Season 1
7 episodes · 1997
1Episode 1
Documentary strand on a Dorset chimpanzee sanctuary. Chimp Charlie - which has been affected by a cocktail of drugs - throws a fit, causing chaos among the other apes.
2Episode 2
Charlie the reformed junkie chimp has his eyesight tested at the Dorset wildlife sanctuary, while a miserable capuchin monkey arrives unexpectedly, and keeper Mike is assigned to look after a pair of love-struck orang-utans.
3Episode 3
The orang-utan love affair develops as two chimpanzee clans are prepared for their first meeting, and a lemur keeper hand-rears some rejected babies.
4Episode 4
There is trouble in store when the two chimpanzee clans are introduced. The respective leaders engage in a face off in the outside enclosure.
5Episode 5
Paddy is accepted as the chimpanzee group's leader. Meanwhile, all is not well with the orang-utan couple's relationship.
6Episode 6
Charlie befriends a rescued chimp from Spain, the two orang-utans make up and Jimmy starts a new relationship.
7Episode 7finale
Keeper Jeremy lavishes care and chocolate on chimpanzee Charlie following the amputation of his finger. Naughty Jimmy is put in the misfit group as punishment, where he gets a taste of his own medicine, while a lemur's stay in new accommodation is cut tragically short.
