Jambo
GenreWildlife anthology
Children
Narrated byMarshall Thompson
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
Production
Executive producerIvan Tors
Production locationAfrica
Running time30 mins.
Original release
NetworkNBC

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

  1. ↑ Terrace, Vincent. Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007 (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2008), p.766.
  2. ↑ Terrace, p.766.
  3. ↑ Terrace, p.766, neglects to mention which language.

Sources

  • Terrace, Vincent. Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2008.
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