The Stationary Ark

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The Stationary Ark
Starring Gerald Durrell
Narrated byGerald Durrell
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes13
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Release16 September (1975-09-16) –
9 December 1975 (1975-12-09)

The Stationary Ark was a documentary television miniseries hosted by zoologist Gerald Durrell on location at his Jersey Zoological Park. It was based on his 1976 book of the same name.[ citation needed ] The series was produced by Canadian company Nielsen-Ferns and aired from September to December 1975 on CBC Television and TVOntario. Ark on the Move , a follow-up TV series, was also hosted by Gerald Durrell.

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Theme song

The theme to Stationary Ark, originally composed by John Mills-Cockell, became popularized in the mid-1980s with a cover version (only very loosely based on the original theme [1] ) released by Georg Feil [2] for the Commodore 64 and its SID chip.

The theme (along with the show) was assumed to be lost media until October 4, 2022, where a recording of the show's opening surfaced on YouTube. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Synth Sample". comp.sys.cbm newsgroup. 19 February 1991. (Georg Feil:) Note that the Stationary Ark thing is only loosely based on the television show (it appears as improvised from memory by a friend).
  2. ↑ "Nectarine Demoscene Internet Radio www.scenemusic.eu - Streaming Blaizer with Silkcut". www.scenemusic.net. Archived from the original on 13 August 2007. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "The Stationary Ark Theme (Original, Gerald Durrell, 1975)". YouTube . 4 October 2022.
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