Animal Park
Animal Park is a TV show on BBC2. Cute critters and caring keepers. Kate Humble and Ben Fogle explore Longleat Safari Park, meeting a host of exotic, fascinating animals and the people who look after them. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 51 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in July 2026.
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Animal Park
Endangered African wild dog Kenya faces a pioneering operation after breaking his leg, but even a successful outcome may not guarantee his future.
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Following the loss of lioness Malaika, tensions are rising within the pride as the keepers look for signs of a new matriarch.
Maned wolves arrive at the park for the first time. Before they can meet their future capybara and tapir housemates, the keepers must test their reactions.
Ben and Kate celebrate 25 years of friendship, animal stories and unforgettable moments on Animal Park, and revisit the extraordinary life of lioness Malaika.
May 2026
Could native beavers be at the park for the first time since before Longleat House was built? And if so, why would they choose a lake populated by sea lions and hippos?
April 2026
The keepers are celebrating a very special birthday. Maleika, the old dame of the lion pride, is celebrating her 18th, and Kate and the keepers have a very special surprise for her.
A new era begins in Wolf Wood, Hamza Yassin tries to identify the sexes of a troupe of wallabies, and Megan McCubbin gets up close to an aardvark.
Longleat's keepers must establish which wolf could be the new leader of the pack.
Kate Humble and Ben Fogle are at Longleat as a giant rodent romance commences.
Kate and Ben Fogle check in on the health of an elderly cheetah, who over the years has incredibly given Longleat multiple cubs.
As the keepers head home for the evening, the cameras keep rolling. So, what really goes on after dark?
March 2026
The hand-reared fennec foxes must be weaned, but faced with their first meal, will they eat? Meanwhile, Hamza goes in search of Longleat’s finest whiskers.
The team face a tense tiger weigh-in, while the park’s tortoises wake from hibernation.
January 2026
The hippos arrive after a 700-mile journey, but will they take their first steps into a state-of-the-art home?
Could hand-reared cheetah Xena finally be pregnant? And we find out if you can escape a lion by climbing a tree.
Will emu dad Biscuit stay the course and incubate his eggs? Meanwhile, Klaus the majestic lion has a check-up on his paw.
A wallaby mum faces a devastating diagnosis as the keepers fight to save her.
2026: Episode 5
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Conservationists investigate a worrying decline in a rare bat colony, while Ben and Kate revisit the story of a binturong whose loss of appetite has the keepers worried.