One By One is a British television series made by the BBC between 1984 and 1987. The series, created by Anthony Read, followed the career of international veterinarian David Taylor and his work caring for exotic animals at zoos in Britain, from the 1950s to the 1970s. Each series was set during a different decade, with exteriors filmed at Dudley Zoo, Chester Zoo and Knowsley Safari Park. Thirty-two episodes were made in total. Rob Heyland starred as Turner, while other major cast members included James Ellis, Sonia Graham, Peter Gilmore, Heather James, Catherine Schell, Peter Jeffrey, Andrew Robertson and Christina Nagy.
We called in the experts
Nature's great masterpiece
They shoot tigers in india
Silver linings
Pastures new
Time and motion
A long weekend
Doctor's orders
The woman's touch
Ends and beginnings
Blood, toil, tears and spit
Parting of the ways
Of babes and sucklings
To hear the sea-maid's music
End of an era
You and whose army?
Pride of place
It's all done with mirrors
Dangerous practice
A killer called cuddles
Thank you, mr. d.h. lawrence
A close run thing...
Changing places
Remember the humble guinea-pig
First things first
Tiger, tiger
The monkey in between
Dangerous games
The elephant and the kangaroo
A dying breed
Down below
Coming to terms
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