# One by One (TV series)

One by One is a British television series made by the BBC between 29 January 1984 and 2 May 1987.
The series, created by Anthony Read, was based on the early life and writings of international veterinary surgeon David Taylor. Called Donald Turner in the series, the show follows his work caring for exotic animals at zoos in Britain, from the 1950s to the 1970s. Each series was set during a different decade, with exteriors filmed at Dudley Zoo, Chester Zoo and Knowsley Safari Park.
Thirty-two episodes were made over three series, transmitted on BBC1 in the early parts of 1984, 1985 & 1987. BBC1 repeated series 2 during the early months of 1986, as no new series had been made that year. The third series was also repeated on BBC1 over the Spring & Summer of 1988.

## Cast

* Rob Heyland – Donald Turner
* James Ellis – Paddy Reilly
* Sonia Graham – Ethel Leadbetter
* Peter Jeffrey – Maurice Webb (Series 1–2)
* Heather James – Maggie Raymond (Series 1–2)
* Liz Smith – Gran Turner (Series 1)
* Garfield Morgan – Howard Rundle (Series 1)
* Rosie Kerslake – Jenny Blount (Series 1)
* Jack Hedley – Peter Raymond (Series 1)
* Peter Gilmore – Ben Bishop (Series 2)
* Catherine Schell – Lady Ann Pendle (Series 2)
* Andrew Robertson – Jock Drummond (Series 3)
* Christina Nagy – Liz Collier (Series 3)
* Tenniel Evans – Teddy Haslam (Series 3)
* Clifford Rose – Challon (Series 1 and 3)

## Series overview

| Series | Series | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Series | Series | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
| | Series 1 | 10 | 29 January 1984 | 1 April 1984 |
| | Series 2 | 12 | 5 January 1985 | 23 March 1985 |
| | Series 3 | 10 | 28 February 1987 | 2 May 1987 |

## Episodes
### Series 1

| # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
| 1 | "We Called in the Experts" | Christopher Baker | Anthony Read | 29 January 1984 (1984-01-29) |
| 2 | "Nature's Great Masterpiece" | Christopher Baker | Anthony Read | 5 February 1984 (1984-02-05) |
| 3 | "They Shoot Tigers in India" | Richard Bramall | Anthony Read | 12 February 1984 (1984-02-12) |
| 4 | "Silver Linings" | Richard Bramall | Anthony Read | 19 February 1984 (1984-02-19) |
| 5 | "Pastures New" | Christopher Baker | Anthony Read | 26 February 1984 (1984-02-26) |
| 6 | "Time and Motion" | Christopher Baker | Anthony Read | 4 March 1984 (1984-03-04) |
| 7 | "A Long Weekend" | Richard Bramall | Anthony Read | 11 March 1984 (1984-03-11) |
| 8 | "Doctor's Orders" | Richard Bramall | Anthony Read | 18 March 1984 (1984-03-18) |
| 9 | "The Woman's Touch" | Christopher Baker | Anthony Read | 25 March 1984 (1984-03-25) |
| 10 | "Ends and Beginnings" | Christopher Baker | Anthony Read | 1 April 1984 (1984-04-01) |

### Series 2

| # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
| 11 | "Blood, Toil, Tears and Spit" | Michael E. Briant | Anthony Read | 5 January 1985 (1985-01-05) |
| 12 | "Parting of the Ways" | Michael E. Briant | Anthony Read | 12 January 1985 (1985-01-12) |
| 13 | "Of Babes and Sucklings" | Richard Bramall | Johnny Byrne | 19 January 1985 (1985-01-19) |
| 14 | "To Hear the Sea Maid's Music" | Richard Bramall | Johnny Byrne | 26 January 1985 (1985-01-26) |
| 15 | "End of an Era" | Michael E. Briant | Johnny Byrne | 2 February 1985 (1985-02-02) |
| 16 | "You and Whose Army?" | Michael E. Briant | Johnny Byrne | 9 February 1985 (1985-02-09) |
| 17 | "Pride of Place" | Richard Bramall | Johnny Byrne | 16 February 1985 (1985-02-16) |
| 18 | "It's All Done with Mirrors" | Richard Bramall | Anthony Read | 23 February 1985 (1985-02-23) |
| 19 | "Dangerous Practice" | Michael E. Briant | Johnny Byrne | 2 March 1985 (1985-03-02) |
| 20 | "A Killer Called Cuddles" | Richard Bramall | Anthony Read | 9 February 1985 (1985-02-09) |
| 21 | "Thank You, Mr. D.H. Lawrence" | Richard Bramall | Anthony Read | 16 March 1985 (1985-03-16) |
| 22 | "A Close Run Thing..." | Michael E. Briant | Johnny Byrne | 23 March 1985 (1985-03-23) |

### Series 3

| # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
| 23 | "Changing Places" | Andrew Morgan | Johnny Byrne | 28 February 1987 (1987-02-28) |
| 24 | "Remember the Humble Guinea-Pig" | Andrew Morgan | Johnny Byrne | 7 March 1987 (1987-03-07) |
| 25 | "First Things First" | Roderick Graham | Johnny Byrne | 14 March 1987 (1987-03-14) |
| 26 | "Tiger, Tiger" | Roderick Graham | Johnny Byrne | 21 March 1987 (1987-03-21) |
| 27 | "The Monkey in Between" | Andrew Morgan | Terry Hodgkinson | 28 March 1987 (1987-03-28) |
| 28 | "Dangerous Games" | Andrew Morgan | Johnny Byrne | 4 April 1987 (1987-04-04) |
| 29 | "The Elephant and the Kangaroo" | Roderick Graham | Terry Hodgkinson | 11 April 1987 (1987-04-11) |
| 30 | "A Dying Breed" | Andrew Morgan | Freda Kelsall | 18 April 1987 (1987-04-18) |
| 31 | "Down Below" | Roderick Graham | Terry Hodgkinson | 25 April 1987 (1987-04-25) |
| 32 | "Coming to Terms" | Andrew Morgan | Johnny Byrne | 2 May 1987 (1987-05-02) |