Monkey Business

Season 8

2005 · 14 episodes · 7h 0m in all

Episodes

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   1. Episode 1

   26 Jun 2005 · 30 min

   The team discovers endangered orang-utans in need of rescue in Taiwan, while back in Dorset, monkeys Arthur and Sinbad enjoy a few creature comforts. A mercy mission unfolds in Africa as one Royal Marine fights to save the life of a baby chimp.

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   2. Episode 2

   3 Jul 2005 · 30 min

   Dave suspects Cherry the chimp is pregnant, so swiftly arranges for her to take a test, Jeremy longs for a good night's sleep and there's disturbing news from Sierra Leone about orphaned baby Harry.

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   3. Episode 3

   10 Jul 2005 · 30 min

   A precious Taiwanese cargo makes its way to Britain, concerns are raised about much-loved ring-tailed lemur Alice and there's a trip into the west African jungle to see how one baby chimp has settled into military life.

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   4. Episode 4

   17 Jul 2005 · 30 min

   The staff anxiously await the results of lemur Alice's biopsy, and chimp Peggy unexpectedly gives birth, but is unable to care for her newborn baby.

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   5. Episode 5

   24 Jul 2005 · 30 min

   Alison Cronin traces a capuchin monkey living the life of a Londoner, new mother Peggy rejects her baby at birth and preparations are made to rescue young chimp Harry from war-torn Sierra Leone.

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   6. Episode 6

   31 Jul 2005 · 30 min

   Keeper Dave heads for the chemist to buy the chimps a little something for the weekend, Mike receives a present from the troublesome Gordon and, in Sierra Leone, Harry leaves his military foster home and is finally on his way to Monkey World.

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   7. Episode 7

   7 Aug 2005 · 30 min

   A population explosion at the park takes place with a chimpanzee baby boom, and keeper Jeremy has sleepless nights feeding chimp Ben.

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   8. Episode 8

   14 Aug 2005 · 30 min

   Jim Cronin travels to Istanbul to be reunited with Cookie, the baby chimp he thought he would never see again.

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   9. Episode 9

   21 Aug 2005 · 30 min

   Alison heads out on the trail of a pet capuchin monkey living the life of a Londoner, and there is mystery surrounding a gibbon seized by customs officers.

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    10. Episode 10

    28 Aug 2005 · 30 min

    Chimp youngsters Ben and Pip meet their foster mum Sally, Johni undergoes a biopsy to find the cause of her lump, and Alison reports on marmoset duo Bonnie and Clyde. Chris Serle narrates.

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    11. Episode 11

    4 Sept 2005 · 30 min

    The park awaits its second orang-utan birth, and young chimps Ben and Pip are beginning to grow up and must join the nursery.

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    12. Episode 12

    11 Sept 2005 · 30 min

    Keeper Jeremy tries to cope with larger-than-life youngsters Ben and Pip, there is a report on long-time resident Arthur, and officers set off on an emergency mission to Russia.

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    13. Episode 13

    18 Sept 2005 · 30 min

    Chimps Seamus and Carli attempt to wind up Lulu, and the orang-utans get some prickly prizes to help with their boredom.

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    14. Episode 14

    25 Sept 2005 · 30 min

    Youngsters Ben and Pip meet their boisterous uncle, and orang-utan Hsiao Quai gives birth. Daily life at Europe's largest ape rescue centre in Dorset.