The Crocodile Hunter

For other uses, see Crocodile Hunter (disambiguation).

The Crocodile Hunter
Format	Wildlife Documentary
Created by	Mark Henderson
Developed by	Alliance Atlantis
Starring	Steve Irwin Terri Irwin Bindi Sue Irwin
Country of origin	Australia United States
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	55
Production
Executive producer(s)	Mark Henderson Liz Gately
Running time	50 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Animal Planet Discovery Channel
Original run	April 5, 1997 (1997-04-05) – November 22, 2004 (2004-11-22)

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.

Episodes

Steve Irwin as The Crocodile Hunter, with his family

This is the American episode list of the series. The episode orders and airdates are in U.S. order.

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 Files
• The Crocodile Hunter Diaries
• Ocean's Deadliest
• Bindi, The Jungle Girl
• Australia Zoo
• Alby Mangels
• Crocodile Safari Man
• 'My Mate Steve Irwin' by Tony Frisby, a memoir about Steve Irwin's early life by one his oldest friends

External links

• Australia Zoo's Crocodile Hunter website
• Animal Planet - Crocodile Hunter program home page
• NEWS.com.au - In Depth on Steve Irwin's Life and Work
• The Crocodile Hunter at the Internet Movie Database