Season 8
14 episodes · 2005
1Episode 1
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.
2Episode 2
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.
3Episode 3
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.
4Episode 4
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.
5Episode 5
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.
6Episode 6
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.
7Episode 7
A population explosion at the park takes place with a chimpanzee baby boom, and keeper Jeremy has sleepless nights feeding chimp Ben.
8Episode 8
Jim Cronin travels to Istanbul to be reunited with Cookie, the baby chimp he thought he would never see again.
9Episode 9
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.
10Episode 10
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.
11Episode 11
The park awaits its second orang-utan birth, and young chimps Ben and Pip are beginning to grow up and must join the nursery.
12Episode 12
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.
13Episode 13
Chimps Seamus and Carli attempt to wind up Lulu, and the orang-utans get some prickly prizes to help with their boredom.
14Episode 14finale
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.
