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Genre Nature documentary Composer(s) David Poore Original language(s) English First episode date 20 April 2007 Networks BBC, BBC Two, BBC One | 8.5/10 IMDb Starring Lone Drøscher Nielsen Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 11 Final episode date 19 April 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast Steve Leonard, Michaela Strachan Presented by Michaela Strachan, Steve Leonard Similar British Isles – A Natural History, Lost Land of the Jaguar, Saving Planet Earth, Lost Land of the Volcano, BBC Wildlife Specials | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Orangutan Diary is a nature documentary series on the BBC, which follows the lives of Bornean orangutans in the care of Lone Drøscher Nielsen, a member of the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) foundation. The program tries to detail the threat that the orangutans face in day-to-day life. The presenters Michaela Strachan and Steve Leonard follow the careers of the orangutans daily to see what the centre has to deal with.
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The centre was founded in 1994, a year after Lone Dröscher Nielsen permanently moved to Borneo. She could see what effect the palm oil plantations were having on the orangutans, so then founded the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Reintroduction Project, which now is the largest ape rescue project in the world. The first series aired on BBC One in April 2007 and the second series on BBC Two in March 2009. Both series are available as DVDs
Series one
Each episode is 30 minutes long.
Series two
The second series also features Dr David Irons who has taken time out from his work at the accident and emergency department of the Galloway Community Hospital in Stranraer, Scotland. His medical expertise with humans, he says, can for the most part be transferred to his work with orangutans: "their anatomy is very similar and their systems work, in most cases, practically the same as ours."
Each episode is 60 minutes long.
