Season 5 (2011)
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Episodes 20
Episode 3
There’s a problem at the airport with the transportation of overweight orang-utan Oshine from South Africa – will she make it onto the plane? Back at Monkey World chimp Paddy’s cheeky son Bart is finding his own transportation, and Amy’s capuchins get to grips with some frozen fruit.
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Alison heads to a lab facility in Scotland to meet a collection of ugly monkeys. It’s a big day for baby golden-cheeked gibbon Mikado as he’s introduced to his new foster mum Alex, and Gordon’s orang-utan group have a bit of fun with some colourful balls.
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It’s an exciting day as the staff prepare for two new woolly monkeys from Basel Zoo in Switzerland. Over at the stumpies, the females are vying for position when they’re introduced for the first time. And the male capuchins are put to the test with a clever puzzle feeder.
Read MoreEpisode 11
Geriatric stumpie Gerald is rushed to the operating theatre. It’s graduation day as baby golden-cheeked gibbon Mikado moves in with his new foster mum Alex, full time. And as Alison prepares for Vietnam, she enlists an unusual helper to test a tracking device.
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It’s a Monkey Life Special as Alison travels to Vietnam for a ground-breaking project. Two golden-cheeked gibbons rescued and rehabilitated at Dao Tien, Monkey World’s sister sanctuary, are to be released into their natural habitat. But will Merry and Lee Lee have the courage to leave their old lives behind.
Read MoreEpisode 13
Jeremy’s got high hopes as overweight orang-utan Oshine’s introduced to youngsters Lingga and Dinda. It’s an emotional day when the ugly monkeys recently retired from a research facility in Scotland, go outside for the first time in their lives. And there’s a free-for-all as Hananya’s chimps tuck into some delicious fruit.
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The male capuchins explore their new arboreal home for the first time. Alpha male Hananya’s busy showing everyone who’s boss whilst baby woolly Diego joins his family in the big enclosure. There’s great excitement as golden-cheeked gibbon Zoey is pregnant, and the ring-tailed lemurs lap up a sticky treat.
Read MoreEpisode 15
There’s serious dental work on a group of stump-tailed macaques from Scotland, and top London surgeon is called in. Meanwhile young ring-tailed lemur Kaiyah from Ireland has her first taste of life in the trees; Harry’s marmosets get a sticky treat and the newest Bachelor Boy Ben, sets his sights high.
Read MoreEpisode 16
Jeremy is on a mission to coax overweight orang-utan Oshine into the great outdoors, but she’s hesitant. There’s trouble at the stumpie house when the boys are introduced to the new girls from Scotland. Baby golden-cheeked gibbon Mikado ventures outside for the first time, and chimp Lulu is refusing her medicine.
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The team are in Lebanon on a rescue mission to pick up a very lonely chimp, Kiki. But they hit problems, and the team have to resort to drastic measures to get her out of her cage. Meanwhile at the park, overweight orang-utan Oshine is a surprise star pupil.
Read MoreEpisode 18
Chimp Kiki finally arrives at the park after a mammoth journey from the Middle East. There’s great excitement at the gibbon house with news of Zoey’s new arrival. And leader Paddy has his hands full at bedtime after squabbles break out in his group of chimps.
Read MoreEpisode 19
New arrival Kiki meets her first chimpanzee Patricia after living on her own in a cage in Lebanon for the last eight years. Overweight orang-utan Oshine has a special visitor whilst woolly monkey Bueno is having emergency dental treatment. And there’s sad news about the world’s oldest woolly monkey Xuzy.
Read MoreEpisode 20
Animal Director, Jeremy, decides to find out exactly how much weight orang-utan Oshine has lost since she came to the park from South Africa. Chimp Hananya is taken by surprise when he meets new arrival Kiki. Baby golden-cheeked gibbon Mikado shows off the latest stages of his colour change. And the work of Monkey World continues with news of two new arrivals.
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