Orangutan Island

Orangutan Island

  • 2007
  • 2 Seasons
  • 27 Episodes
  •  6.5  (2)
  •   Ended

Orangutan Island is an American documentary television series, in the style of the successful series Meerkat Manor, that blends more traditional documentary filming with dramatic narration. The series was produced by NHNZ with creator Judith Curran also acting as the series producer. Animal Planet's Martha Ripp is the executive producer of the series, and Lone Drøscher Nielsen of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, the founder and manager of the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Reintroduction Project, regularly appears with the orangutans in the show. The series premiered on Animal Planet on November 2, 2007, with new episodes airing Friday nights. A second season began airing in November 2008. The show focuses on a group of orphaned orangutans at the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rescue and Rehabilitation Center that are raised to go against their normally independent nature and instead cooperate and live together in a society so they can be left to live wild on their protected island.

Orangutan Island
Seasons
A Walk On The Wild Side
13. A Walk On The Wild Side
March 01, 2009
A Walk On The Wild Side
12. A Walk On The Wild Side
February 22, 2009
Chain Reaction
11. Chain Reaction
February 22, 2009
Teen Angst
10. Teen Angst
February 15, 2009
Double Edged Sword/
9. Double Edged Sword/
February 15, 2009
Where There's Smoke...
8. Where There's Smoke...
February 08, 2009
We Are Family
7. We Are Family
February 08, 2009
The Intruder
6. The Intruder
November 30, 2007
Sink or Swim
4. Sink or Swim
November 23, 2008
An Angel in Paradise
2. An Angel in Paradise
November 16, 2008
Cheating Extinction
1. Cheating Extinction
November 09, 2008
Orangutan Island

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Orangutan Island is an American documentary television series, in the style of the successful series Meerkat Manor, that blends more traditional documentary filming with dramatic narration. The series was produced by NHNZ with creator Judith Curran also acting as the series producer. Animal Planet's Martha Ripp is the executive producer of the series, and Lone Drøscher Nielsen of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, the founder and manager of the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Reintroduction Project, regularly appears with the orangutans in the show. The series premiered on Animal Planet on November 2, 2007, with new episodes airing Friday nights. A second season began airing in November 2008. The show focuses on a group of orphaned orangutans at the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rescue and Rehabilitation Center that are raised to go against their normally independent nature and instead cooperate and live together in a society so they can be left to live wild on their protected island.
  • Premiere Date
    November 02, 2007
  • Rating
    6.5  (2)