Monkey Business

Newest Review: ... is to hopefully be able to release some of the animals back into the wild and to provide as near a natural life as they can whilst in captivity. Like I said before the show is very much like a soap opera with new characters being introduced and others leaving and just as in any good soap opera there are always a good few bust ups between the cast, especially the chimps who due to some of the torture they endured as pets have never got over the mental scars and lash out at each other every now and then. The show is primarilly about educating the viewer into the sort of practices that carry on throughout the world and just how big a proble... more

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Monkey Business: Stop Monkeying Around And Watch This Show (722 words)
by - written on 11/01/08 (Very useful, 122 readings)
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Monkey Business is one of those shows that I started watching as soon as I got Sky Digital and fell in love with the channel Animal Planet. The show was on very frequently and I watched it religiously just as I do Neighbours and Eastenders and it is basically a soap opera but the stories are real. The Show is centred around the everyday goings on at the largest ape rescue centre in Europe in Dorset which is run by Jim and Alison Cronin who moved to England from the USA to set up the rescue centre. The show also features the lives of the keepers who work with and look after the animals at the sanctuary. The sanctuary cares for many primates all of ... Read the complete review

Monkey Business (107 words)
by - written on 24/08/00 (Somewhat useful, 34 readings)
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This series is about the work of Monkey World in Dorset where the main aim is to rescue and care for primates. This subject could be sebsationalised but it isn't. Accounts of rescues are done clearly and factually. Equally well done is the coverage of the "inmates" of the centre. The commentary explains the animals behaviour and rarely falls into the trap of humanisingly them. However this is not a dull documentary. I defy you not to get involved with the everyday lives of the chimps. Will Paddy keep contorl of his group ? Will Trudy make friends ? It beats human soaps any day. ... Read the complete review

Monkey Business: Mo-mo-mo-mo-monkey spanner! (266 words)
by - written on 22/08/00 (Very useful, 92 readings)
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Before I even start, I must tell you that nothing I write can do this programme the justice that it truly deserves. At last, nature documentary series 'type thing', which stands on it's own two feet from the word go, without the need for bad jokes, flash camera shots or a famous presenter. What more could we ask for in a world, which today thinks that Cornonation Street is still a form of entertainment! I dare you to watch this heart warming show without letting a few "ahh's" and "ohhh's" slip. Scene after scene of monkeys, apes, gorillas and we can't forget, orangutangs makes this not only an educational viewing, ... Read the complete review

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