Wild Kat (lost Australian live action TV series; 2001)
Promotional image for the series.
Status: Lost
Wild Kat is an Australian live-action TV series that aired from February to April of 2001 on Network Ten in Australia, and from June to August of 2001 on WAM! (now known as Starz Encore) in America, as well as Disney Channel Australia in 2002. The show ran for 13 episodes and has since become lost. [1]
The show was about a 15-year-old girl named Katrina aka. Kat, and her 11-year-old brother named Jamie, who live with their veterinarian mother at the Perth Zoo. Katrina meets a Siberian tiger named Garang until she realizes that she shares traits with the tiger and has tiger-like abilities. [2]
The show was created by David Ogilvy and Paul Barron of Barron Entertainment and was filmed in Perth, Australia. It had a 30-minute running time for each episode. Nothing is known of the series except for some descriptions of episodes in the show. Interestingly, the show’s IMDb ratings were mostly from South Africa, which could mean the show might've aired there. [3]
Findings
On March 22nd, 2023, a user on Internet Archive by the name of HappySwordsman uploaded a promotional clip for the series which aired on Disney Channel Australia in 2002. [4]
On June 3rd, 2023, HappySwordsman then uploaded a second promotional clip of the show to the Internet Archive. [5]
Cast
- Pia Prendiville as Katrina/Kat
- Daniel Daperis as Jamie
- Paris Abbott as Jasmin
- Luke Pegler as Alex
- Nicolette Findlay as Kristin
- Karin Hampton as Erica (their mom)
- Ewen Leslie as Morgan
- Marta Kaczmarek as Dr. Lidya Raushark
- Michael Muntz as Jordan
- Clinton Voss as the Narrator
Episode List
| # | Title | Synopsis | Airdate | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wild Ones | Kat and her brother go to stay with their mother who they have not seen in years. At first, they are not sure about living in a zoo particularly when the animals seem more important to their mother than they are. Then to make matters worse Kat starts to experience nightmares and other strange things. | February 2nd, 2001 (Network 10),
June 2nd, 2001 (WAM!) |
Lost |
| 2 | Tiger’s Eye | Jamie wakes up during the night, hears a growl, and sees a pair of animal eyes. He turns on the light and only his sister is there. Kat's room is trashed and her mother has her checked by a doctor but nothing is found. Jasmin thinks Kat might be a were-tiger, but skeptical Jamie isn't sure, maybe she is a were-hampster or something. They decide to put vegetarian Kat to the test by putting some raw meat in her room and see if she eats it. | February 9th, 2001 (Network 10),
June 3rd, 2001 (WAM!) |
Lost |
| 3 | Animal Instinct | Jasmin and Jamie try to cure Kat but get themselves into a dangerous spot until Wild Kat helps them. | February 16th, 2001 (Network 10),
June 10th, 2001 (WAM!) |
Lost |
| 4 | Stealing Power | Wild Kat has a fit and a rare black cockatoo goes missing. | February 23rd, 2001 (Network 10),
June 17th, 2001 (WAM!) |
Lost |
| 5 | Hide and Seek | Jamie asks his mother's friend, the reporter Marcus Flynn, to investigate the disappearance of the black cockatoo, but when he sees Wild Kat in action, he becomes interested in a different story. | February 28th, 2001 (Network 10),
June 24th, 2001 (WAM!) |
Lost |
| 6 | Age of Reason | No synopsis available. | March 7th, 2001 (Network 10),
July 1st, 2001 (WAM!) |
Lost |
| 7 | Tigers Hunt Alone | No synopsis available. | March 14th, 2001 (Network 10),
July 8th, 2001 (WAM!) |
Lost |
| 8 | Blood Sisters | No synopsis available. | March 21st, 2001 (Network 10),
July 15th, 2001 (WAM!) |
Lost |
| 9 | When the Boat Comes In | No synopsis available. | March 28th, 2001 (Network 10),
July 22nd, 2001 (WAM!) |
Lost |
| 10 | Family Matters | No synopsis available. | April 4th, 2001 (Network 10),
July 29th, 2001 (WAM!) |
Lost |
| 11 | Sleeping Beauty and the Beast | No synopsis available. | April 11th, 2001 (Network 10),
August 5th, 2001 (WAM!) |
Lost |
| 12 | Lost and Found | No synopsis available. | April 18th, 2001 (Network 10),
August 12th, 2001 (WAM!) |
Lost |
| 13 | Tail of the Tiger | Confirmed scene: Katrina stops the tiger from attacking someone. [6] | April 25th, 2001 (Network 10),
August 19th, 2001 (WAM!) |
Lost |
Gallery
Still from the series.
