Monkey Life
Filmed at Monkey World in Dorset, we follow the rescue and rehabilitation of abused and neglected primates as its staff care for them until they can be reintegrated with primates of their own kind.
Monkey Life — Episode 1
Alison calls in two consultant surgeons to operate on Kalu, the most recent chimp to be rescued by the park, and the addition of an oak tree at Hananya's gets…
Monkey Life — Episode 2
Alison travels to Liverpool to rescue a family of three marmosets living in a birdcage and needing a new home, and Bart's chimp group get to sample medlar fruit for…
Monkey Life — Episode 3
Chimp Kalu struggles to recover from her surgery and she takes a turn for the worse, and there's new names and experiences for a trio of marmosets recently rescued from…
Monkey Life — Episode 4
Wildlife vet John Lewis examines chimp Jestah following concerns about a strange lump on his lower lip, and Alison goes to new heights with an enrichment plan to blow the…
Monkey Life — Episode 5
It's an anxious time for the team as chimp Jestah goes under the knife following a diagnosis of mouth cancer, and an enormous felled tree helps the guenons scale new…
Monkey Life — Episode 6
Vet Cesar Sastre is at the park as marmoset Bart needs a vasectomy, the primate care team serve the capuchins a muddy breakfast, and youngster Rieke looks to Silvestre for…
Monkey Life — Episode 7
Stumpie Freddy's dental issue proves taxing for wildlife vet John Lewis, and busybody lemur Kaiyah receives a muted welcome when she returns to her troop.
Monkey Life — Episode 8
It's all systems go for vet Cesar Sastre and the team at the park's hospital with a patient list including marmoset Jenny, capuchin Abby, and squirrel monkey Lopez.
Monkey Life — Episode 9
Alison and Jeremy pay tribute to their highly-respected colleague and wildlife vet John Lewis, and chimp Jestah is back outside with his troop following surgery.
Monkey Life — Episode 10
Alison is on an emergency mission to the Midlands to collect a Geoffroys marmoset that has been separated from his sibling, but he's not the only new arrival.
Monkey Life — Episode 11
Vets are called to the park due to serious concerns for the health of elderly chimp Zoe, and Mueller's gibbon Dalumie enjoys a pamper session.
Monkey Life — Episode 12
Female orangutans RoRo and Lucky are reintroduced in the hope they can learn to live together, and woolly monkey Carlos is at full stretch for a breakfast treat.
Monkey Life — Episode 13
It's a huge day for the chimp team - after weeks of meticulous planning, two of the park's chimpanzee groups are about to swap homes and enclosures.
Monkey Life — Episode 14
Alison and Jeremy undertake one of the park's biggest primate rescues in recent years from a zoo in Mid Wales; and marmoset Gizmo gets to experience the outside for the…
Monkey Life — Episode 15
Alison and Jeremy are in Mid Wales to collect four monkeys from a zoo while the small monkey team prepare for their arrival, and the Bachelor Boys enjoy a feast…
Monkey Life — Episode 16
Concern grows at the park as the effects of the global pandemic continue to bite; everyone has to muck in as staff are forced to isolate, and vet Dave is…
Monkey Life — Episode 17
Alison comes up with a plan to collect Dodger, a capuchin monkey in desperate need of rehoming, and there's a surprise during a health check on a capuchin that has…
Monkey Life — Episode 18
Alison and Jeremy come up with a cunning plan to collect Dodger the capuchin, and vet Cesar is called in to stitch up woolly monkey Bueno Junior who has been…
Monkey Life — Episode 19
It's an emotional time as the team says goodbye to one of the park's original chimps, and Primate Care Staff member Cat tries to solve a golden-cheeked gibbon grooming mystery.
Monkey Life — Episode 20
It's a momentous day for Alison as legislation banning the legal trade of pet primates is announced at the park, and marmoset Rattler returns to be paired with young female…
