Orangutan Jungle School

Ahhh, I can't say enough good things about this show. My fiancé and I watched both seasons and were so sad when we finished everything.

Big Boy Beni is our fav.

Please renew the show!

This show slaps. I graduated from OJS back in 2012 and its so great seeing my old school getting the recognition it deserves. I remember when I passed the coconut test, man, I must have had to retake that like 5 times. Seeing all these eager young primates get the education they need fills my heart with joy. Live it up Valentino, your only young once.

Loved every minute of watching season 1, cant wait for season 2 to hit the US. Everyone should watch this show, kids will love itA

Started watching Orangutan Jungle School with little expectation but was more than pleasantly surprised. From the outset you cannot help but smile your way through the length of the program watching the personalities of the different great apes come through on camera. The work that the team is doing there is nothing short of miraculous and there level of success is phenomenal. Only one downside to the 3 episodes that there are is that you don't get to see the full story of the individual orangutans as it would be awesome to find out if Benny loses enough weight or if Clara and her baby manage to make it in the wild. The heartwarming interactions with their babysitters show the level of dedication of the staff but you always have in the back of your mind that the orangutans are at the Jungle School because their mothers have more than likely been killed by poachers. Touching on what was being done to try and stop the poaching would be a good angle of the program but overall this documentary is brilliant.

The beauty of this show is that the orang-utans are as engaging and complex as people - but they don't talk! They therefore have far less opportunity to drive you round the bend (I do like the Indonesian keepers and vets as well, though). This is about the only thing currently on TV that doesn't leave me feeling slightly sullied. All the time, though, there's the nagging guilt: its all very well looking after the orphans, but what good does it do if their forest is all cut down?