Monkey Business
Monkey Business is a long-running TV series about the exploits of various primates who reside at Monkey World, a rescue centre and sanctuary for primates in Dorset, United Kingdom. The series features Jim and Dr. Alison Cronin, directors of Monkey World, as they travel around the world rescuing primates from lives of abuse, and returning them to Monkey World. Their goal is to rehabilitate the rescued primates and allow them to live in as natural a habitat as possible, being part of a group and living with friends of their own kind.
- Created By
- First Aired on
Aug 10, 1997
- Popularity: 14.7414
- 2 votes
- Networks
- (GB)
(GB)
(US)
(US)
- Production
Tigress Productions (GB)Athena Films (GB)Meridian Broadcasting Ltd (GB)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
9 seaons till Sep 03, 2006
Last episode: Episode 14
Seasons & episodes
Total 9 seasons, 108 episodes
Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Episode 130 min
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.
Episode 2Episode 230 min
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.
Episode 3Episode 330 min
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.
Episode 4Episode 430 min
There is trouble in store when the two chimpanzee clans are introduced. The respective leaders engage in a face off in the outside enclosure.
Episode 5Episode 530 min
Paddy is accepted as the chimpanzee group's leader. Meanwhile, all is not well with the orang-utan couple's relationship.
