A programme in the wildlife series that looks at the spider monkeys of the Amazon rainforest. Using specially-constructed filming towers, the documentary reveals the workings of their matriarchal society and their contribution to the forest's renewal, a way of life that is threatened by deforestation and hunting.
First broadcast on ITV on 21st December 1998 between 4:40 and 5:40 p.m.
Repeat broadcast on ITV2 on 3rd December 2001 between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m.
Second repeat broadcast on ITV on 25th August 2002 between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 60 minutes
Narrated by Joss Ackland
Music by Anthony Phillips and Joji Hirota
Filmed, written and produced by Nick Gordon
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