Our Zoo (DVD) (UK Import)

Starring: Lee Ingleby, Liz White, Honor Kneafsey, Anne Reid, Peter Wight, Amelia Clarkson, Ralf Little, Hayley Carmichael, Stephen Campbell Moore, Sophia Myles
Contributors: Matt Charman
Studio: BBC
Genre: Television
Main Language: English
Region: Region 2
Release Date: 27 Oct 2014
Originally Issued: 2014
No of Discs: 2
BBFC Cert: (PG) Parental Guidance.
Run Time: 360 minutes

Description

All six episodes from the BBC drama that tells the true story of the Mottershead family who founded Chester Zoo. George Mottershead (Lee Ingleby) and his wife Lizzie (Liz White) live in a small flat above his father Albert (Peter Wight)'s grocery shop with their daughters Muriel and June (Amelia Clarkson and Honor Kneafsey) but feel it's time to move out and start a life of their own. Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, George often finds solace in rescuing abandoned animals.

When he sees a dilapidated manor in Chester for sale at auction he borrows money from the bank and purchases the land with a view to converting it into a modern zoo where animals are allowed to roam free. The episodes are: 'The Idea', 'Moving On', 'The Village Rivals', 'The Fund of Chester Zoo', 'In the Middle of a Local War' and 'The Final Decision'.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Making Of Documentary