Cute critters and caring keepers. Kate Humble and Ben Fogle explore Longleat Safari Park, meeting a host of exotic, fascinating animals and the people who look after them.
Animal Park (Season 23)
Summer 2024: Episode 1 (Episode 1)
Air date: 2024-08-12
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: An exciting new species is on its way to the park, but are the keepers ready for these ferocious predators? And can Hamza Yassin uncover a lorikeet love match in the aviary?
Summer 2024: Episode 2 (Episode 2)
Air date: 2024-08-13
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Keepers are forced to hand-rear a pair of precious fennec fox babies, but will the round-the-clock care be enough to keep them alive? And Kate Humble experiences being hunted by a pack of wolves.
Summer 2024: Episode 3 (Episode 3)
Air date: 2024-08-14
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: It’s a race against time to unify a pride of lions before they turn on one of the females. Can old boys Klaus and Simba save the day? And Megan McCubbin encourages a native to return to the woods.
Summer 2024: Episode 4 (Episode 4)
Air date: 2024-08-15
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: The keepers hold their breath as one of the biggest and most loved characters at the park gets a visit from the vet. And Hamza Yassin discovers what happens when eight lions try and play football.
Summer 2024: Episode 5 (Episode 5)
Air date: 2024-08-16
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Megan McCubbin finds out if you can teach an old pig new tricks. And the keepers dare to believe that Yana the Amur tiger might be pregnant.
Summer 2024: Episode 6 (Episode 6)
Air date: 2024-08-19
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Keepers attempt to establish a new vital bloodline with the endangered koalas, but as they mix the animals for the first time, how will they react?
Summer 2024: Episode 7 (Episode 7)
Air date: 2024-08-20
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Will an x-ray prove whether an endangered vulture’s wing is broken? If there is a fracture, the consequences could be devastating.
Summer 2024: Episode 8 (Episode 8)
Air date: 2024-08-21
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: The keepers must rethink their strategy for saving the cheetah from extinction.
Summer 2024: Episode 9 (Episode 9)
Air date: 2024-08-22
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: The keepers rally around Ghost, an ageing lion who is suddenly losing weight.
Summer 2024: Episode 10 (Episode 10)
Air date: 2024-08-23
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: A beaver dam is sabotaged, and we find out how the four baby tigers are getting on.
