James Fisher is the presenter of this 1960s BBC Television series. World Zoos visited more than 13 zoos a year to make this a highly entertaining piece of television. Fisher travelled to such places as Moscow, Lisbon, Stuttgart, Monte Carlo, Hamburg, Newfoundland, Wisconsin, Saskatchewan and Iceland during the making of the series. James Fisher made more than 200 flights during the course of the three year filming period.

The World Zoos programmes were produced in the 1960s by Nicholas Crocker (then Head of Outside Broadcasts for the BBC, West-Region) and the shows were put together at the BBC's Bristol Studios. The series was made by a very small unit, consisting of James Fisher, Nicholas Crocker and the camera crew.

On one occasion the World Zoos team visit Naples Zoo, unique at the time, as it had a quarantine station in proximity to the zoo. This facility enabled all hoofed animals, destined for zoos in other European countries to be lodged and screened for infection before their journey. A highlight for James Fisher whilst at Naples, was the arrival of a a pair of rare antelopes, known as Dibatags

James Fisher (1912 - 1970) was an author, naturalist and ornithologist and made over 1000 radio and tv broadcasts. He was also a leading authority on pioneering naturalist and ornithologist Gilbert White (1720 - 1793). Fisher was also a vice-chairman of the Countryside Commission. James Fisher was also a member of a small team that on September 18, 1955 raised the Union Flag and took possession on an official basis for the UK of the small and uninhabited, rocky islet of Rockall, in the North Atlantic.