Monkey Life

There's two new arrivals at the park a baby woolly monkey for experienced mum Xingu, and dad Oaska and Alison's been to Wales to collect a new squirrel monkey called Azzi who was being kept as a pet.

2025-12-27 22:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-27 22:30:00 +0000 UTC (30m)

Monkey Life

Alison calls in a specialist eye surgeon to perform the cataract operation on Lola the chimpanzee, Mr Bray normally operates on humans so it's a unique experience for man and ape only time will tell if the operation has been successful.

2025-12-27 21:30:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-27 22:00:00 +0000 UTC (30m)

Monkey Life

Ruby, the park's newest and largest marmoset, is introduced to males Jock and Colin, but the introduction does not go as planned the primate care team observes that Lola, a chimpanzee in Paddy's group, experiences vision problems.

2025-12-27 21:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-27 21:30:00 +0000 UTC (30m)

Monkey Life

The primate care staff suspect that golden-cheeked gibbon Kim is about to give birth. However, after several hours without any progress, the vet is called in. The situation becomes tense as Kim must undergo an emergency caesarean.

2025-12-27 20:30:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-27 21:00:00 +0000 UTC (30m)

Monkey Life

Alison saves Ruby, a marmoset with attitude and a slight weight issue at the park, there is a troop of primates who have struggled with weight issues.

2025-12-27 20:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-27 20:30:00 +0000 UTC (30m)

Monkey Life

Jeremy decides to find out exactly how much weight orang-utan Oshine has lost since she arrived at the park from South Africa - but will he be able to tempt her onto the scales? Chimp Hananya is taken by surprise when he meets Kiki, the latest addition to his group. Kiki is about to undertake a crash course in chimpanzee politics, and baby golden-cheeked gibbon Mikado shows off the latest stages of his colour change.

2025-12-27 19:30:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-27 20:00:00 +0000 UTC (30m)

Monkey Life

New arrival Kiki meets Patricia. Having lived on her own, Kiki is not used to other chimps so the team are not sure how she will react to others of her own kind. Meanwhile, overweight orang-utan Oshine has a special visitor from South Africa - but will she remember her? Woolly monkey Bueno has to have emergency dental treatment when the veterinary team discover he has several rotten teeth.

2025-12-27 19:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-27 19:30:00 +0000 UTC (30m)

Monkey Life

Chimp Kiki finally arrives at the park after a mammoth journey from the Middle East, but having lived on her own in a cage in Beirut for the last eight years, she is unnerved by the sounds of the other chimps in the room next door. Meanwhile there is great excitement at the golden-cheeked gibbon house with news of Zoey's new arrival in the middle of the night.

2025-12-27 18:30:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-27 19:00:00 +0000 UTC (30m)

Monkey Life

The team are in Lebanon on a rescue mission to pick up a very lonely chimp. Kiki has lived on her own in a cage for the last eight years, but there are problems when it is realised that her cage has rusted closed and the team have to resort to drastic measures to get her out. Once at the airport they have to keep Kiki calm or she won't be allowed to board the flight for the UK.

2025-12-27 18:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-27 18:30:00 +0000 UTC (30m)

Monkey Life

Jeremy is on a mission to coax overweight Oshine into the great outdoors, but to get to the enclosure the big orang-utan has to navigate a series of tunnels, and she is not keen. So Jeremy has to go in on his hands and knees to guide her through. Meanwhile there is trouble at the stumpie house when the boys finally meet the girls. Sam proves a big hit, but Jonathan gets over excited and has to cool off.

2025-12-27 17:30:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-27 18:00:00 +0000 UTC (30m)

Monkey Life

There is bad news for the stump-tailed macaques who have recently arrived at the park from a lab facility in Scotland. Wildlife vet John Lewis pays a special visit to give them a health check, but has to call in the services of a top London dentist when he realises they have serious dental problems.

2025-12-27 17:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-27 17:30:00 +0000 UTC (30m)

Monkey Life

Hananya is busy showing everyone who is boss, whilst baby woolly Diego joins his family in the big enclosure, and golden-cheeked gibbon Zoey is pregnant.

2025-12-27 16:30:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-27 17:00:00 +0000 UTC (30m)

Monkey Life

Orang-utan Oshine is introduced to two youngsters, and it's an emotional day when the ugly monkeys, from a research facility in Scotland, go outside for the first time.

2025-12-27 16:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-27 16:30:00 +0000 UTC (30m)

Monkey Life

Paddy's chimps go mad for mangoes and rumours abound of a weighty new arrival from South Africa. Plus, Alison saves an old pet squirrel monkey that desperately needs a new home.

2025-12-27 10:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-27 10:30:00 +0000 UTC (30m)

Monkey Life

Disturbing footage convinces Alison to rescue an adult female chimpanzee working in the tourist industry in Mexico, who urgently needs the team's help. The nursery chimps have a play session.

2025-12-27 09:30:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-27 10:00:00 +0000 UTC (30m)

Monkey Life

Jonathan is over groomed and has gone bald, while Tom, one of the alpha male capuchins, has died. Elsewhere, the chimps are given walnuts and Jestah gets more than his fair share.

2025-12-27 09:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-27 09:30:00 +0000 UTC (30m)

Monkey Life

Alison Cronin travels to Monkey World's new endangered primate sanctuary in Vietnam, and meets the newest resident of the centre, Ellie the young golden-cheeked gibbon. Two rare monkeys are being kept in a theme park outside Ho Chi Minh City.

2025-12-27 08:30:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-27 09:00:00 +0000 UTC (30m)

Monkey Life

Mueller's gibbons Adidas and Dalumie head for the treetops for the first time, while Peanut, Pung-Yo and Tien move into the enclosure next door. Plus, a specialist doctor is called in when Freddy's bowel complaint fails to improve.

2025-12-27 08:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-27 08:30:00 +0000 UTC (30m)

Monkey Life

Chimp Ben's foot infection has led to the amputation of one of his toes. Just as he's improving, Honey, one of the chimps in Hananya's house, is struck down by the mysterious bacterial infection - and it is serious.

2025-12-27 07:30:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-27 08:00:00 +0000 UTC (30m)

Monkey Life

Chimp Ben's mysterious infection has spread to some of the others in his group, and it's a race against time to diagnose and treat it effectively. Meanwhile, the orang-utans are watching their weight, but are not so keen to get onto the scales.

2025-12-27 07:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-27 07:30:00 +0000 UTC (30m)