Blue Zoo (TV series)

Blue Zoo is a 2014 Australian children's television reality television series broadcast on ABC3 in Australia and TRTÉ in Ireland. During six weeks of production, eight teenage "rookies" work with marine animals at Dolphin Marine Magic in Coffs Harbour in order to become marine experts.

Not to be confused with Blue Zoo Animation Studio.

Blue Zoo
Genre	Children's documentary
Created by	Sally Browning Dean Cropp
Directed by	Sally Browning Gary Doust
Narrated by	Xenia Goodwin (Australia) Liam McKenna (Ireland)
Country of origin	Australia
No. of series	1[1]
No. of episodes	13[1]
Production
Producers	David Atkins Sally Browning Dean Cropp Nick Hopkin Donna Damassa
Production locations	Dolphin Marine Magic, Coffs Harbour
Running time	26 Minutes[1]
Production companies	Air Pig Productions ABC3 David Atkins Enterprises RTÉ Young Peoples Programmes
Original release
Network	ABC3
Release	2014 (2014) – 2014 (2014)

Production

500 teenagers from Australia and Ireland auditioned to become "rookies" on the show. Blue Zoo was filmed at the Dolphin Marine Magic marine park in Coffs Harbour from October to November 2013.^[2] The show first aired in Australia on ABC3 in 2014.

Cast

Rookie[3]	Country[3]
Dana Ubiparipovic	Australia
Ivy Nehl	Australia
Bailey Hendy	Australia
Jaymin Hyland-Taylor	Australia
Aurea Kenny	Ireland
Sophie O’Loughlin-Kennedy	Ireland
Tallann Maguire	Ireland
Darragh Joyce	Ireland

International Broadcast

Country	Broadcaster
Canada	TVOKids
Hungary	Cartoon Network
Romania	Cartoon Network
United States	Primo TV