
Primates
Natural history documentary series filmed over two years, revealing the strategies monkeys, apes and lemurs use to survive in the most unexpected places.
- 2020-2020
- 1 season
- PBS
- Documentary
Natural history documentary series filmed over two years, revealing the strategies monkeys, apes and lemurs use to survive in the most unexpected places.
Season 1 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2020
Episode 1
Secrets of Survival
58 mins
Primates have conquered the world, from snow-capped mountains to dusty backstreets, impassable flooded forests to the open savannah. This edition reveals the strategies monkeys, apes and lemurs use to survive in the most unexpected places.

Episode 2
Family Matters
58 mins
For primates, family matters. They have the most complex social lives of any animal group on the planet. In this edition, we meet devoted monkey dads, playmate apes and tender troops.

Episode 3
Protecting Primates
58 mins
Today, more than half of the world's primates are under threat of extinction. Meet the scientists making groundbreaking discoveries about this remarkable animal family.
