Jambo (TV series)
Appearance
Jambo | |
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Genre | Wildlife anthology Children |
Narrated by | Marshall Thompson |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Ivan Tors |
Production location | Africa |
Running time | 30 mins. |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Jambo is a wildlife anthology television series broadcast on NBC from 1969 to 1971.[1]
Intended for children, the show was hosted and narrated by actor Marshall Thompson. Spots were filmed on location in Africa.[2] The series was intended to be a companion of sorts to Thompson's series Daktari. Ivan Tors was creator and executive producer of both.
The title "Jambo" is a greeting in Swahili, a language used throughout East Africa.[3]
Notes
Sources
- Terrace, Vincent. Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2008.