Members
As they were styled as a repertory dance group, the line-up for Zoo varied in each of their Top of the Pops routines. While many dancers appeared regularly during the bulk of the troupe's run on the show, some dancers seemed to appear only once.
However, some continuity from the previous TOTP dance troupe Legs & Co. was maintained. Anita Mahadervan, who had been a member of Legs & Co. for their last six months on TOTP, appeared on most of Zoo's early dance routines. Another Legs & Co. dancer, Sue Menhenick, who had been part of the various TOTP dance troupes from 1974 to October 1981, was invited to return for one edition in December 1981 and was credited as a member of Zoo on the show's end titles.
The number of dancers involved in a Zoo routine varied from one (Sue Menhenick, who danced to Jon & Vangelis' "I'll Find My Way Home" on 17 December 1981, and Maureen (surname unknown), who danced to Derek and the Dominos' "Layla" on 18 March 1982) to twelve (for the 1981 and 1982 two-part Christmas specials, and the 2 September 1982 edition).
Former World and UK disco dancing and freestyle champions Julie Brown and Clive Clarke auditioned and danced to Lets Groove Tonight by Kool and the Gang as the first members of the Zoo Experience in the autumn of 1981.
Clive Clarke performed in the last ever performance of Zoo with the choreographer Les Child.
The total number of dancers who ever appeared as part of a Zoo line-up is uncertain, but among the regular members of Zoo were:
- "Downtown" Julie Brown
- Clive Clarke or "Clive Rubber-Man Clarke"
- Sharon "Sid" Haywoode
- Julie Harris
- Jeanette Landray
- Eddie Kemp
- Anita Mahadervan
- Voyd (Yvonne Evans)
- Debbie Fox (Foxy)
- Penni Dunlop
- Jon Peterson
- Alison Thomas
- Michelle Taylor
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