Animal Park
Behind the scenes at Longleat Safari Park with Ben Fogle and Kate Humble
Episode 1
A brand new series of Animal Park kicks off with a bang. A life and death drama unfolds as keepers perform an emergency caesarean on Imogen the giraffe. For the first time in 40 years, a secret camera captures the birth of lion cubs.
Episode 2
After 30 years with no breeding, 2 new otter babies have arrived. Up in Lion Country Yendi goes ballistic when her lion cubs get their injections and white rhino Babs, the grande dame of the safari park, is fading fast and staff faces a difficult decision.
Episode 3
Lord Bath explores his family tree and uncovers tales of adultery, murder and a ghost while Kate and Ben use a special night vision camera to capture a midnight feast up in wolf wood.
Episode 4
Its time for the lion cub to venture into the great outdoors – but is she too much of a scaredy-cat? The otter pups are weaned and want solid food - but mum keeps scoffing the lot.
Episode 5
Its touch and go for Gladys the Iguana – will she survive radical surgery? Safari park staff try to get bull rhino Winston in the mood for love with a rhino valentine!
Episode 6
The otter pups are three months old but they still don’t know how to swim - will they finally take the plunge? Lion cubs Malaika and Jasira face their biggest challenge yet as they prepare to meet their father Kabir, but will he greet them, or eat them?
Episode 7
In a special programme from Kenya, Safari Park keepers are on a dangerous mission with anti-poachers… can they pull off a successful ambush and make it back safely when they cross paths with a lion?
Episode 8
In a special programme from Kenya, keepers help inoculate endangered Grevey’s Zebra against an outbreak of deadly anthrax and head into the bush on the trail of two white rhino.
Episode 9
With over 50 species at Longleat Safari Park, some need intensive care. Today, Romeo the otter has a problem in his mouth that could be life-threatening – he must be captured and rushed to the vet.
Episode 10
It’s feeding time at the safari park. While Ben gives tigers Sonar and Kaddu their tea, the lion cubs face a challenge - if they want any dinner they’re going to have to steal it from mum and dad.
Episode 11
The new lion cubs are thriving but have been playing too rough… and now both of them have injured a leg. Down in Wallaby Wood, the youngsters are popping up and out everywhere!
Episode 12
It’s every safari park’s worst nightmare – a dangerous animal on the loose. Emergency measures at Longleat are tested to their limit. There’s a murder mystery to solve on Meerkat Mountain – who is the culprit?
Episode 13
The white rhino has got a case of the trots, so Kate tries an unusual homeopathic cure. Lion cub Jasira has developed a limp – we’ll find out if here treatment is working.
Episode 14
White rhino bull Winston becomes a sperm donor…will artificial insemination allow him to become a father at last? The Pere David deer are hovering on the edge of extinction…can Longleat help save the species?
Episode 15
We’ll get a bugs eye view of some of the park’s creepiest residents with specialist wildlife cameras. The vultures are gathering at Longleat, and the keepers have arranged a special feast in their honour.
