Master Minds
Monkey Planet discovers how primates are individuals with a sense of self and why brainpower is essential to primate survival.
There's one thing that sets us primates apart from most other families on the planet, and that's a flexible mind. Our primate cousins are much smarter than you might imagine. Just like us they use tools, solve problems and even have emotions. Monkey Planet discovers how these animals are individuals with a sense of self and why brainpower is essential to primate survival.
In Thailand, long-tailed macaques floss their teeth with human hair and use tools to open oysters on the beach. In Uganda, chimps pass on cultures and customs through generations. George McGavin goes to orangutan school in Sumatra and meets a bonobo in the States who can order his own picnic on a smart phone and toast marshmallows in a fire he makes himself.
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A monkey guide to dental hygiene
Duration: 01:37
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Tool using monkeys of Thailand
Duration: 02:17
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Adrenaline junkies
Duration: 01:34
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Fire-starter
Duration: 01:07
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:02Rizzle Kicks
Trumpets
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00:02Rizzle Kicks
Down With The Trumpets
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Kate Nash
Foundations
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Rudimental
More Than Anything (feat. Emeli Sand茅)
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Everything Everything
Duet
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MGMT
4th Dimensional Transition
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Richard Ashcroft
Why Do Lovers?
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00:04Kate Nash
Foundations
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00:04Kate Nash
Foundations
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00:16Plan B
Stay Too Long
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Mumford & Sons
Thistle and Weeds
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00:17Plan B
Stay Too Long
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00:17Plan B
Stay Too Long
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00:19Mumford & Sons
Awake My Soul
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00:25Gabrielle Aplin
主播大秀
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00:25Gabrielle Aplin
主播大秀
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Ed Sheeran
Drunk
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00:27Ed Sheeran
Drunk
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00:29Olly Murs
Busy
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Sugababes
Overload
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00:29Ellie Goulding
Halcyon
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00:30Ellie Goulding
Halcyon
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00:37The xx
VCR
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00:37The xx
VCR
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The Ting Tings
That's Not My Name
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00:38Jules De Martino
That's Not My Name
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00:40Ellie Goulding
Explosions
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Ellie Goulding
Figure 8
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00:44Mumford & Sons
Below My Feet
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00:46Mumford & Sons
Below My Feet
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00:51Florence + The Machine
No Light, No Light
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00:57Paloma Faith
Picking Up The Pieces
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00:57Paloma Faith
Picking Up The Pieces
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | George McGavin |
| Executive Producer | Chris Cole |
| Series Producer | Jo Shinner |
| Producer | Rosie Thomas |
| Production Manager | Pauline Gates |
Broadcasts
Wed 16 Apr 2014 21:00- Sat 10 May 2014 15:30
- Wed 14 May 2014 00:25主播大秀 Two except Northern Ireland
- Wed 14 May 2014 00:55主播大秀 Two Northern Ireland
Tue 23 Jun 2015 21:00- Wed 24 Jun 2015 01:55
- Mon 29 Jun 2015 20:00
- Wed 12 Aug 2015 15:45
- Fri 10 Jun 2016 15:15
- Mon 5 Dec 2016 21:00
- Mon 12 Dec 2016 02:00
- Wed 16 Aug 2017 15:15
- Sat 13 Oct 2018 19:00
- Sun 14 Oct 2018 01:45
- Sat 3 Aug 2019 08:50主播大秀 Two except Scotland
- Sat 21 Aug 2021 08:45主播大秀 Two except Scotland
- Wed 30 Mar 2022 16:15主播大秀 Two except Scotland
- Mon 3 Jun 2024 16:15主播大秀 Two except Scotland
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