Daktari vs The Famous Five

The Famous Five has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.3/10 for Daktari). Daktari is the older of the two (1966 against 1995). Both are drama, family shows, so they suit a similar mood.

Daktari posterDaktari1966 VS The Famous Five posterThe Famous Five1995
DaktariThe Famous Five
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 7.9/10
Year19661995
Seasons42
GenresDrama, FamilyComedy, Drama, Family
Country––
Creator / director––
Main castHari Rhodes, Ross Hagen, Marshall Thompson, Yale Summers, Erin MoranJemima Rooper, Marco Williamson, Paul Child, Laura Petela, Christopher Good

Synopsis

Daktari

Daktari is an American children's drama series that aired on CBS between 1966 and 1969. The series, an Ivan Tors Films Production in association with MGM Television, stars Marshall Thompson as Dr. Marsh Tracy, a veterinarian at the fictional Wameru Study Centre for Animal Behaviour in East Africa.

The Famous Five

The Famous Five is a British television series based on the children's books of the same name by Enid Blyton. It was first broadcast on Tyne Tees Television and HTV from 10/9/1995 onwards, and on CITV from 1/7/1996 onwards; there were two series between 1995 and 1997, produced by Zenith North and Tyne Tees in 26 twenty-five-minute episodes.

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