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
Mary Travers (journalist) Bills. Travers and Murphy were the first married couple to work at the same television station in the Buffalo market at the same time. Mary Travers (journalist) Mary Travers Murphy (born July 31, 1958) is the Executive Director of the Family Justice Center of Erie County. She was formerly a consumer affairs journalist and was part of the Action 7 news team on ABC affiliate, WKBW-TV, based in Buffalo, New York. She left that position in June 2004. Prior to joining WKBW, Travers was a reporter for WEBR. In 2005 she was elected to a four-year term as town supervisor