Zoo Days

Zoo Days returns for a brand new series with the fight to save a Chester Zoo favourite - Strolch the South American bear.

Zoo Days features Chester Zoo's biggest crowd pleaser - and the world's smallest giraffe. Baby Margaret is now eight weeks old and today she joins the rest of the herd on her first family outing.

In Zoo Days, Sheba the elephant isn't getting her beauty sleep. The 52 year old matriarch of the Chester Zoo herd is being kept awake at night by the baby elephants. Head Keeper Mick Jones has a plan to help her.

In Zoo Days, the Chester Zoo keepers hold their breath as a male and female Indian rhino come face to face for the very first time.

In Zoo Days, Chester Zoo's millions of South American leafcutter ants escape - and attack the zoo's head vet. And the 30 chimps enjoy a breakfast special courtesy of Specialist Keeper Niall Ormerod.

In Zoo Days, vet James Chatterton has the scary job of operating on one of Chester Zoo's big cats. Also in this edition, the penguin keepers have their hands full as the babies outgrow their nest boxes.

Vet James Chatterton does a check-up on one of the zoo's largest bats after it accidentally crash lands.

It's a big day for Chester Zoo as two new cheetahs arrive, the first at the zoo for some years. Also in this edition, a rare and precious Babirusa piglet wins a new admirer, and the baby ring-tailed lemurs learn some harsh lessons about life.

The keepers are thrilled to see Sibu the orang-utan return to Chester Zoo after several years away at other zoos. Head Keeper Mick discovers great news about Sheba, the elderly elephant, but Margaret the tiny, premature giraffe calf is very poorly.

Zoo vet Steve Unwin has to be extremely careful about his own safety when he uses a powerful anaesthetic on Mac the zebra.

Pregnant elephant Zola's due date looms, putting the whole team on night watch. Zoo curator Sarah gets a crash course in midwifery when she delivers a baby lamb and the keepers play tag with a 30-stone white tiger.

Director of Colchester Zoo Anthony Tropeano contemplates pregnant elephant Zola's future. Keeper Paula has a surprise for the chimps and there is an emergency at the squirrel monkey enclosure when new mum Flossie falls ill.

The team nervously awaits news of squirrel monkey Flossie's health, and new sea lion Hayley is making good progress in her training. Presented by Konnie Huq.

The keepers become sentimental as young elephant Jambo departs. The sea lions reveal undiscovered artistic talents, while there are new concerns for the future of squirrel monkey Flossie's baby Rio.

Depti the African hunting dog takes a turn for the worse, while in the seal enclosure the keepers struggle to save Jasmine's eye. However, there is exciting news from the tiger house.

Hayley prepares for her first day looking after the sea lions, a female binturong is introduced to its partner, and Jambo the baby elephant arrives at his new home in Spain.

Colchester Zoo director Anthony Tropeano faces a difficult decision about the future of the tiger cubs, and Ed the giraffe urgently needs medicine. Meanwhile, spring sees some new arrivals.

The alarm is raised when developments occur at the tiger house with pregnant Anoushka, and a tearaway two ton rhino causes problems for the team.

Sarah discovers the fate of the tiger cubs, Richard shares an ant's-eye view of the world, and baboon Malaika gets lippy.

Anthony Tropeano casts an eye over the future facing Zola, the African elephant with a troubled past, and Jez's training with orang-utan Rejang moves on to a new level.