Totally Wild

Totally Wild is an Australian children's television series that premiered on Network 10 on 12 July 1992.^[1] The series aired on 10 Peach (formerly Eleven) from 2013 to 2020, and 10 Shake from 2020 to 2021. It had a current affairs program format, and did stories on topics such as Australia's native flora and fauna, action sports, the environment, science, and technology. The show was broadcast across many countries.

Totally Wild
Totally Wild logo used from 2012 to 2016
Genre	Children's television Lifestyle
Presented by	Stacey Thomson
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	27
No. of episodes	4,596
Production
Production locations	Brisbane, Queensland
Running time	30 minutes (including commercials)
Original release
Network	Network 10 (1992–2013) 10 Peach (2013–2020) 10 Shake (2020–2021)
Release	12 July 1992 (1992-07-12) – 27 June 2021 (2021-06-27)

Totally Wild was one of Australia's longest running children's programs and Australia's longest running C classified children's program. It celebrated its 25th anniversary on air on 22 July 2017.^[1] Original presenter Stacey Thomson (known as Ranger Stacey) remained with the program for its entire run.^[2]

On 3 February 2021, 10 announced that they had cancelled the show after 27 seasons, while the remaining episodes would continue to air.^[2][3] The final episode aired on 27 June 2021.^[4]

Presenters

Notable presenters and guests

• Tim Bailey^[5]
• Angela Brown
• Tim Moore (Ranger Tim)
• Jesse Baird^[1]
• Emily Barker^[5]
• Scott Bidmead^[1][6]
• Shae Brewster^[5]
• Hayley Chapman^[5]
• Wesley Dening^[7]
• Emily Dickson
• Natalie Hunter^[1]
• Jack Kelly
• Sami Lukis^[5]
• Brooke Marsden
• Craig McMahon^[5]
• Kellyn Morris
• Melanie Symons^[5]
• Stacey Thomson (Ranger Stacey)
• Leela Varghese^[1]
• Dr. Katrina Warren^[5]
• Courtney Wilkie^[1]
• Hayley Wilson^[1]
• Jack Yabsley^[5]
• Sam Harvey
• Craig Horner

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	TBA		12 July 1992 (1992-07-12)	TBA
2	TBA		1993 (1993)	TBA
3	TBA		1994 (1994)	TBA
4	TBA		1995 (1995)	TBA
5	TBA		1996 (1996)	TBA
6	TBA		1997 (1997)	TBA
7	TBA		1998 (1998)[8]	TBA
8	180		1999 (1999)[9]	TBA
9	180		2000 (2000)[9]	TBA
10	180		2001 (2001)[9]	TBA
11	180		2002 (2002)[9]	TBA
12	180		2003 (2003)[9]	TBA
13	180		2004 (2004)[9]	TBA
14	180		2005 (2005)[10]	TBA
15	180		2006 (2006)[10]	TBA
16	180		2007 (2007)[10]	TBA
17	180		2008 (2008)[10]	TBA
18	180		2009 (2009)[10]	TBA
19	180		2010 (2010)[10]	TBA
20	180		2011 (2011)	TBA
21	180		2 December 2012 (2012-12-02)	19 April 2014 (2014-04-19)
22	180		21 April 2014 (2014-04-21)	20 July 2015 (2015-07-20)
23	180		21 July 2015 (2015-07-21)	10 September 2016 (2016-09-10)
24	180		13 September 2016 (2016-09-13)	20 January 2018 (2018-01-20)
25	171		23 January 2018 (2018-01-23)	22 September 2019 (2019-09-22)
26	180		23 September 2019 (2019-09-23)	12 December 2020 (2020-12-12)
27	53		13 December 2020 (2020-12-13)	27 June 2021 (2021-06-27)

Specials

• Totally Wild Weekend (1993)^[5]
• Totally Australia (1997)^[5]
• Totally Wild Rescue (1998)^[5]
• Totally Wild: Antarctica Special (2007)^[10][7]

Broadcast history

Totally Wild logo used from 2003 to 2012

• 12 July 1992 – 1996, the show aired on weekdays at 4.30pm (and on the occasional weekend morning slot at various times).
• 1996 – December 2008, the show aired on Monday to Wednesday and Occasionally on Friday at 4pm (and on the occasional weekend morning slot at various times).
• 6 January 2009 – 1 January 2010, it aired on Tuesday to Fridays at 7.30am, Saturdays at 9am, and on Sundays at 7am.
• 4 January 2010 – 26 February 2012, it aired on Monday to Wednesday and on Fridays at 8am, and on Sundays at 7.00am.
• 27 February 2012 – 30 October 2013, it aired on Monday to Wednesday at 4pm repeats at 7am, Saturdays at 8.30am and a double episode on Sundays at 7.00am.
• 4 November 2013 – 26 September 2020, the series aired on 10 Peach (formerly Eleven) on Monday to Wednesday at 8am and repeats Saturdays at 8.30am. The program's change in network was due to launch of Wake Up and Studio 10.
• 27 September 2020 – 4 April 2021, the series aired on 10 Shake, with new episodes on Saturday and Sunday at 11.30am.
• 10 April 2021 – 27 June 2021, the series aired on 10 Shake, with new episodes on Saturday and Sunday at 6.00am.

Awards and nominations

APRA Music Awards

Year	Nominated works	Award	Result	Lost to	Ref
1994	"Totally Wild"	Children's Composition of the Year	Nominated	The Wiggles - "Hot Potato"	[11]

Logie Awards

Year	Nominated works	Award	Result	Lost to
2003	Totally Wild	Most Outstanding Children's Program	Nominated	Tracey McBean
2008	Totally Wild: Antarctica Special		Nominated	Lockie Leonard
2013	Totally Wild		Nominated	Dance Academy

See also

• Television portal
• Australia portal

• List of longest-running Australian television series
• List of Australian television series