Documentary
The denizens at Knowsley Safari, the longest safari drive in the UK and home to hundreds of wild animals from across the world, roam free on its grounds. The documentary explores the lives of these extraordinary animals, and the work of those who care for them, as well as the…


With the baboons strutting and the rhinos racing, pregnant buffalo No Horns is feeling stressed. And young buck Cosmo gets his antlers in a twist.

A pair of rare tigers urgently need to mate. A nilgai antelope is having a baby. Or is it twins? The wolf pack keep fighting each other. And the baboons swing into action.

Froja, Knowsley's elderly elk, is on a special diet, but the park's fallow deer and bullying bison keep nicking her dinner. Meanwhile, Meru the white rhino might be pregnant.

Purple the antelope has misplaced her calf. Ted the lion has arthritis. Marian the baboon has been over-grooming her baby son. And camels Marvin and Merlin are looking for love!

Male bison Baldr's acting up. Is it sexual frustration? There's a mutiny going on among the baboons as their leader battles to keep his crown. And a tapir's snout has stopped working.

A rhino bull is mating aggressively and the wildebeest are being a nuisance. A red river hog's got the blues. And an elderly baboon uses his wits and an ostrich egg to stay alive.

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