Skippy

Skippy (original title Skippy the Bush Kangaroo) is an Australian television program from the sixties (1966-1970) based on the adventures of the eponymous Eastern grey kangaroo (bush kangaroo) Skippy and his owners. The series is set in the fictional ' Waratah National Parc ' at Sydney and is included in Duffys Forest, near Sydney. It was, also in the Benelux, a very popular counterpart of the u.s. Dolphin Flipper and the dog Lassie. The name is derived from the verb to skip that among other things "make a jump movement" means. The Kangaroo ball is to this fictional Kangaroo named.

Skippy proves time and time again a handy companion in detecting criminals or missing children, saving people and animals and saving cars. The program was in thenineties by the Dutch public broadcasters and by the commercial broadcaster Kindernet broadcast. Nowadays, the program now and then on to see the Belgian channelKetnet . In 1992, a new Australian sequel series produced: The New Adventures of Skippy. ==Cast[ Edit] == ==Episodes[ Edit] ==