About this season
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.
Episodes (14)
1. Episode 1
Aired 26 June 2005 • 30 min
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.
2. Episode 2
Aired 3 July 2005 • 30 min
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.
3. Episode 3
Aired 10 July 2005 • 30 min
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.
4. Episode 4
Aired 17 July 2005 • 30 min
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.
5. Episode 5
Aired 24 July 2005 • 30 min
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.
6. Episode 6
Aired 31 July 2005 • 30 min
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.
7. Episode 7
Aired 7 August 2005 • 30 min
A population explosion at the park takes place with a chimpanzee baby boom, and keeper Jeremy has sleepless nights feeding chimp Ben.
8. Episode 8
Aired 14 August 2005 • 30 min
Jim Cronin travels to Istanbul to be reunited with Cookie, the baby chimp he thought he would never see again.
9. Episode 9
Aired 21 August 2005 • 30 min
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.
10. Episode 10
Aired 28 August 2005 • 30 min
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.
11. Episode 11
Aired 4 September 2005 • 30 min
The park awaits its second orang-utan birth, and young chimps Ben and Pip are beginning to grow up and must join the nursery.
12. Episode 12
Aired 11 September 2005 • 30 min
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.
13. Episode 13
Aired 18 September 2005 • 30 min
Chimps Seamus and Carli attempt to wind up Lulu, and the orang-utans get some prickly prizes to help with their boredom.
14. Episode 14
Aired 25 September 2005 • 30 min
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.