Born Free released in 1969. The film follows "Born Free"-actor Bill Travers as he journeys to a remote area in Kenya to visit George Adamson, and several of Adamson's lion friends. In 1974, a 13-episode American television series was broadcast by NBC, entitled "Born Free", starring Diana Muldaur and Gary Collins as Joy and George Adamson. The series was later followed by television film in 1996 called "", with Linda Purl and Chris Noth. Joy and George Adamson do not appear as the main characters in the story. "To Walk with Lions" (1999) depicts the last years of George Adamson's life, as
Bill Travers who directed. In 1969, he played Captain Hook on a stage production of "Peter Pan". Travers worked as an actor only on "Rum Runners" (1971) with Brigitte Bardot and Lino Ventura. He directed and appeared in a documentary, "The Lion at World's End" (1971) about Christian the lion. He was reunited with James Hill on "The Belstone Fox" (1973) and co-wrote a documentary, "The Wild Dogs of Africa" for "The World About Us" (1973). He later produced "The Baboons of Gombe" (1975) for the same show. He and Hill wrote and produced "The Queen's Garden" (1977) together, and Travers helped