| Orangutan Diary | |
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An orangutan swinging in trees |
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| Genre | Nature documentary |
| Presented by | Michaela Strachan Steve Leonard |
| Starring | Lone Drøscher Nielsen |
| Composer(s) | David Poore |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sara Ford |
| Producer(s) | Nigel Pope Simon Bell |
| Location(s) | Borneo |
| Running time | Series 1: 30 minutes Series 2: 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | BBC Natural History Unit |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Series 1: BBC One Series 2: BBC Two |
| Picture format | SD: 576i (16:9) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original run | 20 April 2007 – 19 April 2009 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Big Cat Diary |
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| Website | |
Orangutan Diary is a nature documentary series on the BBC,[1][2] 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.
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.[3][4] Both series are available as DVDs[5][6]
Contents |
Each episode is 30 minutes long.
The second series also features Dr David Irons who has taken timeout 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."[7]
Each episode is 60 minutes long.