The adventures of Sonny and his kangaroo Skippy take place in Waratah National Park, New South Wales, where Sonny's father Matt Hammond serves as the park ranger. Skippy frequently uses his quick thinking and agility to save the day in various exciting escapades.
Skippy was a popular Australian television series that aired from 1966 to 1968 on the Nine Network. The show followed the adventures of a young boy and his intelligent pet kangaroo in Waratah National Park, outside Sydney. It was broadcast in over 80 countries worldwide, making it the most widely screened TV show in the world by the end of 1969.
Aired: Feb 5, 1968Sonny, Mark and Jerry investigate an expensive game fishing cruiser with thre...
Aired: May 9, 1968An invasion of sports cars threatens the life of protected fauna in Waratah N...
Aired: May 16, 1968Skin-diving geologists discover aluvial gold on a reef at Seal Rocks, in the ...
Aired: May 23, 1968Dr. Alexander Stark is determined to have Skippy for his private zoo. When Ma...
Aired: May 30, 1968A research scientist who is to study marsupial wildlife at Waratah National P...
Aired: Jun 6, 1968Sonny makes a new friend Lisa, a young ballerina. Together they find an aged ...
Aired: Jun 13, 1968A mysterious disease threatens to wipe out all animals in Waratah National Pa...
Aired: Jun 20, 1968Mark is unhappy when his father, Matt Hammond, tells him to accompany a marin...
Aired: Jun 27, 1968Matt Hammond is faced with a human problem when one of his rangers moves to a...
Aired: Jul 4, 1968While working on a project for Dr Steiner, Clancy encounters trouble and is i...
Aired: Jul 11, 1968Sonny takes Clancy to his secret hideout where the pair are taken hostage by ...
Aired: Jul 18, 1968An old tramp, Trundle, looking for odd jobs, fascinates Sonny with tales of a...
Aired: Jul 25, 1968When the greedy wife of a rich husband tries to trap Skippy, wanting her skin...
Aired: Aug 1, 1968Sonny's birthday wish comes true — a ride in the helicopter, but not the way ...
Aired: Aug 2, 1968Sonny paints a picture of Skippy for his art class but before he mails it in,...
Aired: Aug 8, 1968Skippy rescues a baby from drowning when the child's pram rolls into the rive...
Aired: Aug 9, 1968A diamond thief loses a valuable necklace while on the run from the police in...
Aired: Aug 15, 1968Ranger Headquarters is cut off by a violent storm as Matt Hammond lies poison...
Aired: Aug 16, 1968Sonny, helped by Skippy, takes a job with a team of sheep shearers, not knowi...
Aired: Aug 22, 1968Matt Hammond's boss and a government Senator decide to sack him after it appe...
Aired: Aug 23, 1968Dr Stark sends an operative into the park to collect a rare ant-eater specime...
Aired: Aug 29, 1968Aboriginal warriors come to Waratah National Park to claim a run-away tribal ...
Aired: Aug 30, 1968Sonny and Skippy discover the hidden entrance to a remote valley, thought to ...
Aired: Sep 5, 1968Matt locates Mr Judd, the businessman whose life Tara saved, hoping he will h...
Aired: Sep 6, 1968While Park Ranger Matt Hammond and Clancy are busy fighting a bush fire, Jerr...
Aired: Sep 12, 1968A young runaway holds Mark and Jerry at gunpoint demanding to be flown out of...
Aired: Sep 13, 1968An aging film star attempts a comeback on a new movie being filmed in the Nat...
Aired: Sep 19, 1968Skippy stumbles on a secret boxing training camp illegally set up in Waratah ...
Aired: Sep 20, 1968Flight Ranger Jerry King breaks Waratah Park regulations when a helicopter fl...
Aired: Sep 26, 1968Two Crash Detectives investigate Jerry's helicopter accident and are unable t...
Aired: Sep 27, 1968With Sonny Hammond as a hostage and a rifle pointed at Head Ranger Matt Hammo...
Aired: Oct 4, 1968Sonny travels to Sydney to persuade his friend Mr Trundle (alias Miles Vincen...
Aired: Oct 3, 1968Sonny and Skippy become guides for foreign children stopping at Waratah Natio...
Aired: Oct 10, 1968When Aunt Evelyn comes to Waratah National Park determined to persuade Head R...
Aired: Oct 11, 1968Alone at Ranger Headquarters, Jerry is overpowered by burglars who take every...
Aired: Oct 17, 1968Sonny is tasked with maintaining an automatic recording unit in Waratah Natio...
Aired: Oct 18, 1968Thrown from her horse deep in the bush of Waratah National Park, Clancy is ho...
Aired: Oct 24, 1968A pair of industrial spies, on the trail of a secret roll of microfilm, masqu...
Aired: Oct 31, 1968Overhearing the doctor tell Matt that he ought to marry again, Sonny tries hi...
