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Apartment Job

Apartment Job

Meet the Galta gang, a 60-strong troop of rhesus macaques, as they make their way from their temple home through the streets of Jaipur. The city is like a giant playground for the younger monkeys but danger is always round the corner. An open window is an open invitation to a spot of housebreaking and the unruly mob ransack a suburban kitchen.

Duration : 25m
Maturity Level : all

Fangs Market

Fangs Market

Kavi is thrown a lifeline and taken to an animal hospital while the rest of the troop hit the streets again in search of food and fun. A raid on the city fruit market seems like easy pickings, until a rival troop appear, led by the meanest macaque in town – Fang.

Duration : 25m
Maturity Level : all

Heroes and Villains

Heroes and Villains

Esha gets lost and Kavi finds his way back to the Galta gang at last. Zamir’s army attacks the Temple and Tarak is seriously injured in the battle.

Duration : 25m
Maturity Level : all

Monkey Catcher

Monkey Catcher

The monkey troop launch a raid on a goods cart and the angry owner snaps and calls in the monkey-catcher. A handful of the gang are captured and carted off in the back of his van. The remaining Galta troop, small but spirited, defend their temple home against an invasion of larger langur monkeys.

Duration : 25m
Maturity Level : all

Monsoon Showdown

Monsoon Showdown

Zamir launches a leadership bid that ends in disaster when a baby is fatally wounded, and the pretender to his throne is driven out of the group. The monsoon finally comes, ending the crippling drought and triggering a spectacular celebration. To top it all the exiled monkeys finally make it back to the temple and the Galta gang are reunited.

Duration : 25m
Maturity Level : all

One Bad Apple

One Bad Apple

As India’s government clamps down on marauding macaques in the capital, Delhi, the troublemaker Zamir steals ice cream from a child, which brings the country’s leading monkey catcher racing back to Jaipur.

Duration : 25m
Maturity Level : all

Return of the Rebel

Return of the Rebel

Cunning Zamir finds himself a new troop to join, while little Kavi is prepared for release back onto Jaipur’s streets.

Duration : 25m
Maturity Level : all

Rising Forces

Rising Forces

Policing langurs patrol Delhi’s streets and the Holi festival of colour interrupts Zamir’s attempt to take over control of Galta temple.

Duration : 25m
Maturity Level : all

Skid Row

Skid Row

Weakened by hunger, alpha male Tarak’s position as king of the Galta troop is precarious and the devious Zamir plots to overthrow him. If the troop don’t find food soon, alpha female Rani will be forced to abandon her baby Esha to save herself. But a devout Hindu bearing bags of fruit and treats appears and the desperate monkeys enjoy a feast.

Duration : 25m
Maturity Level : all

Taxi Raid

Taxi Raid

The captured monkeys are released in the countryside far from their temple home and are completely lost in the forest. The monsoon is late and the food shortage caused by the drought is affecting the monkey troop. Back at the animal sanctuary, Kavi has taken a turn for the worse, his future’s not looking bright.

Duration : 25m
Maturity Level : all

The Great Escape

The Great Escape

Kavi is released and disappears into the city, and Zamir and his new gang raid an office. The monkey catcher traps the troop’s alpha male, Vasu, leaving Zamir set for leadership.

Duration : 25m
Maturity Level : all

Trading Places

Trading Places

Zamir and his new troop raid a jewellery store and break into a hotel store room leading to a run-in with little Kavi who becomes the troop’s latest recruit.

Duration : 25m
Maturity Level : all

Birdwatching at the ‘Big White Place’

Birdwatching at the ‘Big White Place’

Etosha is known as the ‘Big White Place’ due to its enormous salt pan. The largest flying bird in the world is found here in vast numbers – the Kori bustard. Dave sets out with his trusty binoculars and keeps viewers glued to the screen with birds of a variety of feathers!

Duration : 24m
Maturity Level : all

Etosha Waterhole

Etosha Waterhole

From dawn to dusk at a single waterhole! Something happens every second of the day at a waterhole – and even more so in Etosha. The bush is dry, water is extremely scarce… and a waterhole is transformed into the epicentre of life and survival. Dave spends an entire day at one waterhole, and doesn’t get a moment’s rest!

Duration : 24m
Maturity Level : all

Compare Forests: Madagascar’s Kirindy forest to Knysna forest

Compare Forests: Madagascar’s Kirindy forest to Knysna forest

Marius and Esther compare forests – he in Madagascar’s Kirindy forest and she in the forest at Knysna. A new face on NATURE TODAY: Marlice van Vuuren of Namibia introduces us to life at the rehabilitation centre N/a’an ku sê. Meet her and the animals who share her days – from baby baboons to orphaned leopards and cheetahs.

Duration : 24m
Maturity Level : all

Nature Today

Nature Today

This week Esther visits the Tenikwa Wildlife Awareness Centre to get up-close-and-personal with a few special feline friends. Marius goes in search of endangered animals at the Mokala National Park and finds sable as well as roan antelope. Marlice takes the two orphaned leopard cubs for their first stroll in the wild.

Duration : 24m
Maturity Level : all

Nature Today

Nature Today

This week the NATURE TODAY presenters each find themselves in a different bit of the world. Marius scrambles over the razor sharp tsingy in the Ankarana National Park in Madagascar, while Esther is on the lookout for creepy crawlies in the Robberg Nature Reserve near Plettenberg Bay. We catch a glimpse of what Marlice goes through daily to make sure the baby baboons grow up happy and healthy.

Duration : 24m
Maturity Level : all

Nature Today

Nature Today

This week Marius is in the Camdeboo National Park and Esther picks through elephant dung in her search for Addo’s flightless dung beetle. Marlice takes the adult cheetahs to the bush. You can’t miss it!

Duration : 24m
Maturity Level : all

Nature Today

Nature Today

Marius shows us that geckos aren’t all plain Janes as he goes in search of the green velvet gecko of Madagascar. Esther is on the lookout for an elephant foot in the Baviaanskloof and Marlice has an unexpected mud bath as she tries to teach the big baboons about life in the bush.

Duration : 24m
Maturity Level : all

Nature Today

Nature Today

This week NATURE TODAY is action-packed as Marlice has to move fast to rescue two caracal orphans, and it’s also time for the orphaned leopard cubs to go for another outing. Marius gets lost in the Valley of Desolation while looking for a special kind of lizard…

Duration : 24m
Maturity Level : all

Nature Today

Nature Today

A very special NATURE TODAY – Marius takes us on a remarkable journey to get to know chameleons better. He travels through Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa and Madagascar to bring the wonderful world of chameleons straight to your living room. From the smallest to the largest, the palest to the most brightly coloured. Don’t dare miss it!

Duration : 24m
Maturity Level : all

Nature Today

Nature Today

Marius considers the difference between a red hartebeest and a Tsessebe, a sable and a roan antelope. Esther is back in the Baviaanskloof and Marlice has her hands full with a warthog and a squirrel who compete for lunch.

Duration : 24m
Maturity Level : all

Nature Today

Nature Today

This week Marius finds a pangolin in the bush for the first time in his life. He also meets black rhino, and a very laidback colony of suricates.

Duration : 24m
Maturity Level : all

Nature Today

Nature Today

This week Marius literally has his hands full with snakes… Luckily he’s in Madagascar where none of the snakes are poisonous. Esther is in the Addo Elephant National Park.

Duration : 24m
Maturity Level : all