This Week's Top TV (W/C: 8th Feb)
Big cats, primates, prairie dogs and Simon King all feature in this week's TV round-up!
If you’re interested in primates, then Animal Planet’s Monkey Business or Going Ape might be appealing. The prior follows the happenings at Europe’s largest ape rescue centre; the latter focuses on the work of primate care trusts in Africa.
Big Cat lovers might enjoy tuning in to Sky 1’s Lion Man, which documents the work of Craig Busch at Zion Wildlife Gardens in New Zealand. Natural World (on Animal Planet) is all about Project Tiger and how the near extinction of these incredible creatures has been prevented.
Intimate Enemies (on Nat Geo Wild) is about Tanzania during the dry season and how the seasonal change brings with it the marginalisation of viable habitat for many creatures which end living perilously close to one another.
Terrestrial TV
If you don’t have satellite TV then don’t despair – the Beeb can come to your rescue! BBC2’s documentary series The Great Rift: Africa’s Wilds… concludes this week and features some amazing wildlife. Simon King’s Shetland Dairies reveals the wildlife delights on the Shetland Islands through the changing seasons. It’s the second in the series with the wildlife cameraman and presenter, whom many of you will recognise from BSAVA a couple of years ago when he provided an extremely interesting talk.
Watch at your leisure…
If none of these fit into you schedule but you still feel like getting a ‘wildlife hit’ then we’d recommend watching Prairie Dogs – Talk of the Town, which can be watched at any time via the BBC website. This programme focuses on the complex language used by these creatures and a professor’s quest to study it.
Two independent vets have launched a podcast to help owners strengthen their bond with pets. Dr Maggie Roberts and Dr Vanessa Howie, who have worked in both veterinary practice and major charities, are keen to use their experience to enable people to give pets a better life.
