Monkey Business

Season 1

A look at the inhabitants of Monkey World, near Wareham in Dorset, owned by Jim and Alison Cronin. Monkey World rescues primates from cruelty and neglect and gives them a home for life. It is a unique sanctuary which houses the largest group of Chimpanzees outside of Africa.

Where to Watch Season 1

7 Episodes

Episode 1
E1
Episode 1Documentary 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.
Episode 2
E2
Episode 2Charlie 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.
Episode 3
E3
Episode 3The orang-utan love affair develops as two chimpanzee clans are prepared for their first meeting, and a lemur keeper hand-rears some rejected babies.
Episode 4
E4
Episode 4There is trouble in store when the two chimpanzee clans are introduced. The respective leaders engage in a face off in the outside enclosure.
Episode 5
E5
Episode 5Paddy is accepted as the chimpanzee group's leader. Meanwhile, all is not well with the orang-utan couple's relationship.
Episode 6
E6
Episode 6Charlie befriends a rescued chimp from Spain, the two orang-utans make up and Jimmy starts a new relationship.
Episode 7
E7
Episode 7Keeper 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.