The Stationary Ark (TV series)

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The Stationary Ark
Genre Nature documentary
Starring Gerald Durrell
Narrated by Gerald Durrell
Country of origin Flag of Canada Canada
Language(s) English
No. of episodes 13
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
First shown in CBC
TVO
Original run 16 September 19759 December 1975

The Stationary Ark was a documentary television miniseries hosted by zoologist Gerald Durrell on location at his Jersey Zoological Park in the United Kingdom. The series was produced by Canadian company Nielsen-Ferns and aired from September to December 1975 on CBC Television and TVOntario. Ark on the Move, a follow-up TV series, was also hosted by Gerald Durrell.

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The Life and Times of Gerald Durrell
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Institutions associated with: Jersey ZooDurrell Wildlife Conservation TrustWildlife TrustWildlife Preservation CanadaMauritian Wildlife FoundationMadagascar Fauna GroupProgramme for BelizeWorld Land TrustWorld Conference on Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity as an Aid to their Survival

Co-conservationists: Lee DurrellDavid AttenboroughPeter ScottJeremy MallinsonEdward Whitley

Expeditions undertaken: ArgentinaAustraliaBelizeBhutanCameroonIndiaMadagascarMalaysiaMauritiusMexicoNew ZealandParaguayRussiaSierra Leone

Species associations: Aye-AyeGorillaMauritius KestrelPink PigeonPigmy HogRockfowl • St. Lucia Parrot • Volcano Rabbit

Books authored: The Overloaded ArkThree Singles to AdventureThe Bafut BeaglesThe New NoahThe Drunken ForestMy Family and Other AnimalsEncounters with AnimalsA Zoo in My LuggageThe Whispering LandIsland ZooA Look at ZoosMenagerie ManorTwo in the BushThe Donkey RustlersRosie is My RelativeBirds, Beasts and RelativesFillets of PlaiceCatch Me a ColobusBeasts in My BelfryThe Talking ParcelThe Stationary ArkGolden Bats and Pink PigeonsThe Garden of the GodsThe Picnic and Suchlike PandemoniumThe Mockery BirdArk on the MoveThe Amateur NaturalistHow to Shoot an Amateur NaturalistDurrell in RussiaThe Fantastic Flying JourneyThe Fantastic Dinosaur AdventureThe Ark's AnniversaryKeeperToby the TortoiseMarrying Off Mother and Other StoriesThe Aye-Aye and IPuppy TalesThe Best of Gerald Durrell

Illustrators: Ralph ThompsonEdward MortelmansPeter BarrettGraham PercyKeith WestCliff Wright

Famous TV Series: Two in the BushCatch Me a ColobusThe Garden of the GodsThe Stationary ArkArk on the MoveThe Amateur NaturalistOurselves and Other AnimalsDurrell in Russia

Notable others: Durrell FamilyJacquie DurrellLawrence DurrellAchirimbi IITheodore StephanidesDouglas Botting