S1 E1 • The Tyrant

Padam, the former Maharajah of the Namanpur Wild reserve, is upset when he learns that a new warden has been appointed. Karl Bergen, the new warden, is a man with fresh ideas for the park which disrupts Padam's intentions to regain this land.Karl meets Toomai and his brother Rantji and helps them to remain in the reserve with their elephant.

Première diffusion : 12 mai 1973

S1 E2 • Leopard Skin Coat

In "Leopard Skin Coat." Toomai and Ranjit deliver supplies to a visiting photographer in the jungle, but they discover he is not all he appears, and is in fact poaching leopards for their skins.

Première diffusion : 19 mai 1973

S1 E3 • Child of Ganesa

When a rich Englishman, who is a guest in the reserve, unintentionally shoots and injures a cow elephant, the animal rushes into a village hurting several people. The elephant is finally intercepted and nursed, but its baby is left alone in the wilderness. Toomai believes that the little elephant is awesome because of a particular body painting that identifies it as the child of Ganesa, the elephant god ...

Première diffusion : 26 mai 1973

S1 E5 • Surani

Bergen's secretary Roy loves servant Surani, but she is, according to old custom, already promised to another man, namely Nassim, the supreme elephant leader of their master Padam. That is why one day Surani desperately flees into the jungle and falls down a cliff. Roy and Toomai, who have followed her, can't manage to save her. They are dependent on Nassim's support, but Surani rebuffs his help.

Première diffusion : 9 juin 1973

S1 E6 • Year of the Birds

There is great excitement in the village because a flock of birds have dived up, which, according to ancient beliefs, is a sign of a happy New Year - to drive out the birds is bringing misfortune. When veterinarian Sue Fraser discovers some dead birds, she is even blamed by the villagers for the death of the animals. In fact, there is a fertilizer that Padam, the former owner of the reserve site, used in his fields.

Première diffusion : 16 juin 1973

S1 E7 • The Fishing Cats

Elephant Kala Nag, the animal used by Toomai to travel in the reserve, doesn't belong to the boy, but to former Maharajah Padam. Toomai's biggest dream is to be able to eventually buy the beloved animal. When he observes a fancy wildcat while fishing, he decides to catch and sell the rare animal so he finally get the money for Kala Nags. He doesn't understand that in a reserve there are also protected predators ...

Première diffusion : 23 juin 1973

S1 E8 • Place of Honour

Elephant leader Petal, who over the past five years with his elephant was allowed to represent the Namanpur region in a parade of the most beautiful elephants in the country, is severely offended that this honor will be assigned to Toomai with his elephant Kala Nag in the new year. Therefore he starts a cruel intrigue against the boy, which ends with the fact that Toomai Kala Nag has to relinquish the honour to Petal. But Toomai fights for his elephant, a victim of Petal's mistreatment...

Première diffusion : 30 juin 1973

S1 E9 • Elephant Dance

Karl Bergen is worried about one of the elephant drivers named Oya, whose dancing elephant is an attraction in the reserve and attracts numerous visitors. Although Bergen does not quite agree with this way of presenting the animal, he nevertheless opposes the authorities' orders to dismiss Oya, because he has observed that he has already collapsed unconsciously after the performance. Obviously, Oya is requiring urgent assistance ...

Première diffusion : 7 juillet 1973

S1 E10 • The Great Mahout

Toomai is suspected of having stolen a camera from a journalist in the reserve, because the statement of two elephant leaders, so-called "Mahouts", weighs heavily on him. One of the two men shows Bergen the place where Toomai supposedly hid the camera, and when Bergen actually finds the stolen property there, so he separates Toomai from his elephant Kala Nag.

Première diffusion : 14 juillet 1973

S1 E11 • Key Witness

Before the court is brought the case of elephant leader Ratne, whose elephant has killed the businessman Daniels. Ratne claims that the animal was stubborn, difficult, and out of control from the outset, but Toomai proves that the animal can be quiet and obedient when dealing with it properly. Now the question arises: Has the elephant acted on Ratne's command, because he wanted to kill Daniels?

Première diffusion : 21 juillet 1973

S1 E12 • Rogue Bull

When Jack Wilson, a former big-hunter, appears as a guest in the Namanpur reserve, Karl Bergen is in a state of emergency: although Wilson asserts that he is only following animals with the lens of his camera, Bergen fears that his guest might once again fall for his old passion. And soon he gets the proof, as an elephant, considered a dangerous loner, makes the park unsafe. Now Wilson has a valid excuse.

Première diffusion : 28 juillet 1973

S1 E13 • Big Fish

Jeff Ashby plays an airline pilot, Tom Mitchell, in "Big Fish" Also, appearing in the episode, is English actress Isobel Black, wife of James Gatward, who produced the Elephant Boy series. Chief warden at the Namanpur Game Reserve, Karl Bergen, faces an unusual problem—how to fly a whale to Australia.

Première diffusion : 4 août 1973

S1 E14 • Horn of Plenty

Padam, the former Maharajah, who still hopes that the reserve area will once again be his one day, does cultivation testings with corn on an experimental field. The catastrophic crops that threaten the rest of the country because of drought does not affect Padam's attempts, as he can irrigate his field from a deep-water fountain. When Bergen asks him to leave a part of the corn crops to the hungry reserve inhabitants, the former ruler shows himself indifferent.

Première diffusion : 11 août 1973