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The Secret Life of the Zoo
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Series 9 Episode 1
On Chimpanzee Island, the younger males test the pecking order. And there's a fish out of water at the aquarium.
13-02-2020
Channel 4
The Secret Life Of The Zoo At Christmas
As the festive season approaches at Chester, the youngsters across the zoo, from giraffes to monkeys, are about to have their first Christmas - and there are other newbies, too
11-12-2019
Channel 4
Series 8 Episode 6
Keepers are keen to breed some baby eastern bongos, a critically-endangered species of antelope. Pinstripe damba fish George needs an immediate operation to prevent suffocation.
04-12-2019
Channel 4
Series 8 Episode 5
Keepers hope there may be a first joey on the way for dusky padamelon Styx. Spotty chocolate poison dart frog Roy faces competition from hunky newcomer Hunter.
27-11-2019
Channel 4
Series 8 Episode 4
A pair of Bactrian camels experience the trauma of separation. Chester's Rothschild's giraffe herd expects another new arrival. Plus, spider monkeys and Cabot's tragopan pheasants.
21-11-2019
Channel 4
Series 8 Episode 3
Keepers spot that Asian short-clawed otter pups are developing bald patches, threatening their waterproofing. Plus, Caribbean flamingos, Asian elephants and dik-dik antelopes.
14-11-2019
Channel 4
Series 8 Episode 2
The zoo's Sumatran orangutans are recovering from the horrific fire that engulfed their habitat in December 2018. Rothschild's giraffe Dagmar gives birth, but her calf struggles ...
07-11-2019
Channel 4
Series 8 Episode 1
The Zoo embarks on a treatment to save Asian elephant calf Indali. Feisty Humboldt penguin Almond and her mate Walnut go house-hunting, but an intruder is eyeing up their turf...
31-10-2019
Channel 4
Underwater Special
This deep-dive special episode explores the extraordinary underwater world of Chester Zoo, featuring blind fish, rare amphibians and a frisky penguin
23-05-2019
Channel 4
Series 7 Episode 7
Jaguars Napo and Goshi haven't been breeding. Will training Napo to be more assertive change that? Young elephants Aayu and Nandita are seriously ill. Plus: silvery gibbons and ...
21-02-2019
Channel 4
Series 7 Episode 6
Flamingo mum Calypso loses interest in mothering her chick, Marley. Three of the zoo's rare onagers are pregnant at the same time. And a baby macaque gets picked on by some olde ...
14-02-2019
Channel 4
Series 7 Episode 5
Andean bears Lima and Madidi aren't getting on. Giant otter couple Diego and Icana have never mated; can new male Tarubu relight Icana's fire? And two butterflies get drunk on f ...
07-02-2019
Channel 4
Series 7 Episode 4
When dik dik Kahri becomes a dad, his fight or flight instinct goes into overdrive. Meanwhile, the keepers face the dangerous task of replacing a broken window in the reticulate ...
31-01-2019
Channel 4
Series 7 Episode 3
Sloths Tina and Rico aren't getting on, and she won't ever let him get close to her. But Tina starts to put on weight. Is she pregnant? Or just eating too much? Plus: lions and ...
22-01-2019
Channel 4
Series 7 Episode 2
Can adolescent orangutan Tuti prove that she's responsible enough to hold baby Kesuma? Dangerous turtle Shrek gets a new mate. Tiny babirusa piglet Tomini is struggling to survi ...
15-01-2019
Channel 4
Series 4 Episode 2
Red panda Jung is losing weight and no one knows why. Mandrill Ludo gets over-friendly with his dad's girlfriend when his dad's at the vet's. Plus: tigers, and penguins.
09-01-2019
Channel 4
Series 7 Episode 1
A pig goes on the run. Giraffe Narus is being moved to another zoo, but getting him into a horsebox isn't easy. And can the keepers encourage mono-browed fish Noel Gallagher and ...
08-01-2019
Channel 4
The Secret Life Of The Zoo At Christmas 2017
The keepers are busy making gifts for the animals but there's chaos when the chimps seek out their parcels. Will dwarf mongooses Cooper and Mini have new babies before Christmas ...
28-12-2018
Channel 4
The Secret Life Of The Zoo At Christmas 2018
It's Christmas at Chester Zoo. The UK's first ever surviving sun bear cub is born, and there's a yuletide ceasefire in the turf war between the otters and the babirusas.
20-12-2018
Channel 4
Series 6 Episode 7
Tortoises Burt and Terrance, who've been best mates for 70 years, compete for the affections of breeding female Smooth Sides. Pregnant okapi K'Tusha is due to give birth. Plus: ...
12-12-2018
Channel 4
Series 6 Episode 6
Red panda Nima's new mate, Koda, chases her up a tree. Baby meerkat Junior is struggling to get enough food. And a shy penguin isn't socialising with his colony.
05-12-2018
Channel 4
Series 6 Episode 5
Bush dog Mana is pregnant. There's a power struggle on chimp island. Otter Wallace is struck down by a mystery illness. And is romance in the air for wattled cranes Wilma and Ivan?
28-11-2018
Channel 4
Series 6 Episode 4
Young meerkats Beagle and Huskie become parents for the first time. And can painted dog Ville look after his seven adolescent pups on his own while the vets check up on their mum?
21-11-2018
Channel 4
Series 6 Episode 3
Young tapir Solo is moving to a new zoo. Pregnant rhino Asha goes into labour at night. Mantis Minnie is looking for a sexual partner, but female mantises have a bad habit of ea ...
14-11-2018
Channel 4
Series 6 Episode 2
Chimp Zee Zee gives birth to a daughter. Elderly chameleon Mr Parsons has a date. And Gaston the banteng bull has made three females in his herd pregnant.
07-11-2018
Channel 4
Series 6 Episode 1
The keepers think that pregnant elephant Thi is three months overdue. Rampant giraffe Meru relentlessly chases the females in his herd. Plus: anteaters and clownfish.
31-10-2018
Channel 4
Series 3 Episode 6
Rare okapi Stomp injures K'Tusha with his horn when he tries to mate with her. Two African painted dogs compete to impress two new females. Plus: turtles and cassowaries.
27-09-2018
Channel 4