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Episode 1

Animal Park Summer 2022
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Ben and Kate return to Longleat, where hopes are rising for the first baby southern koala in Europe. Ben bathes a goat, and Kate meets the colobus monkeys.

Kate Humble and Ben Fogle return to Longleat Safari Park for a spectacular, sun-drenched summer series, following the remarkable lives of the exotic animals and the keepers committed to helping them.

In this episode, a cowardly lion is in danger of being attacked by her fellow lionesses. Beryl's solitary behaviour is putting her in peril, as an unconfident member of the pride can be rejected. To ensure her standing in the group, the keepers have come up with a plan to elevate Beryl's status amongst the lionesses and build up her confidence.

It’s been three years since Europe’s only southern koala breeding programme started, and Animal Park has followed every step of the phenomenal journey. There has been some incredible news, and it’s all been caught on camera. Violet started putting on weight last year, and after a few months there were signs that there was life inside her pouch. The keepers nervously wait to see if their hopes of a precious joey could come true.

Elsewhere, Ben helps geriatric pygmy goat Jake have his first bath. Kate meets the park's eastern black and white colobus monkeys and finds out why they appear to have a β€˜cape,’ and how they move around their own island.

Wildlife photographer Hamza Yassin is back for another series, using his specialised kit to help the keepers solve some of the trickier problems across the park. Today, there’s a mystery to solve: can he sex the three baby Pere David deer?

This summer we have a new member of the team, zoologist Megan McCubbin. She finds out how the park keepers entertain the animals as well as maintain their great condition - and as a former animal keeper herself, Megan needs no encouragement to get stuck in. Today, she’s helping the keepers encourage the Amur tigers to swim in their pond. They are surprisingly powerful swimmers with partially webbed paws.

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Mon 18 Mar 2024 10:45
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:08

    Blossoms

    Charlemagne

  • 00:09

    Rose Royce

    Car Wash

  • 00:10

    Galantis and Throttle

    Tell Me You Love Me

  • 00:19

    Paloma Faith

    Surrender

  • 00:19

    Biffy Clyro

    Bubbles

  • 00:20

    Biffy Clyro

    Bubbles

  • 00:23

    Ed Sheeran

    Castle On The Hill

  • 00:29

    Tom Grennan

    Found What I've Been Looking For

  • 00:31

    The Kinks

    (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman

  • 00:37

    Sister Sledge

    We Are Family

Credits

Presenter Kate Humble
Presenter Ben Fogle
Presenter Hamza Yassin
Presenter Megan McCubbin
Series Producer Alastair Bazeley-Bell
Executive Producer Joff Wilson
Production Company Remarkable TV

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