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Michaela Strachan and Steve Leonard host a series featuring orphaned and rescued orangutans in Borneo. Steve rescues a tiny orangutan that is being kept illegally as a pet.
Michaela Strachan and Steve Leonard present a series featuring orphaned and rescued orangutans in Borneo. Steve heads up river where he rescues a tiny orangutan being kept illegally as a pet. Back at the rescue centre she is named Ellie and takes her place alongside the other orphans.
Michaela visits the forest school where the young orangutans are trained in climbing, feeding and socialising - skills their mothers would have taught them in the wild. Steve attempts to rescue an adult orangutan from a fragment of forest destined for destruction. After being shot with an anaesthetic dart, the orangutan must fall more than 50 feet into a net. It's touch and go whether the mission will succeed.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Michaela Strachan |
| Presenter | Steve Leonard |
Broadcasts
Sun 1 Apr 200717:25BBC One Scotland- Mon 2 Apr 200719:00BBC One except Channel Islands, London, Northern Ireland, Oxfordshire, Scotland & 3 more
- Mon 23 Apr 200702:55BBC One except Channel Islands, London, Northern Ireland, Oxfordshire, South West & 2 more
Sun 25 Jan 200917:30BBC Two except East & Yorkshire- Mon 9 Dec 201315:15BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Mon 6 Jan 201419:30
- Tue 14 Jun 201619:30
- Tue 25 Apr 201719:30
Natural World: Orangutans - The Great Ape Escape
Clips and galleries following pioneering Leonora, on an mission back into the wild.
