The Crocodile Hunter
| The Crocodile Hunter | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Wildlife documentary/Travel documentary/Family |
| Created by | John Stainton Steve Irwin |
| Starring | Steve Irwin Terri Irwin Wes Mannion |
| Country of origin | Australia United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 78 (including pilot and 13 specials) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | John Stainton Judi Bailey Carole Tomko Recka Steve Irwin |
| Running time | 42–45 minutes |
| Production company | The Best Picture Show Company |
| Original release | |
| Network | Animal Planet |
| Release | 25 October 1996[1][2] – 18 June 2004 |
| Network | Discovery Channel |
| Release | 1 January 1997 – 4 September 2007 |
The Crocodile Hunter was a wildlife documentary television series hosted by Steve Irwin and his wife, Terri. The show became a popular franchise due to Irwin's unconventional approach to wildlife. It spawned a number of separate projects, including the feature film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course and two television spinoffs: Croc Files and The Crocodile Hunter Diaries.
The series was presented on Animal Planet, becoming the network's highest-rated series at the time, and was in international syndication on networks worldwide.[3] The series aired 64 episodes during five seasons, from 1997 to 2004, two years before Irwin's death, with a pilot episode in 1996 and 13 specials into 2007.
With a nearly 11-year run, the series is the second longest-running program of any Discovery Communications network, behind MythBusters.
Episodes
| Series | Episodes | Originally released | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | |||
| Pilot | 25 October 1996 | |||
| 1 | 8 | 5 April 1997 | 24 May 1997 | |
| 2 | 10 | 8 March 1998 | 22 November 1998 | |
| 3 | 16 | 4 September 1999 | 24 June 2000 | |
| 4 | 18 | 19 November 2000 | 10 August 2002 | |
| 5 | 12 | 20 November 2002 | 18 June 2004 | |
| Specials | 13 | 1 January 1997 | 4 September 2007 | |
See also
References
- ^ Orange, B. Alan (4 September 2006). "Animal Planet on the Death of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin". MovieWeb. Watchr Media.
- ^ "The Crocodile Hunter: Pilot Episode - Opening and Closing Credits". DailyMotion: Aaron Limbaugh. 12 January 2023.
- ^ "Steve Irwin, Wildlife Master, Is Killed by a Stingray at 44". The New York Times. 5 September 2006.
External links
Media related to The Crocodile Hunter at Wikimedia Commons- Australia Zoo's Crocodile Hunter website
- Animal Planet - Crocodile Hunter program home page
- NEWS.com.au - In Depth on Steve Irwin's Life and Work
- REPTILES magazine Herp Expert Steve Irwin
- The Crocodile Hunter at IMDb
