with the bongo bull |
1 | 2006 | 41 | Do orangutans watch TV? |
1 | 2006 | 42 | Wellness for camels |
1 | 2006 | 43 | Snacks for dwarf chimpanzees |
1 | 2006 | 44 | The most beautiful stories from the series |
2 | 2008 | 45 | Spring awakening |
2 | 2008 | 46 | biodiversity |
2 | 2008 | 47 | Doctor games |
2 | 2008 | 48 | Often something new |
2 | 2008 | 49 | Confusion everywhere |
2 | 2008 | 50 | Every beginning is difficult |
2 | 2008 | 51 | The way to a man's heart goes through his stomach |
2 | 2008 | 52 | The strenght is to be found in serenity |
2 | 2008 | 53 | Just move ... |
2 | 2008 | 54 | You can never please everyone |
2 | 2008 | 55 | A prickly affair ?? |
2 | 2008 | 56 | Full of life |
2 | 2008 | 57 | From big and small animals |
2 | 2008 | 58 | Clean up and tackle! |
2 | 2008 | 59 | Chips, Eggs and Raisins |
2 | 2008 | 60 | With skin and hair |
2 | 2008 | 61 | Craft has golden ground |
2 | 2008 | 62 | A difficult birth |
2 | 2008 | 63 | A black day |
2 | 2008 | 64 | The drama continues |
2 | 2008 | 65 | Viennese blood |
2 | 2008 | 66 | Hollywood-style hunting scenes |
2 | 2008 | 67 | Monkey heat |
2 | 2008 | 68 | The horror has a name |
2 | 2008 | 69 | Always trouble with the offspring |
2 | 2008 | 70 | Crocodile Dundee in Kronberg |
2 | 2008 | 71 | When the moose are in mourning |
2 | 2008 | 72 | Seals on dry land |
2 | 2008 | 73 | Children in power |
2 | 2008 | 74 | Detox |
2 | 2008 | 75 | About rhinos and hornbills |
2 | 2008 | 76 | Late motherhood |
2 | 2008 | 77 | The intelligence test |
2 | 2008 | 78 | Off to the training camp |
2 | 2008 | 79 | Dangerous space command |
2 | 2008 | 80 | Murder + manslaughter |
2 | 2008 | 81 | Real and false buck leaps |
2 | 2008 | 82 | True love |
2 | 2008 | 83 | Witching hour with the monkeys |
2 | 2008 | 84 | The last one turns the light off |
3 | 2009 | 85 | Game hour |
3 | 2009 | 86 | Preparations for moving |
3 | 2009 | 87 | The sick doe |
3 | 2009 | 88 | The new roommate |
3 | 2009 | 89 | Elephant school |
3 | 2009 | 90 | No desire to move: Unusual care guests in the Exotarium |
3 | 2009 | 91 | Offspring among the trample |
3 | 2009 | 92 | Fighting in the ground squirrel enclosure |
3 | 2009 | 93 | Climbing exercises |
3 | 2009 | 94 | Trouble in the meerkat enclosure |
3 | 2009 | 95 | Worrying about baby sloth Oscar |
3 | 2009 | 96 | The new boss |
3 | 2009 | 97 | The new home |
3 | 2009 | 98 | Licking wounds |
3 | 2009 | 99 | Rendezvous by the pool |
3 | 2009 | 100 | Precious offspring |
3 | 2009 | 101 | Summer retreat |
3 | 2009 | 102 | Three is one too many |
3 | 2009 | 103 | Zoos next top model |
3 | 2009 | 104 | Play of colors |
3 | 2009 | 105 | The dream pig |
3 | 2009 | 106 | Careful, camera! |
3 | 2009 | 107 | Moose babies in a double pack |
3 | 2009 | 108 | The lame eagle |
3 | 2009 | 109 | Changing diapers in the bonobo baby |
3 | 2009 | 110 | The head in the noose |
3 | 2009 | 111 | Family reunion with the spider monkeys |
3 | 2009 | 112 | Squirrel babies |
3 | 2009 | 113 | The kidnapped baby seals |
3 | 2009 | 114 | The wrong mother |
3 | 2009 | 115 | Billy with the bonobos |
3 | 2009 | 116 | Turtle in danger |
3 | 2009 | 117 | Test of courage for the trainee |
3 | 2009 | 118 | This monkey heat |
3 | 2009 | 119 | The talking scales |
3 | 2009 | 120 | The big eat |
3 | 2009 | 121 | Expert knowledge of a special kind |
3 | 2009 | 122 | Hunting scenes from Duckburg |
3 | 2009 | 123 | Fragrant monkeys, brave fish |
3 | 2009 | 124 | Farewell tour |
Remarks
- ↑ Press kit of ARD: Zoogeschichten im Erste. 333 episodes & more ... , 2007, p. 5.
- ↑ hr shows 40 new episodes of “Giraffe, Meerkat & Co.” in the first , March 11, 2018, accessed on November 21, 2018.
- ↑ a b episode list at Fernsehserien.de