Skippy publicity brochure

This page from a publicity brochure for Skippy highlights the international popularity of the show. It is also interesting for including a snapshot of when Skippy was broadcast in various countries and whether or not it was screened in colour. 

While the series was produced in colour, many countries (including Australia and the UK) were not yet broadcasting in colour when the series began. Skippy was eventually broadcast in 128 countries with an estimated international audience of 300 million people per week. 

The brochure also promotes the importance of the kangaroo as an emblem of Australian culture. In the late 1960s, 'the strange and wonderful island continent Down Under' was obviously still relatively unknown to other nations and therefore exotic. Fauna Productions clearly saw this as an additional selling point.

Notes by Stephen Groenewegen and Adam Blackshaw