Monkey Business Season 8

Season 8

Air date: 2005-06-26

Episodes: 14

Episodes

E1: Episode 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.

Air date: 2005-06-26

E2: Episode 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.

Air date: 2005-07-03

E3: Episode 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.

Air date: 2005-07-10

E4: Episode 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.

Air date: 2005-07-17

E5: Episode 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.

Air date: 2005-07-24

E6: Episode 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.

Air date: 2005-07-31

E7: Episode 7

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

Air date: 2005-08-07

E8: Episode 8

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

Air date: 2005-08-14

E9: Episode 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.

Air date: 2005-08-21

E10: Episode 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.

Air date: 2005-08-28

E11: Episode 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.

Air date: 2005-09-04

E12: Episode 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.

Air date: 2005-09-11

E13: Episode 13

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

Air date: 2005-09-18

E14: Episode 14

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.

Air date: 2005-09-25