Penguin Island

In episode one of Penguin Island we meet Bluey and Sheila, one of the 13,000 little penguin couples who live on Phillip Island, as they begin their annual breeding cycle, and the dedicated team of rangers and scientists who will monitor and protect them through the hottest summer on record.

Bluey and Sheila are struggling to feed their chicks. The rangers set out to hunt down a fox, while back at the Penguin Cafe, Rocky continues his search for Mrs Right.

Time is running out for hungry penguin chicks Sammy and Tom whose parents Bluey and Sheila must swim further and further out to sea in a desperate attempt to find fish.

The worst heatwave on record hits the Island, as a result penguins are collapsing from heat, hunger and exhaustion. And with food in short supply, the colony's chicks are struggling to put on weight.

Unlucky-in-love Rocky finally finds a mate in Jess, but it's very late in the season to be raising chicks. With the annual moult only a few weeks away, will Rocky and Jess's chick, Tilda, survive?

Rocky and Jess's lone surviving chick Tilda isn't quite big enough to feed herself and is anxiously awaiting the return of her parents. Meanwhile a leaking oil tanker has disastrous consequences for the Little Penguins.