Secret Life Of The Zoo

The Secret Life Of The Zoo: S06E05

28/11/2018

TX DATE:
WEDNESDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2018

TX TIME:
20:00

NETWORK:
Channel 4

A Blast! Films production for Channel 4 Television

NARRATOR
Tamsin Greig

SERIES EDITOR
Emma Jones

SERIES PRODUCER
Pip Banyard

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Alex Sutherland / Tanya Winston
Alistair Pegg / Edmund Coulthard

A power struggle unfolds on chimp island as young pretender Carlos challenges dominant male Dylan.

When Asian short-clawed otter Wallace is struck down by a mystery illness, the vets find a large pebble in his stomach. Has his stone-juggling habit got the better of him?

Wilma the wattled crane gets a new partner, Ivan. Their first date goes well but the romantic mood is spoilt when their noisy neighbours, the great crowned cranes, start crowing. Ivan is going to have to man up and show the neighbours who's boss to impress Wilma.

Bush dog Franco's pack has stopped growing. His most recent litter died, and keepers hope that moving one of the breeding females to another zoo might solve the problem. When Mana, the remaining female, becomes pregnant, everyone hopes that these pups will survive.

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The Secret Life Of The Zoo: S06E03

14/11/2018

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TX DATE:
WEDNESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2018

TX TIME:
20:00

NETWORK:
Channel 4

The series that goes behind the scenes at Chester Zoo continues.

Pregnant rhino Asha goes into labour at night and there's a surprise waiting for the keepers when they arrive at work the next morning.

Great hornbill couple Harriet and Harvey have been together for 10 years but have never had any chicks. But now Harriet decides the time is right to seal herself up inside a nest box, where she'll rely on Harvey to bring her food for the next 40 days.

Malayan tapirs Margery and Betong say goodbye to their daughter, Solo, who is leaving Chester to start a new life at a zoo in Germany. Once she's gone, keepers hope the couple will rekindle their romance and that Margery will become pregnant again.

Female dead leaf mantis Minnie has just become sexually mature and is looking for her first partner. Mickey is the only male dead leaf mantis at the zoo but he's of a nervous disposition so the keepers are unsure whether he will take to the dating game. Female mantises have a bad habit of eating their partners during the mating process, so Mickey's first date might end very badly indeed.

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The Secret Life Of The Zoo: S06E02

28/10/2018

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TX DATE:
WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2018

TX TIME:
20:00

NETWORK:
Channel 4

This week, there's a new arrival in the chimp group at Chester Zoo, when Zee Zee gives birth to a daughter, Stevie. But the rest of the group are restless, so the zookeepers are hoping the new arrival will have a calming influence on the others. Stevie's older sister, Tina, is a bit of a troublemaker and 21-year-old, Pattie, is especially interested in the new baby.

Elderly chameleon, Mr. Parsons, has a romantic date with young Daphne from France. It's his last chance to father a child. They first met last year but their rendezvous didn't go well, so keepers are hoping for better luck second time around...

Gaston the banteng bull has been busy and has got three of the females in the herd pregnant at the same time. When the babies arrive, one of the mothers, Naya, struggles to bond with her calf.

And in the elephant herd, older sister Nandita should be looking after baby Anjan, but would rather play with her boisterous cousin, Aayu. However, she needs to step up and help her mother Thi look after her younger brother.

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The Secret Life Of The Zoo: S06E01

28/10/2018

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TX DATE:
WEDNESDAY 31 OCTOBER 2018

TX TIME:
20:00

NETWORK:
Channel 4

The Secret Life Of The Zoo returns to Channel 4 Television, with more cameras in parts of Chester Zoo that visitors never see, revealing the private lives of animals as never before.

In this first episode of the sixth series, 37-year-old female elephant, Thi - the head of the herd - is pregnant with her ninth baby. Elephant pregnancies usually last 22 months but keepers believe that Thi is now three months overdue! The risks for Thi and her unborn calf are growing by the day.

Meanwhile, male clownfish, Polo, gets injured while fighting with the other males for the attentions of dominant female Rosie. But clownfish have the amazing ability to change gender, and Polo's recovery time away from the rest of the group leads to unexpected consequences.

A young giant anteater, Oso, arrives at Chester Zoo as a new partner for widowed older female Bliss. But anteater first dates are far from straightforward.

And rampant male Rothschild's giraffe, Meru, causes a stir in Chester Zoo's endangered giraffe herd as he relentlessly chases the females.

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