Wild Animal Reunions

Elephants are not the only animals with great memories, as this three-part series charting reunions between wild animals and their erstwhile human carers, surrogate mothers and kindly scientific experimenters proves. We follow the keepers who raised orphan elephants in Kenya, a scientist who worked with black bears in the US and the former surrogate mother of a baby chimp as they return, years later, to catch up with their long-lost animal pals. Will their bonds remain? World-leading scientists add gravitas, while popular reunion clips from the internet create more tear-jerking emotional moments…