Chris Packham looks at the primates of Indonesia, many of which are highly endangered species. He also picks up the trail of a legendary ape-like creature called orang pendek. If, as is believed, it does indeed exist, it could be the missing link between ape and man.
Editor Sara Ford Stereo ......
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5.25* Watch Out
A look at what's happening this week in the world of natural history. Presented by Nick Baker.
Producer Andrew Graham-Brown ; Series producer Mike Beynon Stereo. FACT SHEET: send a cheque for £1.50 to: [address removed]
5.35* Chimpanzee Diary
Charlotte Uhlenbroek's monthly video diary following a family of chimpanzees in Tanzania. The dominant male, Freud, faces serious challenges to his supremacy from his brother, Frodo, a former group leader, and a debilitating illness. Series producer Robin Hellier
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5.50* Wildlives
Conservationists follow orang-utans as they cruise the rainforest in Borneo and track black rhinos as they walk across the deserts of Namibia. Plus the secret lives of sea otters and killerwhales.
Producer Ann Marie Goodwin ; Series producer Paul Appleby
6.10*-7.00 The Natural World: Borneo - Island in the Clouds
Borneo, the world's third largest island, is one of the planet's great natural treasure troves.
Airborne snakes, proboscis monkeys, forest elephants and fish thatwalkon land are among the species encountered on a spectacularjourney through tropical rainforest, vast cave systems, mangrove swamps and the coral reef. Narrated by John Shrapnel. See today's choices. Producer Neil Lucas ; Series editor
Neil Nightingale 'Stereo Subtitled. Videoplus code for 5.20-7.00 (not PDC)