Episode 9
Monkey Business - S8 - E9
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.
Monkey Business: Season 8 - 14 Episode s
8x1 - Episode 1
June 26, 2005
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.
8x2 - Episode 2
July 3, 2005
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.
8x3 - Episode 3
July 10, 2005
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.
8x4 - Episode 4
July 17, 2005
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.
8x5 - Episode 5
July 24, 2005
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.
8x6 - Episode 6
July 31, 2005
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.
8x7 - Episode 7
August 7, 2005
A population explosion at the park takes place with a chimpanzee baby boom, and keeper Jeremy has sleepless nights feeding chimp Ben.
8x8 - Episode 8
August 14, 2005
Jim Cronin travels to Istanbul to be reunited with Cookie, the baby chimp he thought he would never see again.
8x9 - Episode 9
August 21, 2005
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.
8x10 - Episode 10
August 28, 2005
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.
8x11 - Episode 11
September 4, 2005
The park awaits its second orang-utan birth, and young chimps Ben and Pip are beginning to grow up and must join the nursery.
8x12 - Episode 12
September 11, 2005
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.
8x13 - Episode 13
September 18, 2005
Chimps Seamus and Carli attempt to wind up Lulu, and the orang-utans get some prickly prizes to help with their boredom.
8x14 - Episode 14
September 25, 2005
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.