Rob Sullivan
Director
Baby Chimp Rescue (2020)
Miniseries
How do you cope when you suddenly become surrogate parents to 21 orphaned chimps? Jim and Jenny Desmond have chimps overrunning their home and even their bed.
Released Jan. 9, 2020
Episode 59 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.rescue, tmdb.orphan, tmdb.nature, tmdb.chimpanzee, mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series, imdb.animal-rescue-shelter + 12 more, imdb.baby-animal, imdb.friend, imdb.illegal-trade, imdb.surrogate-parent, imdb.three-word-title, imdb.liberia, imdb.primatologist, imdb.specialist, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, tmdb.baby-animal, imdb.nature-documentary, imdb.animal-in-title
Production Companies: BBC Natural History Unit, BBC Studios
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Miracles Can Happen
How do you cope when you suddenly become surrogate parents to 21 orphaned chimps? Jim and Jenny Desmond have chimps overrunning their home and even their bed.
Jan. 9, 2020, midnight
S1E2 - Breaking Point
At a chimpanzee orphanage in Liberia, a deadly cold breaks out among the babies, and the arrival of an eight-week-old infant and an adult male chimp brings new challenges.
Jan. 16, 2020, midnight
S1E3 - A New Beginning
At a chimpanzee orphanage in Liberia, the team reach breaking point caring for 38 rescued baby chimps, and the orphans have their first taste of life in the forest.
Jan. 23, 2020, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 59 min.
Season Runtime: 177 min.
Released: Jan. 9, 2020
Last Air Date: Jan. 23, 2020, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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