The Zoo Gang
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| ITC Entertainment Distributions | |
| The Zoo Gang | |
 The Zoo Gang ITC Press Release Cover |
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| Format | Action Adventure |
| Run time | 60 min. |
| Creator(s) | Paul Gallico (book) Reginald Rose |
| Starring | Brian Keith John Mills Lilli Palmer Barry Morse |
| Country | UK |
| Network | ATV |
| Original run | 5 April 1974 – 10 May 1974 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production Company | ITC Entertainment |
The Zoo Gang was a 1974 ITC Entertainment drama series that ran for 6 one-hour color episodes.
The series followed the adventures of a gang of four World War II resistance fighters reunited 30 years later to scam habitual con artists in order to take their money and use it for good causes. There were five members of the wartime Zoo Gang; the fifth being the late husband of Manouche. The series was set on the French Riviera in Nice.
The gang are known by their wartime codenames, which were based on animals - hence The Zoo Gang. Actor Barry Morse, 'The Tiger', is the final surviving actor from the series.
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[edit] Main cast
- Barry Morse as Alec Marlowe - The Tiger - An American, now working as a vehicle mechanic
- Lilli Palmer as Manouche Roget - The Leopard - French, running a small cafe "Les Pecheurs" in Nice.
- Brian Keith as Steven Halliday - The Fox - American, Now a businessman.
- John Mills as Thomas Devon - The Elephant - English, Now running a jewellery shop in Nice, he was given that nickname because of his excellent memory.
Guest stars included Philip Madoc and Doctor Who villain Roger Delgado.
[edit] Episode list
This episode list is in airdate order, based on the original ATV Midlands transmission.
1 Revenge: Post-dated
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- Manouche sees a former war criminal in the town and tells Thomas. Together they decide to contact their former comrades, who come to France and help deliver the criminal to the Police. After they complete the mission Alec and Steven decide to stay on awhile with their old friends.
2 Mindless murder
3 African Misfire
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- The art collection of a deposed African president is stolen and the gang set about recovering it, only to discover they know the thief - a former wartime colleague.
4 The Lion Hunt
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- When the revolutionary Pedro Ortega - 'El Leon', played by Roger Delgado - enters France and is accidentally arrested by Manouche's son Georges the police and the ministry need him released again. Georges gets the Gang to get El Leon out of prison but then they find that the Minister had arranged a deal with El Leon for million francs but was going to double-cross him so the Gang set to saving the day.
5 The Counterfeit Trap
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- The gang decide to stop a gold-smuggling ring, paying for the gold with counterfeit French Francs. Alec gets arrested when the police think he killed the couriers. Peter Cushing stars as the local investigating magistrate with Jacqueline Pearce as his wife.
6 The Twisted Cross
[edit] Music
The series theme music was composed by Paul and Linda McCartney.
