

The adventures of two married game wardens in Kenya. George Adamson and Diana Muldaur live with their adopted lioness Elsa the Lioness, where they protect the animals in…
TV-PG • Action & Adventure, Family • Series • 1974 • 1 season
Starring: Gary Collins, Diana Muldaur
Created by: Carl Foreman

S1 E1 - Pilot
George and Joy Adamson work in Kenya to help local wardens protect the wildlife. When the poaching activities increase, George suspects a longtime friend of aiding the criminal enterprise.
Sep 9, 1974 • 44m

S1 E2 - Elephant Trouble
Local villagers lodge a complaint about Elsa. The Adamsons are asked by government officials to relocate Elsa to prevent further trouble.
Sep 16, 1974 • 44m

S1 E3 - A Matter of Survival
Free-spirited Terri Hill has to survive in the bush after crashing her light aircraft.
Sep 23, 1974 • 44m

S1 E4 - Death of a Hunter
Ex-hunter Archie Gordon plans to make amends for his past by tackling some modern-day ivory poachers.
Sep 30, 1974 • 44m

S1 E5 - Africa's Child
A friend of the Adamsons allows his granddaughter to stay with them for a while. Will bush country make an impression on young Regan?
Oct 7, 1974 • 44m

S1 E6 - The Masai Rebels
A Masai warrior decides to prove his manhood by hunting a large lion. However, a big game hunter has the same idea.
Oct 14, 1974 • 44m

S1 E7 - The Flying Doctor of Kenya
Dr. Claire Hanley sets out on her first village tour with the East African Flying Doctor Service. She will need to learn to be adaptable to both local customs and demanding field conditions. Joy is on hand to offer advice. Elsa is in a rather mischievous mood.
Oct 28, 1974 • 44m

S1 E8 - The Trespassers
After several years of absence, a tribe of Masai nomads is back. Some time after, veterinarian Paul Morgan finds that their cattle has been contaminated by rinderpest. He accordingly asks the Masais the right to examine the animals but, despite the Adamsons' intervention, Olotuno, the tribe's chief, formally opposes the idea.
Nov 4, 1974 • 44m

S1 E9 - The Maneaters of Merti
Two killer lions have claimed several lives. George begins a coordinated search using both villagers and game wardens. These particular lions are unusually cunning however.
Nov 11, 1974 • 44m

S1 E10 - Elsa's Odyssey
Regan clings to Joy when her estranged mother unexpectedly turns up. Elsa becomes a temporary surrogate to some lion cubs.
Nov 18, 1974 • 44m

S1 E11 - The White Rhino
Rob Mallory is shocked when the government adds his land to a requisition list. Fearing for the farm he had planned to leave to granddaughter Regan, he agrees a contract with a zoo trapper to raise funds.
Nov 25, 1974 • 44m

S1 E12 - The Raiders
Constant cross border raids in the north of the territory risk spreading disease among the villagers' cattle. Young Jama becomes an orphan when his father is killed during a skirmish but shows courage as events unfold.
Dec 9, 1974 • 44m

S1 E13 - The Devil Leopard
The Adamsons hunt a killer leopard while tribesmen are being encouraged by an anthropologist to return to their old illegal ways.
Dec 30, 1974 • 44m
Born Free
The adventures of two married game wardens in Kenya. George Adamson and Diana Muldaur live with their adopted lioness Elsa the Lioness, where they protect the animals in the surrounding area from all sorts of danger, both natural and human.
TV-PG • Action & Adventure, Family • TV Series • 1974