Born Free - Season 1

First aired: 9/9/1974 13 episodes

Episodes

1. Pilot

Aired: 9/9/1974

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.

2. Elephant Trouble

Aired: 9/16/1974

Local villagers lodge a complaint about Elsa. The Adamsons are asked by government officials to relocate Elsa to prevent further trouble.

3. A Matter of Survival

Aired: 9/23/1974

Free-spirited Terri Hill has to survive in the bush after crashing her light aircraft.

4. Death of a Hunter

Aired: 9/30/1974

Ex-hunter Archie Gordon plans to make amends for his past by tackling some modern-day ivory poachers.

5. Africa's Child

Aired: 10/7/1974

A friend of the Adamsons allows his granddaughter to stay with them for a while. Will bush country make an impression on young Regan?

6. The Masai Rebels

Aired: 10/14/1974

A Masai warrior decides to prove his manhood by hunting a large lion. However, a big game hunter has the same idea.

7. The Flying Doctor of Kenya

Aired: 10/28/1974

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.

8. The Trespassers

Aired: 11/4/1974

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.

9. The Maneaters of Merti

Aired: 11/11/1974

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.

10. Elsa's Odyssey

Aired: 11/18/1974

Regan clings to Joy when her estranged mother unexpectedly turns up. Elsa becomes a temporary surrogate to some lion cubs.

11. The White Rhino

Aired: 11/25/1974

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.

12. The Raiders

Aired: 12/9/1974

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.

13. The Devil Leopard

Aired: 12/30/1974

The Adamsons hunt a killer leopard while tribesmen are being encouraged by an anthropologist to return to their old illegal ways.