NaN/100 votes#1 - Episode 1
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 12/2/2003
Jim Cronin visits Turkey in search of Carli, the country's most famous primate. He appeared in his own TV series and was trained to wear human clothes, kiss his leading ladies and deliver amusing antics right on cue. Plus, baby chimps Hebe and Johnnie get up to more mischief.
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#2 - Episode 2
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 12/2/2003
Jimmy launches an unprovoked attack on Johnnie, leaving him injured and confused, and Turkish TV star Carli undergoes a health check-up, revealing the scars of his performing past.
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#3 - Episode 3
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 12/3/2003
The wildlife vet is called to the park to check on some bumps and bruises. Jim and Alison rescue an elderly capuchin monkey, and Turkish Carl gets his hands on a pair of makeshift sunglasses.
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#4 - Episode 4
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 12/3/2003
Young chimps Hebe and Johni meet up with the rest of the gang, and the new gibbon enclosure nears completion. Rodney and co are tempted by a tantalising block of ice, and baby Onion learns the ropes of his new home.
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#5 - Episode 5
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 12/4/2003
Turkish TV star Carl prepares to take his first steps in the outside world, and a wild cat gives the chimps in Rodney's Rabble cause for alarm. Hebe is reunited with her mother, Olympia, while her partner in crime Johnnie is forced to flee to the nursery when ousted from Paddy's posse.
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#6 - Episode 6
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 12/4/2003
Jim and Alison travel 12,000 miles to Taiwan to offer a new home to a charming orang-utan called Roro.
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#7 - Episode 7
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 12/5/2003
An orang-utan goes on the rampage in the Taiwanese capital while Jim and Alison Cronin are visiting the country on a mission of mercy. The smuggling of endangered species is also thrown into stark relief by the discovery of cages containing traumatised primates.
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#8 - Episode 8
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 12/5/2003
Excitement builds at Monkey World as the keepers await the arrival of the gibbons from Taiwan, but the team must work against the clock to ensure their new home is ready in time. Over in Taiwan, Jeremy makes a breakthrough with Tuan - the rampaging orang-utan now happily settled at the PingTung Rescue Centre.
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#9 - Episode 9
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 12/6/2003
Eight gibbons and an orang-utan called RoRo pass through Heathrow en route to Monkey World, where staff are preparing for their arrival - but before the newcomers can settle in, they must undergo strict health checks.
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#10 - Episode 10
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/2003
Orang-utan Amy's response to new housemate Roro is far from neighbourly, while baby chimps Johni and Hebe give Jeremy the cold shoulder after his 10-day absence. Alison receives news of Lulu, a one-armed chimp from Cyprus, who is looking for new accommodation.
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#11 - Episode 11
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/2003
One-armed chimp Lulu says goodbye to her human family in Cyprus and prepares for a new life among her own kind at Monkey World. Back at the rescue centre, baby chimp Johni shows signs of jealousy over the relationship between Hebe and mother Olympia. Meanwhile, retirement is on the cards for a group of stump-tailed macaques as their days at a research laboratory come to an end.
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#12 - Episode 12
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/7/2003
Lulu the one-armed chimp arrives from Cyprus and is not very happy with her new playmates, never having had contact with other apes before. Meanwhile, the stump-tailed macaques go on a low-calorie diet and the seven gibbons brought over from Taiwan thrive, thanks to the care and attention given by Zoe and the staff.
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The Best Episodes of Monkey Business Season 5
Every episode of Monkey Business Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Monkey Business Season 5!
Monkey Business is a long-running TV series about the exploits of various primates who reside at Monkey World, a rescue centre and sanctuary for primates...
Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Monkey Business" season 5. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/2/2003. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".