Meet the Penguins airs on ABC TV on June 28 at 8.30pm and follows the penguins for six months, with “both tales of domestic bliss and neighbourhood dramas”.
Dr Ann Jones – host of Meet the Penguins and Southern Ocean Live. Meet the Penguins features Phillip Island’s smallest famous residents as well as their city dwelling St Kilda cousins.
Phillip Island’s little penguins are stars of a new ABC TV show “Meet the Penguins”, airing on Tuesday, June 28 at 8.30pm.
This follows on from Southern Ocean Live, which broadcast from the Penguin Parade on Tuesday, June 21, complete with a local audience.
Dr Ann Jones takes look at the world’s smallest penguins, living on the southern coastline of Australia.
As well as featuring the world-famous penguin parade on Phillip Island, the show also heads to St Kilda to meet the city cousins.
The show follows the penguins for six months as they find partners and homes to raise their chicks.
According to the show’s producers, inside the colony are “both tales of domestic bliss and neighbourhood dramas”, while at sea, the little penguins “are forced to face trials of tempestuous weather, strong currents and migrating fish stocks”.
They may be small, but these little creatures are also incredibly tough, so prepare to be amazed, surprised and inspired!
Meet The Penguins airs Tuesday June 28, 8.30pm, ABC TV and ABC iview.
