The Crocodile Hunter
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The Crocodile Hunter was a wildlife documentary
television series that was hosted by Steve Irwin
and his wife Terri
. The show became a popular franchise due to its unconventional approach and Irwin's approach to wildlife. It spawned a number of separate projects, including the feature film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
and two television spinoffs
: The Crocodile Hunter Diaries and Croc Files
. The series has been presented on Animal Planet
and has been in international syndication
on networks worldwide.
This is the American episode list of the series. The episode orders and airdates are in U.S. order.
Nature documentary
A natural history film or wildlife film is a documentary film about animals, plants, or other non-human living creatures, usually concentrating on film taken in their natural habitat...
television series that was hosted by Steve Irwin
Steve Irwin
Stephen Robert "Steve" Irwin , nicknamed "The Crocodile Hunter", was an Australian television personality, wildlife expert, and conservationist. Irwin achieved worldwide fame from the television series The Crocodile Hunter, an internationally broadcast wildlife documentary series which he co-hosted...
and his wife Terri
Terri Irwin
Theresa Penelope "Terri" Irwin, AM is an Australian-based, American-born naturalist, author, the widow of Australian naturalist Steve Irwin and owner of Australia Zoo at Beerwah, Queensland, Australia...
. The show became a popular franchise due to its unconventional approach and Irwin's approach to wildlife. It spawned a number of separate projects, including the feature film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course is a 2002 Australian comedy-adventure film based on the nature documentary series The Crocodile Hunter, starring Steve Irwin and his wife Terri Irwin. The Irwins play themselves filming an episode of The Crocodile Hunter while trying to protect a crocodile....
and two television spinoffs
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
: The Crocodile Hunter Diaries and Croc Files
Croc Files
Croc Files is a wildlife documentary television series focusing on crocodiles first aired on cable TV channel Animal Planet. It was created as a spin-off to the original Crocodile Hunter and The Crocodile Hunter Diaries series hosted by Australian naturalist Steve Irwin and his wife Terri Irwin...
. The series has been presented on Animal Planet
Animal Planet
Animal Planet is an American cable tv specialty channel that launched on October 1, 1996. It is distributed by Discovery Communications. A high-definition simulcast of the channel launched on September 1, 2007.-History:...
and has been in international syndication
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
on networks worldwide.
Episodes
Season 1 (1997)
| Ep # | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Wild in the USA" | April 5, 1997 |
| 2 | "Dinosaurs Down Under" | April 12, 1997 |
| 3 | "Sleeping with Crocodiles" | September 21, 1997 |
| 4 | "Suburban Killers" | October 31, 1997 |
Season 2 (1998)
| Ep # | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | "Return to the Wild" | March 10, 1998 |
| 6 | "Outlaws of the Outback (Part 1)" | March 17, 1998 |
| 7 | "Outlaws of the Outback (Part 2)" | March 17, 1998 |
| 8 | "Wildest Home Videos" | April 29, 1998 |
| 9 | "Island of Time" | May 17, 1998 |
| 10 | "Reptiles of the Deep: Turtles" | May 24, 1998 |
| 11 | "Where the Devils Run Wild" | June 18, 1998 |
| 12 | "Last Waterholes of the Outback" | August 8, 1998 |
| 13 | "Sharks - Outside the Cage" | December 24, 1998 |
Season 3 (1999–2000)
| Ep # | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | "Legends of the Galapagos" | February 1, 1999 |
| 15 | "America's Deadliest Snakes" | May 12, 1999 |
| 16 | "Reptiles of the Deep: Sea Snakes" | June 20, 1999 |
| 17 | "Reptiles of the Deep: Saurians" | June 20, 1999 |
| 18 | "Steve & the Dragon" | July 6, 1999 |
| 19 | "Australia's Wild Frontier" | September 18, 1999 |
| 20 | "Faces in the Forest" | October 11, 1999 |
| 21 | "Wild River of Africa" | November 4, 1999 |
| 22 | "A Handful of Elephants" | January 9, 2000 |
| 23 | "Jungle in the Clouds" | January 29, 2000 |
| 24 | "Wildest Baby Animal Videos" | February 22, 2000 |
| 25 | "Wildlife in Combat" | April 15, 2000 |
| 26 | "Forces of Nature" | April 15, 2000 |
| 27 | "Africa's Deadliest Snakes" | July 30, 2000 |
Season 4 (2000–2002)
| Ep # | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | "Crocodiles of the Revolution" | December 11, 2000 |
| 29 | "Journey to the Red Center" | December 18, 2000 |
| 30 | "Sidewinders of Arizona" | December 25, 2000 |
| 31 | "Swimming with Alligators" | January 15, 2001 |
| 32 | "Surfing Snakes" | January 31, 2001 |
| 33 | "Last Primates of Madagascar" | April 28, 2001 |
| 34 | "Reptiles of the Lost Continent" | May 5, 2001 |
| 35 | "Graham's Revenge" | May 13, 2001 |
| 36 | "Spitting Cobras of the World" | May 13, 2001 |
| 37 | "Dangerous Africans" | February 7, 2002 |
| 38 | "Operation Bunya Rescue" | February 14, 2002 |
| 39 | "Steve's Story" | February 21, 2002 |
| 40 | "Steve's Most Dangerous Adventures" | March 12, 2002 |
| 41 | "Steve's Greatest Crocodile Captures" | March 12, 2002 |
| 42 | "Big Croc Diaries" | April 1, 2002 |
| 43 | "Captured on Camera" | April 14, 2002 |
Season 5 (2002–2004)
| Ep # | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 44 | "Africa's Final Frontier" | August 24, 2002 |
| 45 | "Casper" | September 5, 2002 |
| 46 | "River of the Damned" | October 13, 2002 |
| 47 | "Whale Sharks of the Wild West" | July 12, 2003 |
| 48 | "Crocodile Coast" | August 4, 2003 |
| 49 | "Tigers of Shark Bay | March 19, 2004 |
| 50 | "Crocs in the City" | March 26, 2004 |
| 51 | "Island of Snakes" | June 21, 2004 |
| 52 | "They Shoot Crocodiles, Don't They" | June 28, 2004 |
| 53 | "Search for Super Croc" | July 5, 2004 |
| 54 | "Ice Breaker" | November 15, 2004 |
| 55 | "Confessions of the Crocodile Hunter" | November 22, 2004 |
See also
- Croc FilesCroc FilesCroc Files is a wildlife documentary television series focusing on crocodiles first aired on cable TV channel Animal Planet. It was created as a spin-off to the original Crocodile Hunter and The Crocodile Hunter Diaries series hosted by Australian naturalist Steve Irwin and his wife Terri Irwin...
- The Crocodile Hunter Diaries
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- Bindi, The Jungle Girl
- Australia ZooAustralia ZooAustralia Zoo is a zoo located in the Australian state of Queensland on the Sunshine Coast near Beerwah/Glass House Mountains. It is a member of the Zoo and Aquarium Association , and is owned by Terri Irwin, the widow of Steve Irwin, whose wildlife documentary series The Crocodile Hunter made the...
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- My Mate Steve Irwin' by Tony Frisby, a memoir about Steve Irwin's early life by one his oldest friends