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Episode 4

Orangutan DiarySeries 1
Episode 4 of 5

Michaela Strachan and Steve Leonard present a series featuring orphaned and rescued orangutans in Borneo. Steve tries to rescue a baby orangutan being illegally held in a village.

Michaela and Steve are encouraged by the progress of Grendon, Ellie and Lomon - the orphaned baby orangutans who are being retrained for a life in the wild. In the 'Forest School' classes, even tragic Lomon, who was beaten and starved while being kept a pet, is finally making progress. Steve travels out to rescue a tiny baby orangutan that is being illegally held in a village - but the villagers have no intention of surrendering the baby.

30 minutes

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Tue 2 May 201719:30
BBC Four

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Credits

PresenterMichaela Strachan
PresenterSteve Leonard
Executive ProducerSara Ford
Series ProducerNigel Pope

Broadcasts

  • Thu 5 Apr 200719:00
    BBC One except Channel Islands, London, Northern Ireland, Oxfordshire, South West & 2 more
  • Thu 26 Apr 200703:25
    BBC One except London
  • Sun 15 Feb 200917:00
    BBC Two except East & Yorkshire
  • Thu 12 Dec 201315:15
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Mon 13 Jan 201419:30
    BBC Four
  • Wed 22 Jun 201619:30
    BBC Four
  • Tue 2 May 201719:30
    BBC Four

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