The Stationary Ark Explained

Runtime:	30 minutes
Starring:	Gerald Durrell
Narrated:	Gerald Durrell
Country:	Canada
Language:	English
Num Episodes:	13

The Stationary Ark was a documentary television miniseries hosted by zoologist Gerald Durrell on location at his Jersey Zoological Park. It was based on his 1976 book of the same name. The series was produced by Canadian company Nielsen-Ferns and aired from September to December 1975 on CBC Television and TVOntario. Ark on the Move, a follow-up TV series, was also hosted by Gerald Durrell.

Theme song

The theme to Stationary Ark, originally composed by John Mills-Cockell, became popularized in the mid-1980s with a cover version (only very loosely based on the original theme^[1]) released by Georg Feil^[2] for the Commodore 64 and its SID chip.

External links

• Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series: Stage Door to Switzer, p. 2, accessed 15 June 2019
• Fanfare for a Stationary Ark by John Mills-Cocker (possibly the original?)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Synth Sample. comp.sys.cbm newsgroup. 19 February 1991. (Georg Feil:) Note that the Stationary Ark thing is only loosely based on the television show (it appears as improvised from memory by a friend). .
2. Web site: Nectarine Demoscene Internet Radio www.scenemusic.eu - Streaming Blaizer with Silkcut . www.scenemusic.net . 3 February 2022 . https://archive.today/20070813225705/http://www.scenemusic.net/songinfo.php?songid=17677 . 13 August 2007 . dead.