Winter is drawing in, and for the first time Kate Humble and Ben Fogle are spending the most wonderful time of the year at Longleat Safari Park. There are visitors from afar, shepherds caring for their flocks, and family arguments - pretty much your average Christmas!\n\nHe might not be on a sleigh ride, but there’s an amazing present en route from Japan: a new male southern koala to join the existing group. But despite the excitement, it’s a worrying time for the keepers. After such a long journey, will the new marsupial settle in, and will this fussy eater turn his nose up at its Christmas dinner? \n\nKate witnesses a Christmas family argument on a huge scale. Harry the lion is growing up and growing louder, and his new pride has started roaring in competition with Klaus and Simba’s pride. But what does this mean for the keepers who have to manage this change in behaviour?\n\nThere is also family chaos as the meerkats opening their stockings. And somehow he’s avoided the naughty list - the sheep who became an internet viral sensation will be coming face to face with his cameraman nemesis. Will it be good will to all cameramen?
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Christmas 2024: Episode 5
Ben, Kate and the keepers are pulling out all the stops to deliver festive treats in time for the big day. The whole park is mobilised for one of the biggest animal enrichments ...
20-12-2024
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Christmas 2024: Episode 4
Christmas romances tend to be a bit hit-and-miss, with rose-tinted festive glasses making a yuletide love story feel more than it is. Except of course if it’s between two ...
20-12-2024
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Christmas 2024: Episode 3
We are catching up with the fennec fox kits that were born last summer. Named Dot and Other, they are the first fennec fox babies to make it this far, thanks to the incredible e ...
19-12-2024
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Christmas 2024: Episode 2
Park registrar Ryan is charged with a vital role – to check in on how the youngest residents of the park are faring in the run-up to Christmas. The park is involved in mul ...
18-12-2024
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Christmas 2024: Episode 1
Deck the halls with sloths and wallabies because Ben Fogle and Kate Humble are racing back to Longleat Safari Park for a magical series of Animal Park at Christmas. An army of k ...
17-12-2024
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Summer 2023: Episode 7
We discover how the keepers are going to great lengths to keep us all safe from an invisible killer. \n\nLongleat has become a centre of excellence for the breeding and care of ...
24-11-2024
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Summer 2024: Episode 10
Every year, visitors to Longleat Safari Park get to see thousands of exotic creatures from around the world, but three years ago a native species made an entrance like no other! ...
27-08-2024
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Summer 2024: Episode 9
Along with feeding all the animals at Longleat Safari Park, the keepers need to keep an eye on their mood, behaviour, love life and, of course, their health. And that’s be ...
26-08-2024
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Summer 2024: Episode 8
The keepers at Longleat Safari Park are getting to know three very special new arrivals – cheetah brothers Adjani, Temba and Lunis. They have a vital mission: to make a lo ...
23-08-2024
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Summer 2024: Episode 7
It’s a truly momentous occasion for the keepers. They have incubated and successfully hatched one of the world’s most threatened bird species – the critically ...
22-08-2024
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Summer 2020 (shortened Versions): Episode 5
Silverback Kesho is having his authority tested by a younger gorilla who seems to want to be leader of the pack. Kate finds out how this bolshie behaviour is threatening the coh ...
24-07-2024
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Series 8 - Episode 7
Kate Humble goes down to Wolf Wood to get food for the tortoises. Meanwhile Ben Fogle puts out some super-sized cat toys for the lions, and babies are imminent on Meerkat Mountain.
25-08-2014
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Series 8: 45 Minute Reversions - Episode 8
Winston the rhino's life-threatening arthritis, the gender of Sunday the macaw, and Jolly the giraffe's bad leg are investigated at Longleat using a thermal imaging camera.
06-05-2014
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Summer 2022: Episode 8
Ben Fogle and Kate Humble are back for another glorious summer series following the incredible lives of the exotic animals at Longleat Safari Park, and the keepers who care for ...
21-02-2024
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Summer Special 2019: Episode 1
Ben Fogle and Kate Humble get ready to welcome some exciting new VIPS to the park. Five southern koalas are set to become the very first of their kind in Europe. But this ground ...
31-07-2023
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Compilation Specials: Episode 4
This episode is all about escape artists and dangerous beasts.\n\nThe park is home to two hippos, who live in the famous half-mile lake. For nearly 40 years, Animal Park legend ...
14-02-2023
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Summer 2020: Episode 11
Kate meets her namesake, Kate the giraffe, who has been losing weight and having tummy trouble. As vets try to find out what is wrong, the keepers worry that it could spell disa ...
24-07-2023
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Series 7: 45 Minute Reversions - Episode 18
Ben Fogle and Kate Humble explore life behind the scenes at Longleat Safari Park. Mayhem has broken out in the aviary - the spoonbills are at war and the casualties are mounting.
16-08-2014
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Summer Special 2019: Episode 3
Tragedy strikes in Koala Creek as kidney disease claims the life of Wilpena. One of five Southern Australian koalas who made the long journey from Australia to their new home in ...
02-08-2023
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Summer 2020: Episode 14
In this episode, we go in search of the native wildlife that lives tooth-to-jowl with Longleat’s impressive exotic animal collection. The park's head of forestry, Jim McCo ...
27-07-2023
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