New On
Animal Planet in July 2008:
Mekong: Soul of a RiverPremiere date: Friday, 4 July 2008
The four-part Mekong: Soul of a River is an epic journey of discovery; an in-depth exploration of Asia's unique wildlife, rich traditions and traumatic history.
TVSA's Mekong: Soul of a River (Includes repeat times)
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Orangutang Island: New BeginningsPremiere date: Sunday, 13 July 2008 at 12h25. Repeats at 19h00.
Double half-hour episodes.Orangutan Island is a soap opera featuring orange hairy orphans who live in a twilight world on an island in Borneo.
After being rescued as tiny babies when their mothers were killed, they have graduated from rehabilitation centres where they have been taught wild living skills by human caretakers, but there is no true wilderness left for them to live in.
They are bought to Halfway Island into a more crowded environment which forces them to challenge thousands of years of innate behaviour and learn new behaviours while adpating to their brand new world.
Orangutans are by nature among the most charismatic characters in the animal kingdom - comic, endearing, inquisitive and enormously popular with people. This series will follow the group of newcomers to the island of orangutans and will observe their progress and everyday dramas.
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