Episode 1
Ben and Kate return to Longleat, where a lion needs surgery to amputate part of his tail. Kate gets a surprise with the eland babies, and Ben has a brush with a gorilla.
Kate Humble and Ben Fogle return to Longleat Safari Park for another sun-drenched summer series following the extraordinary lives of the exotic animals and the keepers committed to help them.
Jumba the lion has a worrying infection in his tail, so the keepers and the vets must work together to find a solution fast. When the park first opened in 1966, very little was known about lions from a veterinary point of view, but since then the team have made an enormous contribution to the worldwide understanding of exotic species. When Rich the vet has to amputate Jumba鈥檚 tail, it鈥檚 not just a first for him, it鈥檚 the latest extraordinary procedure to support the welfare of animals at the park.
Kate marvels at the huge herd of eland but also finds out why there have been a few more babies this season than they were expecting. Ben gets the extraordinary opportunity to observe the troop of bachelor gorillas. In the wild, they spend much of their day foraging for food, so to try to recreate this behaviour, the keepers have a plan involving some chopped vegetables and broom heads. Jean Johansson helps cool down the South American tapirs, who would normally stay cool under a rainforest canopy, and finds out how parrots react to the heat of fiery chillies that they might find in the wild.
There鈥檚 also a new member of the Animal Park family: wildlife photographer Hamza Yassin is focusing his specialist zoom lenses on the behaviour of the park鈥檚 amazing animals. Today, he is with the macaque monkeys. Can he identify the dominant member of the group and help the keepers understand the latest hierarchy?
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John Newman
Cheating
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Years & Years
Shine
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Martin Jensen
Solo Dance
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Sigala
Lullaby
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Rudimental
Not Giving In (feat. John Newman & Alex Clare)
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Kate Humble |
Presenter | Ben Fogle |
Presenter | Jean Johansson |
Presenter | Hamza Yassin |
Series Producer | Alastair Bazeley-Bell |
Executive Producer | Joff Wilson |
Director | Mark Davenport |
Production Company | Remarkable TV |
Broadcasts
- Mon 9 Aug 2021 09:15
- Tue 10 Aug 2021 06:30
- Mon 16 May 2022 18:30
- Mon 25 Jul 2022 10:30
- Mon 27 Mar 2023 10:30
- Thu 18 Jul 2024 14:30麻豆官网首页入口 One except HD