Charlie the chimpanzee was once a TV star in Turkey, but behind the fame lay a darker truth — stolen from the wild, forced to perform, and living in fear and loneliness. Subscribe to Our World: https://bit.ly/3xnPuGL

Moving, thought-provoking and often entertaining portraits of the apes rescued from abuse around the world and given a home in the 60-acre Monkey World sanctuary run by the remarkable Jim and Alison Cronin. Each show in this series focuses on one of the centre's best-loved characters.

This film was first broadcast: 22 Dec 2003

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