0:00:02 > 0:00:05The tigers are the most dangerous big cats in the park
0:00:05 > 0:00:08and when they're inside the house, it's vital for our survival
0:00:08 > 0:00:13that there's a good set of strong bars between us and them!
0:00:13 > 0:00:17But of course, when they're outside, there are no bars.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20And as the park opens for another season, no-one knows quite how
0:00:20 > 0:00:23the tigers are going to react to the visitors here.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25One thing is for certain... TIGER SNARLS
0:00:25 > 0:00:28the keepers have to be prepared for anything.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57Today on Animal Park: The monkeys are up to their old tricks,
0:00:57 > 0:00:59but now we've got a surprise for them.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04A keeper has a narrow escape from the jaws of death.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08All I saw was a face full of teeth and claws.
0:01:08 > 0:01:13And I'll be there to get our first look at the park's newest arrivals.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16But first, we're going up to Tiger Territory,
0:01:16 > 0:01:20because the youngsters are getting frisky.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24Last year, three young tigers arrived from a zoo in France.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29They were just over one year old and sisters from the same litter,
0:01:29 > 0:01:32named Soundari, Svetli and Shouri.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34They're a very rare kind, Amur tigers,
0:01:34 > 0:01:37the biggest big cats in the world.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Between them, keepers Brian Kent and Bob Trollope
0:01:40 > 0:01:44have over 50 years' experience of working with tigers,
0:01:44 > 0:01:49and right from the start, they knew they had a challenge on their hands.
0:01:49 > 0:01:50One of them is fine so far.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53The other ones are grumpier with me.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54TIGER GROWLS
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Bit more spirit, this one.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59The tigers had to be kept in quarantine for six months
0:01:59 > 0:02:01but then the day came to let them out
0:02:01 > 0:02:03into their wide-open enclosure,
0:02:03 > 0:02:07where they could meet the public passing through in their cars.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11Straight away, Soundari just wanted to play,
0:02:11 > 0:02:14but Svetli and Shouri were more wary.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18They just following the fence-line round, which is quite normal.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22We've just got to be careful now on how we approach any situation.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27For the rest of that season, Svetli and Shouri continued to hang back,
0:02:27 > 0:02:31wary and careful, watching and waiting.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Then the park closes in the winter, so through those long months,
0:02:35 > 0:02:39the tigers had the place to themselves. And all the while,
0:02:39 > 0:02:44they've been growing in confidence as well as size.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49They're just over two years old now and they've grown incredibly.
0:02:49 > 0:02:55They're filling out as well, and looking like real adult tigers,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58even though they've still got growing to do.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02It's really enjoyable to have young tigers again.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04We haven't had young tigers for donkey's years.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07We're seeing things now that we haven't seen for years.
0:03:07 > 0:03:14Like a lot more playfulness, climbing up trees. It's great.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19It means they're happy, they're showing signs of what they would do in the wild.
0:03:19 > 0:03:25But what does that mean for how the youngsters will behave with the visitors?
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Initially, I think, they're going to be a little bit boisterous.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33But hopefully, because when you think about it,
0:03:33 > 0:03:37for the past few months, they haven't seen any vehicles in their enclosure.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42They go out every day, and no visitors go around during winter.
0:03:42 > 0:03:47I think that's going to be a bit of...playfulness for them.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49A bit of stimulation for them, I suppose, in a way.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Obviously, when you let them out into the park,
0:03:54 > 0:03:55there is an element of danger.
0:03:55 > 0:04:00They are wild animals and they will behave like wild animals.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03They're not tame in any way.
0:04:03 > 0:04:09As you can hear her now, she's watching me and she knows full well
0:04:09 > 0:04:14that given the chance, she will attack me.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15Isn't that right?
0:04:15 > 0:04:17SHE ROARS
0:04:23 > 0:04:25- Just like that! - HE LAUGHS
0:04:25 > 0:04:29She's not the friendliest of tigers at all.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31That's our Shouri.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Now, as the safari park opens its gate for the start of a new season,
0:04:38 > 0:04:40it's time to let the sisters out.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42All right, all right.
0:04:42 > 0:04:43Go on.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Go on, then. That's it.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48But Shouri may not be in the best mood to meet her public.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54- Very nice!- Friendly!
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Bye, then. OK. Oh, what are you doing?
0:05:01 > 0:05:04I think she's got a few issues, with people.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09In fact, Shouri in a bad mood may not be as deadly as Soundari,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12the friendly one, in a good mood.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Later, see just how dangerous
0:05:14 > 0:05:18a healthy young tiger can be, just playing around.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Hey, hey, hey! Get off it!
0:05:36 > 0:05:39For a band of notorious vandals,
0:05:39 > 0:05:44the park's rhesus macaque monkeys are really quite sweet.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46There's about 80 of them here,
0:05:46 > 0:05:51and they've got into the habit of pulling bits off the visitors' cars.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55It's not malicious. They just think it's great fun.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Last year, in a bid to distract the monkeys from this antisocial behaviour,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07the keepers put up a couple of tree-trunks
0:06:07 > 0:06:10as a combination climbing frame and feeding station.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16And it really worked, but only for a while.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Recently, they've gone back to their wicked ways.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22So now they need something new to play with.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26Head warden Keith Harris has been dreaming up all sorts of big ideas
0:06:26 > 0:06:30for Monkey Jungle, and this is the first prototype, I gather, Keith?
0:06:30 > 0:06:32It doesn't look much yet, does it?
0:06:32 > 0:06:35We've got to sort this out first and the monkeys will afterwards.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- OK, so it's to amuse us more than the monkeys?- Yes.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41It's in my mind so we'll make it up as we go.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44We've got to see whether they're going to start using the bungee.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48- Right.- And of course, a way to a monkey's heart is here, look.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49- Nuts.- Monkey nuts.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52So I thought we'd try it with the feeder first.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55The idea is we're going to put this tube and suspend it between
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- two tree-trunks here, which are the feeders anyway.- Right.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04See if they'll come down and feed and if they do, then the imagination can run wild.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Kevin, you're here to help us out. What will they make of this?
0:07:07 > 0:07:13They're used to the feeders. We put them behind the logs. They know there's food inside.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16So suspending them might throw them, but I'm sure they'll come along.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20You have two extra pairs of hands to help, so just tell us what to do.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23What we're going to do is, I figure,
0:07:23 > 0:07:28- this end, we want to go around the lower of the two trees.- OK.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- So pull that through.- Yeah.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34I'll put that down on there. Go right the way round, Kate.
0:07:34 > 0:07:35- OK.- And then come back to Kevin.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40And then I should probably use this to tie it up?
0:07:40 > 0:07:44What I would do is do it on this bit here, so you've got a complete loop.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48- If we do that, then put one of those bull clips onto there.- I see.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53Oh, yes. Just getting it going on that one. There we go.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57This isn't rope but extra-strong elastic bungee line,
0:07:57 > 0:08:00to give the monkeys' new feeder a bigger bounce.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04We're filling the feeder with monkey nuts.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09By the way, we've already installed a miniature camera inside the tube.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18- Monkey feeder mark one.- Excellent. Shall we put these nuts in
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- or do we want to scatter them around here?- Scatter them.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24And then we'll drive away.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28They've been sat on the roof of the hut over there watching us.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30They have. I have noticed.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33They never let anything go unnoticed in here, do they?
0:08:33 > 0:08:37They have their sentinels out to see what's going on.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41Quickly, any idea who might be the first of the monkeys to come over?
0:08:41 > 0:08:46I reckon, because he's very cheeky, it'll be the younger male.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49He'll probably come over and investigate it first.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52OK, well, let's see what happens.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Keith, Kevin, thank you very much indeed.
0:08:54 > 0:09:00Join us later to see what the monkeys think of their brand-new bungee feeder.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Will it go down a storm or will it be a complete flop?
0:09:03 > 0:09:05- Monkey nut?- Thanks.
0:09:13 > 0:09:19It's been 10 years since we first began filming in Longleat House.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24To mark the decade, we've been looking back at some of the dramatic events we've covered in that time.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Like the tale that took us on a journey
0:09:27 > 0:09:30to the darkest corners of the criminal underworld.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32The story began a few years earlier,
0:09:32 > 0:09:37when security at Longleat House was a lot less thorough than it is now.
0:09:37 > 0:09:42Lord Bath was upstairs in the private apartments when someone broke in.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49GLASS SMASHES
0:09:49 > 0:09:52ALARM BEEPS
0:09:52 > 0:09:56The alarm was triggered at 9 o'clock but Lord Bath didn't hear a thing.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03I had the sound up loud as usual, because I'm very deaf.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07And I certainly didn't hear any noises on the outside of the building.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09But the house steward came running.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11At the time, that was Ken Windas.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13You're thinking, what could it be?
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Your heart's thumping, you're going as fast as you possibly can.
0:10:21 > 0:10:26The heist must have been planned and executed with split-second timing,
0:10:26 > 0:10:31because by the time Ken reached the first-floor state drawing room,
0:10:31 > 0:10:32the thieves were gone.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34They stole just three paintings,
0:10:34 > 0:10:38the most valuable of which was by the Italian Renaissance painter Titian
0:10:38 > 0:10:42and was worth well over £5 million.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48The first indication that I had that the picture was gone
0:10:48 > 0:10:53was the pieces of frame strewn on the floor in front of me as I walked in.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59And of course, that's when the feeling of dread starts, because...
0:10:59 > 0:11:01because you think, "God."
0:11:01 > 0:11:05And when you look and see the space where the picture was...
0:11:05 > 0:11:10It's a very traumatic experience when you suddenly find something like that missing.
0:11:10 > 0:11:15Ken immediately contacted estate general manager, Tim Moore.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Ken said, the Titian's gone,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20or words to that effect, and I thought, "Oh, my God."
0:11:20 > 0:11:24You're thinking to yourself, what the hell does one do?
0:11:24 > 0:11:27We'd done an outside check.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Smashed window, nothing there.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33And I think it was a feeling of helplessness,
0:11:33 > 0:11:36bitterness and a sense of despair.
0:11:36 > 0:11:43It's not like an ordinary thing, a teaspoon or something, being stolen.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45It was very valuable and very beautiful.
0:11:45 > 0:11:51I felt almost as if it was a personal failure on my part because I hadn't protected it.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54The idea of somebody coming into your house,
0:11:54 > 0:11:58taking something where you're supposed to be the custodian...
0:11:58 > 0:12:01And I hadn't been the custodian for very long.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04My father only died a little while before that.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09And so I felt very badly that already I've lost something.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13The police hunt for the thieves started immediately,
0:12:13 > 0:12:17and by the next morning, the house was besieged by the press.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19We do do our best,
0:12:19 > 0:12:23but when we fail in this manner,
0:12:23 > 0:12:28it hurts us all. It's also not just my loss.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30It was a very lovely little Titian.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36The painting shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus
0:12:36 > 0:12:40and is called Rest On The Flight To Egypt.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44The key thought was, the more publicity we can get
0:12:44 > 0:12:48immediately about the theft, the better.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Because we had no idea where the picture was.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Had it headed off down to a port?
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Was it out of the country?
0:12:55 > 0:13:01Whatever, we needed the maximum international coverage about the theft as soon as possible,
0:13:01 > 0:13:07and in that way, hopefully offer some protection to the picture,
0:13:07 > 0:13:13and to reduce the ability of anybody to offload it easily.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16But all that press coverage had another effect.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19It raised sympathy from unexpected quarters.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Before anyone could work out what to put in the space,
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Longleat's curator, Kate Harris, received some helpful suggestions.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30They were sent to Lord Bath by children
0:13:30 > 0:13:35from a school in Huddersfield, just after the theft.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38I think they sent them to cheer him up.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42They're meant to be copies of the Rest On The Flight Into Egypt.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46The children, apart from sending in their paintings,
0:13:46 > 0:13:49they each wrote a little note to Lord Bath.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Some of them are very sweet indeed. This one says,
0:13:52 > 0:13:58"Dear Lord Bath, I hope you'll get the painting back and I hope your lions are feeling OK.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02"Just forget about the painting and think about your birthday."
0:14:02 > 0:14:05But the Titian was far from forgotten.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09The insurers, who would have to pay out £1 million on the theft policy,
0:14:09 > 0:14:13put up a reward for £100,000.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Mark Dalrymple was the loss adjuster handling the case.
0:14:16 > 0:14:22Criminals of any description have information.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25If they have information about other people's crimes,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28and they won't give it to you unless you offer them some money,
0:14:28 > 0:14:33providing we get a result, then we'll give them some money.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37The stakes were high, but that was a very dangerous strategy.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Find out what happened a little later on.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52Earlier on, Kate and I helped Keith and Kevin here rig up
0:14:52 > 0:14:56a brand-new contraption, if that's the word, here in Monkey Jungle,
0:14:56 > 0:14:58to try and enrich the monkeys' lives.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03We're hiding behind the car because we don't want them to be disturbed, but I can see...
0:15:03 > 0:15:05They're coming over. See how he's testing it?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07- Yes.- To see exactly what that is.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10That's just the sort of behaviour that we're looking for.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12This is exactly what this is about.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15It's getting their brains and minds working.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- Yes.- There's another one on the right hand side.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Looks like quite a youngster.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23He's thinking, "Ooh, do I do it?"
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Not sure. Not sure.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27He is having a bit of a bite.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33- Is our bungee monkey-proof, in terms of their teeth?- Come back in an hour.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36- I'll let you know!- Look!
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Brilliant. Nearly did it.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Nearly brave enough.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Feeling much more confident.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Look at that. That's brilliant!
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Keeping its hands on the actual trunk.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Yes. Oh, I don't know what to do!
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Oh, go on. See if you can do it.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56- Go on, little one!- Now this one... - Look at the one in the middle!
0:15:56 > 0:16:00- That's cheating.- That's quite clever, though, because it's a tiny one.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Again, not a full-grown adult, is it?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- No, that's a very young one. - Here we go.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09Look. It's going to be a youngster that does it first.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- There you are, look. - Oh!- And hand in.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14- Look at that. - Oh, dropping it down for everyone!
0:16:14 > 0:16:16- Brilliant.- Oh, no, he's not.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18- Now he's eating some. - Now he's eating.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Now, would you say, Kevin...
0:16:21 > 0:16:24- Oh... Oh, no, that's not fair! - Look at the fatty!
0:16:24 > 0:16:28Would you say that is a future leader of the troupe, that little one?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30I think it could well be.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33It's a very smart one indeed, and it worked it out first.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- And is this the young male, now, that's taken over?- Yes.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40He'll have his fill and once he gets off, the rest will probably go up there.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Won't get more than one on there.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46You see, he's trying to balance himself to make sure nothing happens to him.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48But look at them all... Oh!
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Look at them all watching on the end.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54"Should we be brave enough? Let's try it."
0:16:54 > 0:16:56We've got someone else on the left-hand side.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59That's going to go ping!
0:16:59 > 0:17:00I know it is!
0:17:00 > 0:17:03THEY LAUGH
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Because it's made up of so many different strands inside,
0:17:06 > 0:17:10even if they chew through one, it'll take a long time for that to go.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Oh, just a bit...
0:17:12 > 0:17:15No... Oh! THEY LAUGH
0:17:15 > 0:17:19- She's got a baby with her. - She's got a baby with her.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Now then, dear. Just be gentle with your little one!
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Of course, they have to get to the top of it, where the holes are.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Yeah, that's the whole idea.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29If we'd just thrown the food on the floor,
0:17:29 > 0:17:32apart from they'd have just all grabbed bits and run,
0:17:32 > 0:17:36it'd be over in seconds, the birds would have pinched it...
0:17:36 > 0:17:40- That female's gone on, with her baby.- Yes.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44So the others should be able to get up from that. Look, there they go.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47Yes. That really is cheating. Now stop it!
0:17:47 > 0:17:51These are the bits we'll learn, because we can tighten it, or take that bottom stump away.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Look at the little one on the left!
0:17:54 > 0:17:56- Acrobats.- Really trying.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Oh, this is fantastic.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00So you'll be able to work it out,
0:18:00 > 0:18:04maybe we'll put it from higher trees, and it can really go from here.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07- Yes.- And with the results here,
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- is it something you'd like to extend? - I'm quite pleased.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- I'm very pleased with this. - They're enjoying it.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16This is brilliant. This is exactly what we wanted them to do.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20And for visitors, when they're driving past, it'll be great.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23And hopefully they'll leave the cars alone!
0:18:23 > 0:18:25I think you should both patent it.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29I'm sure there would be a lot of very happy monkeys from now on.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33Thank you both very much. We're going to stay here and watch, because this is just great.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36- Thank you both.- Thanks, guys.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44But there's another animal in the park
0:18:44 > 0:18:47that can also be a threat to the visitors' cars,
0:18:47 > 0:18:53and they're much larger and faster, with big teeth and sharp claws.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02The keepers in Tiger Territory have been watching the three young sisters very carefully
0:19:02 > 0:19:06since the park reopened to the public for the season.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Bob Trollope is concerned that as they grow in size and confidence
0:19:10 > 0:19:13they could become more and more dangerous.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16It's the friendly one who could be the worst.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20Soundari is playful, and absolutely deadly.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Soundari is a bit of a character.
0:19:24 > 0:19:30She does go for the occasional vehicle. That is toys to them.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33That is prey, as such.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35You can almost say it's meals on wheels, I suppose.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42Talking of meals on wheels, Soundari had acquired a particular taste for the feed truck.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51She has developed the technique of puncturing our tyres
0:19:51 > 0:19:54on the feed wagon, so we've had to counteract that
0:19:54 > 0:20:01and put a counterbalance in place, which is this thick rubber matting.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05It's covering over the wheels, as you can see.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08And it gives her enough things to play with...
0:20:08 > 0:20:12this, rather than the tyres.
0:20:12 > 0:20:17And it has saved several pounds' worth of rubber. Honestly.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19She is such a nuisance.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23And it seems to me that she just gets so excited about feeding
0:20:23 > 0:20:27that obviously, to her, this is hunting.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30This is where the food comes from, so she's got to kill this.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35Killing one of the tyres is quite often what she does.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42We lost in the region of, I think, four or five tyres,
0:20:42 > 0:20:46before we suddenly realised that we should start doing something.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49It's quite impressive when she actually grabs hold of it.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52I was driving the tractor the other week,
0:20:52 > 0:20:57and she latched on to it and you could feel the power,
0:20:57 > 0:21:01her actually slowing the feed wagon down a little bit.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03It's incredible. And that's just one tiger.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07At least Bob has learnt what to expect from Soundari.
0:21:07 > 0:21:12The other two sisters, Shouri and Svetli, are still that most dangerous thing...
0:21:12 > 0:21:15unpredictable.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Soundari's always Soundari, and she's playful as ever,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22but it's the other two that have shown a lot more interest
0:21:22 > 0:21:24in actually coming away from the corner.
0:21:24 > 0:21:29They're out and about, they're exploring more things.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33It's really nice to actually see the change in them,
0:21:33 > 0:21:37and hopefully they'll just get better and better as they go on.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44Of the two, it's Shouri who's the most interested in people, and cars,
0:21:44 > 0:21:50and unlike Soundari, she doesn't just want to play with them.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52As you can see,
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Shouri is just stalking us,
0:21:55 > 0:21:59and she's just as low as she can get.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02She can see us, and hopefully we can't see her.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05She's just putting her head up slightly
0:22:05 > 0:22:09every now and again, just to check where we are, just to see what we're doing.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13Shouri, she's primed to attack this vehicle,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15which is, you know,
0:22:15 > 0:22:17it's what you want, you know.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20They are exhibiting
0:22:20 > 0:22:22their wild behaviour,
0:22:22 > 0:22:24and it's nice to see Shouri and not Soundari.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29You expect Soundari to be the one to investigate, but it just proves that
0:22:29 > 0:22:34the others are finding their feet a bit and they aren't too worried
0:22:34 > 0:22:39about coming over and sussing things out.
0:22:39 > 0:22:44Shouri's spending more and more time just waiting for an opportunity to attack.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48Later on, we'll see what happens when she gets that chance.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00I think these are one of the most incredible residents of Pets' Corner.
0:23:00 > 0:23:05This is obviously a tortoise, but look at it sideways on.
0:23:05 > 0:23:10It looks like it's been squashed by a truck, but this is its perfect design?
0:23:10 > 0:23:14Yes, nature-designed. Pancake tortoise, and they're designed for
0:23:14 > 0:23:17wedging themselves in all the tiny little crevices in Africa,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20and it stops the predators hoiking them out for tea.
0:23:20 > 0:23:26They've been living in this special enclosure here, but they are no longer alone.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28No, we've had an addition.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31I was very lucky, I've been to Africa twice now.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36We saw these wonderful, wonderful little lizards and they're called agamas.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39And I've got a photograph. Can I show you down here?
0:23:39 > 0:23:40Look at this. This is me.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Well, I'm taking the picture. Look at this fella.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47That is absolutely magnificent. So bright, bright orange head.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51- Yes.- Navy blue body?- Yes, and almost a paler blue on the tail.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53- A turquoise tail.- That's a male.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Stunning-looking. Now, I can't see anything...
0:23:56 > 0:23:58That cupboard? Oh, there is one up on that tree.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01That's it. That's a male. That is a male.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03- I have six in here now.- Right.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05I've got two males and four females.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- Yes?- They live really well with the pancake tortoises,
0:24:08 > 0:24:11and what I'm hoping is that eventually they'll go on to breed,
0:24:11 > 0:24:14and have babies and lay eggs and things,
0:24:14 > 0:24:19but that male has to develop these colours, so that's what we're waiting for now.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21So is that an age thing?
0:24:21 > 0:24:25Certainly maturity comes into it, because the females and youngsters,
0:24:25 > 0:24:31- we've got a few in here that are actually a very dull brown, drab colour.- Right.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34This guy here, he's in full battle mode.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38What happens is the males get a harem of wives,
0:24:38 > 0:24:41so he can have 15, 20 wives hanging around with him,
0:24:41 > 0:24:44and so this is his way of saying, "Clear off, I'm the dominant male."
0:24:44 > 0:24:48So it's almost the equivalent of a gorilla becoming a silverback?
0:24:48 > 0:24:55Totally. That is it exactly. And this is also encouraged by peak heat. The temperatures here...
0:24:55 > 0:24:58I remember that particular day, incredibly hot. Over 100 degrees.
0:24:58 > 0:25:03So what do you do? Just stick a heater in here to mimic the heat?
0:25:03 > 0:25:06The dangerous sunlight, the UVA and UVB that humans need to avoid,
0:25:06 > 0:25:09a lot of lizards, like the iguanas, relish it.
0:25:09 > 0:25:16They have to have it, so you have very special bulbs that emits all that UVA and UVB light
0:25:16 > 0:25:19that perhaps the midday sun in Africa would give out.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23So this is, effectively, like the sun trapped in a light bulb?
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Exactly it. And it gives off heat as well.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28We used to use tubes, that only give off the light,
0:25:28 > 0:25:30this gives off heat and it gives off the UVA and UVB.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34Brilliant. Well, I'll let you... Do you want to climb in there?
0:25:34 > 0:25:37I'll be on escape duty, just in case anything wants to do a runner.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39- I'll just turn the switch on now, up here.- OK.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43Oh, that's it. Woah. There, you see.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46That is bright! That really is like looking at the sun.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49This little gizmo here, I'll just show you, this is a solar meter.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53- Right.- This measures the amount of UVB and if you get it right,
0:25:53 > 0:26:00you basically want somewhere around, well, as close to 100 as we can get.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03And 100 is good midday sun.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08- Right.- So now the iguanas can sit here, they can bask, they can not only get the heat...
0:26:08 > 0:26:10I'm very hot already. It's whacking out a load of heat.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13But they're getting all that UVA and UVB.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17I'll let you come down away from the basking heat,
0:26:17 > 0:26:20and we will look forward to seeing the lizards
0:26:20 > 0:26:24in their full-coloured glory, as you say,
0:26:24 > 0:26:28once they've taken in this sunlight and worked out their hierarchy.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30- What an excitement. - Thank you very much.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Brilliant, Darren. Thank you.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44Back in 1995, the Longleat estate was stunned
0:26:44 > 0:26:47when their most valuable work of art was stolen.
0:26:47 > 0:26:52Rest On The Flight To Egypt was painted in the early 1500s
0:26:52 > 0:26:56by the Venetian artist Titian, and was valued at £5 million.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00The police hunt for the thieves started straight away.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04At that time, Dick Ellis was the detective sergeant in charge of
0:27:04 > 0:27:07the Metropolitan Police Art And Antiques Squad.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11The trail to recover objects like the Titian,
0:27:11 > 0:27:15when they're stolen by professional criminals, it's a difficult trail.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18You are involving people who...
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Part of their work is not being caught.
0:27:23 > 0:27:28So it is a very difficult area in which to operate.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32One of the first things done by the insurers
0:27:32 > 0:27:34was to offer a reward of £100,000.
0:27:34 > 0:27:39Mark Dalrymple was the loss adjuster handling the case.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43People sometimes will not give information
0:27:43 > 0:27:48unless they are rewarded. It is a sad fact of life but they won't.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52And the greater risk they might have personally
0:27:52 > 0:27:56in giving the information or pointing fingers, or whatever,
0:27:56 > 0:28:00means that all too often they do nothing.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03And the reward, if you like, loosens tongues.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07The reward was featured on the front cover of Trace magazine,
0:28:07 > 0:28:12a publication listing some of the £500 million-worth of art
0:28:12 > 0:28:15that is stolen every year in Britain alone.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Dick Ellis is one of Trace's directors.
0:28:19 > 0:28:25The magazine goes to dealers, goes to the heritage sector,
0:28:25 > 0:28:29goes to collectors, law enforcement all over the world through Interpol.
0:28:29 > 0:28:34That type of circulation is essential, because it closes down the market.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37If you're looking for objects to steal,
0:28:37 > 0:28:42the higher up the league you go, to the Titians and the Rembrandts and the Vermeer,
0:28:42 > 0:28:45it is virtually impossible to dispose of these objects.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49They are just too well-known and documented worldwide.
0:28:49 > 0:28:54So, the Titian was too hot to sell, but where was it?
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Over the next eight years,
0:28:56 > 0:29:01there were all sorts of rumours, hints and allegations.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Longleat general manager Tim Moore had to deal with them all.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08I followed up everything, so if someone writes to you from Australia
0:29:08 > 0:29:13who was a spiritualist, or someone writing to you from prison somewhere...
0:29:13 > 0:29:15The first few of those,
0:29:15 > 0:29:19one got not excited but, here is something interesting happening.
0:29:19 > 0:29:24You're very keen to get the picture back, so you take everything extremely seriously.
0:29:24 > 0:29:29There have been threats made
0:29:29 > 0:29:31to us,
0:29:31 > 0:29:35that if we don't pay them £1 million, they'll destroy it.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38But who THEY are, they're not going to tell us.
0:29:38 > 0:29:43And after a period, the number of those, you really did begin to think
0:29:43 > 0:29:50particularly with some of the people who were contacting us were pretty strange, that, oh, my God,
0:29:50 > 0:29:54are we ever going to get a lead that really is material?
0:29:54 > 0:29:56But, in the end, they did get a good lead,
0:29:56 > 0:29:59and that's when the plot really began to thicken.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01Find out about that later on.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16It's been pretty busy around the otter enclosure
0:30:16 > 0:30:20since Rosie and Romeo got together and started building a family.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24While six youngsters are romping around outside,
0:30:24 > 0:30:27there's news of a brand-new litter indoors.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34These five unbelievably cute otters
0:30:34 > 0:30:37are the latest arrival in the safari park.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40I'm catching up with Rob, who's cleaning out.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44- How are you doing? - I can't get over how...
0:30:44 > 0:30:46I'm lost for words.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48- How old are they? - They're eight weeks, now.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Coming on really, really well.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54We had a few concerns in the earlier days
0:30:54 > 0:30:58because there were two out of the five that were very, very small
0:30:58 > 0:31:00in comparison to the others.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02There was certainly one very big one.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06- He's still in the middle here. He's getting all the milk.- Yes.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08But two of them were very small.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11There were, effectively, two runts of the litter?
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Two runts of the litter. And we've had a runt in the past
0:31:14 > 0:31:16and they don't normally make it, I'm afraid.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Week six, that was it, really.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22It's just one of those things and nature takes its course.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26Obviously, the otters felt that it was too much for them to cope with.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29This time around, all five have just... The two,
0:31:29 > 0:31:34there's still a bit of size difference here but to be honest, they've all caught up.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36They've all got their eyes open.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39It's almost time now for them to be going outside. It won't be long.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42They've already been outside,
0:31:42 > 0:31:45but it's a case of Mum dragging them out, almost under protest.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49Being thrown around and then dragged back in again.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53And obviously, all that noise I can hear from behind here,
0:31:53 > 0:31:55that's Romeo and Rosie, mum and dad?
0:31:55 > 0:31:58And last year's children, Robbie and Ray, trying to get back in.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02Obviously, all I'm doing here is a little bit of cleaning up.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04- Are they quite messy? - Very, very messy.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07To be honest, I've already done a bit of the outside of the enclosure
0:32:07 > 0:32:10this morning and most of the mess was out there.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12So it isn't looking too bad in here.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14It just needs a bit of a tidy.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Really all we do is just pop in here quickly.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19Normally, the adults are out for breakfast anyway.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23So it's an opportunity quickly to shut them out, have a quick tidy
0:32:23 > 0:32:27and let them back in again to check their little ones.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30But we try to disturb them as little as possible,
0:32:30 > 0:32:34bar the health check and something we'll do soon, which is microchipping them.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37And I'm assuming they sleep a lot, as they're doing now?
0:32:37 > 0:32:42Yes, as normal babies do. Pretty much the same as human babies.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46Cry a lot, sleep a lot, go to the toilet quite a lot.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49And using each other for extra body heat?
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Yes, they're huddling up together.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55Obviously for warmth. It's fairly warm in here anyway, so it is just protection.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57They're looking after each other.
0:32:57 > 0:33:02Have you thought about or contemplated names yet? Or can you identify them apart?
0:33:02 > 0:33:05I think we'll wait until we've fully sexed them.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07- Right.- I've had a little look myself.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10I think I've got three boys and two girls.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13It is still quite difficult to tell, is it?
0:33:13 > 0:33:17It can be difficult early on, but it'll become more and more obvious.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21And then we'll start thinking of some names when they're outside, showing their characters.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23We like to see their characters.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27And obviously, they do look so much alike. It's very hard.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31Even last year's children, Robbie and Ray, only slight differences between them.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34I don't know how you get any work done in here,
0:33:34 > 0:33:37because I assume you just want to stare at them all day long.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39- Yeah!- Listen, thank you so much.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41I would offer to help you clean them out
0:33:41 > 0:33:45but I just wanted an excuse to come and have a look at them!
0:33:45 > 0:33:49Don't go away, because here's what's still coming up on today's programme.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52I'll be helping with a strange new installation,
0:33:52 > 0:33:57because a giraffe with an itchy neck really needs to scratch.
0:33:57 > 0:34:02With blackmail, ransom and intrigue, the story of the stolen painting
0:34:02 > 0:34:05takes a twist into the criminal underworld.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09And when we first met Harriet, you wouldn't know what she was.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13We'll see how she's doing now, ten years on.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17But first, we're bound for Tiger Territory.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25Earlier, we saw Soundari, the playful tiger,
0:34:25 > 0:34:28attacking the tyres of the feed truck.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32But it's her sister Shouri who's got the keepers worried,
0:34:32 > 0:34:35because when she attacks, it's in deadly earnest.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37Recently, head of section Brian Kent
0:34:37 > 0:34:41was the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time.
0:34:41 > 0:34:46He witnessed the full force of these powerful creatures, close up.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48I was trying to get the tigers in,
0:34:48 > 0:34:51and Shouri didn't want to go in, for whatever reason.
0:34:51 > 0:34:56She was just deciding to play up, as in hide behind trees,
0:34:56 > 0:35:00starting to get a bit nasty, growling and hissing.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02And then next minute I knew,
0:35:02 > 0:35:06she was running flat-out towards the vehicle.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10She just headed straight for the window, here.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13All I saw was a face full of teeth, and claws.
0:35:13 > 0:35:18She was obviously trying to get me, and she meant everything of it.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21It was so quick. She was there before I could even
0:35:21 > 0:35:25think about it. I moved away quickly.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29I thought it might be appropriate at the time to get out of the way!
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Brian escaped out of the Tiger Enclosure
0:35:43 > 0:35:46but his vehicle still bears the scars of the attack.
0:35:46 > 0:35:51You can see some of the damage she done here,
0:35:51 > 0:35:53which I imagine was her claws.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57That's as she's jumping up,
0:35:57 > 0:36:01claws hit there, and she's got her face here.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04And then as I move off, she slides down
0:36:04 > 0:36:06and you can just see
0:36:06 > 0:36:11the remaining marks of her claws, going down the side of the truck.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13So quite lucky, really.
0:36:13 > 0:36:18It is plastic at the end of the day, but we're still talking about
0:36:18 > 0:36:22a claw going through that, and I'm glad it's that and not me,
0:36:22 > 0:36:25because that would go straight through your leg.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29The same thing with the window.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31The windows are not overly strong, but...
0:36:31 > 0:36:34it stayed there!
0:36:34 > 0:36:37So, quite happy I've got away with it.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45Either I went a little bit too close and she didn't like it,
0:36:45 > 0:36:48and that's why she went for me, I don't know.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50But she hasn't done it since.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53And maybe it was just a one-off.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57I don't know. It was a bit of a wake-up call for me as well,
0:36:57 > 0:36:59to be dealing with young tigers again.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02So it does keep you alert.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05But, to make sure that all the keepers stay alert,
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Brian and Bob are planning an emergency,
0:37:08 > 0:37:11a test to see if they've got what it takes when the worst happens.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15We'll be back in Tiger Territory for that later on.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27We're up at the giraffe house. I'm here with head of section Andy,
0:37:27 > 0:37:30and all the giraffes, that I have to say, Andy,
0:37:30 > 0:37:34are looking particularly lovely at the moment.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Do giraffes moult, like other animals in the spring?
0:37:37 > 0:37:39- Are they losing a winter coat? - They do.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41- Not as much as the zebra.- Right.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44But the giraffes have got quite a greasy and waxy coat,
0:37:44 > 0:37:46it comes on slightly more in wintertime.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50But they will actually constantly lose hair,
0:37:50 > 0:37:54We noticed they had a lot of dead hair and they used to get quite itchy in here.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57And we started thinking about how we can improve their coats,
0:37:57 > 0:38:01and came up with this, which completely freaked them out
0:38:01 > 0:38:02when we first put it in here!
0:38:02 > 0:38:06But they've started using it. Very rarely do we see them itching on it.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09But they are using it, because it's looking really worn-down.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13Somebody's been giving their bum a really good scratch on that.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15What a fantastic idea.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17So what needs doing today, then?
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Because they've squashed these ones,
0:38:19 > 0:38:22we'll let the giraffe out and replace a couple of these.
0:38:22 > 0:38:27- OK.- But I can show you how well it's working, because it's full of giraffe hair.- Really?
0:38:27 > 0:38:30- Yes.- So they are obviously going up and using it exactly
0:38:30 > 0:38:35as they would use one of those thorny acacia-type things in Africa.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37What a clever idea. You lucky, lucky girls.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40So we want to get them out first, presumably.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Not a good idea to go in there with all those legs.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44Probably not.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47OK. Well, shall we do the usual thing and stand back?
0:38:47 > 0:38:50Move you guys out the way and we'll get them out.
0:38:50 > 0:38:51They're so lovely.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19Put them down here.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23So it's like I was saying, the hair.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27- You can see all the hair. - Oh, yeah, look at it.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30These are just absolutely full of giraffe hair.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33And you said the hair was quite greasy,
0:39:33 > 0:39:37- and now the bristles of the brushes, you can really feel it!- Yeah.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39That's amazing. What a clever idea.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42It's so rare that we actually see them in it.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45Normally, when they're in here, they're eating.
0:39:45 > 0:39:49- I reckon they are in here in the middle of the night. - Just having a good old scratch.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52But yeah, they've really hammered them in here.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56They have. These ones nearer the top and this one looks all right.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00We'll just replace these middle three,
0:40:00 > 0:40:03so they're a bit spikier for them to rub on.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06If I just cut these big cable-ties here.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08It's not the easiest of things to do.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10There we go.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18But we can see, it's just made such a world of difference to their coats.
0:40:18 > 0:40:19It really has, hasn't it?
0:40:19 > 0:40:24They just look like they're beautifully-groomed,
0:40:24 > 0:40:27- spring coming out of winter coat animals now.- Yeah.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33In the wild, giraffes don't have helpful people
0:40:33 > 0:40:35to put up things to scratch on.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38They get a grooming just by walking through the woodlands
0:40:38 > 0:40:40and brushing past the trees.
0:40:42 > 0:40:48I know you make a lot of effort here to make everything as natural as possible.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50- Yes.- And just something simple like that...
0:40:50 > 0:40:53A lot of our enrichment, the public don't actually see.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57- It's done in here.- Yeah. - When they're out in the park,
0:40:57 > 0:41:00you don't need to enrich that area because they can move around so nicely.
0:41:00 > 0:41:06But this is twofold. It gives them something to do and it keeps their coats in amazing condition as well.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09I wouldn't mind a little scratch on that myself!
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Go away! I'm going to give it a go.
0:41:11 > 0:41:17- That's great, isn't it? I might have one of those in my house.- Every house should have one.- Absolutely!
0:41:17 > 0:41:21The giraffes do their scratching at night when no-one's around,
0:41:21 > 0:41:25so to see exactly how they use the broom-head installation,
0:41:25 > 0:41:28we're setting up an infrared night-vision camera.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32We'll leave it running overnight and come back later to find out
0:41:32 > 0:41:35what the giraffes get up to in the dark.
0:41:44 > 0:41:49For eight years, there wasn't one clue as to what had happened to the stolen painting by Titian.
0:41:49 > 0:41:54It's as if it had disappeared from the face of the Earth.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56In desperation,
0:41:56 > 0:42:00Longleat's Tim Moore and insurance loss adjuster Mark Dalrymple
0:42:00 > 0:42:03got in touch with an independent art consultant
0:42:03 > 0:42:06who had contacts in London's criminal underworld.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12Then, in May 2002, Tim got a phone call.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15He was to get £100,000 in cash
0:42:15 > 0:42:18and drive to Richmond in south-west London.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22The consultant had found someone who wanted to make a deal.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26The fine art consultant had had a particular lead
0:42:26 > 0:42:31that this appeared to him to be worth following up,
0:42:31 > 0:42:35and that a meeting had been arranged with this particular person.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44I was absolutely split down the middle.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46I was extremely excited on the one hand,
0:42:46 > 0:42:52particularly as I was carrying quite a significant sum of money
0:42:52 > 0:42:58on my person to deal with the reward for information.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01And on the other hand thinking, when one gets like that,
0:43:01 > 0:43:05there'll be disappointment, this chap will be roaring with laughter
0:43:05 > 0:43:07and we'll have wasted a lot of time.
0:43:10 > 0:43:14Tim had instructions to wait in an office.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18Meanwhile, an anonymous informer was about to make a drop.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26A laundry bag was left at a bus stop outside Richmond Station.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28Our consultant was told,
0:43:28 > 0:43:31there's the picture if you'd like to get out and collect it.
0:43:33 > 0:43:38Tim was gambling £100,000 on the picture being the real thing.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44We put the bag on the office table, opened it up,
0:43:44 > 0:43:47undid the cardboard and there's this picture.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50And for me there's a huge difference,
0:43:50 > 0:43:53because I'm used to seeing pictures with frames on.
0:43:53 > 0:43:57If you get a small, unframed picture
0:43:57 > 0:44:01then frankly, to the likes of me, it looks...
0:44:01 > 0:44:05Honestly, I thought, my God, it could have come out of Woolworths.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07It could have been painted on MDF.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10It was then up to their independent art consultant
0:44:10 > 0:44:14to determine whether the painting was a fake.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17At that point, you're totally reliant on the expert
0:44:17 > 0:44:22and delighted to say, ours was extremely competent and sensible,
0:44:22 > 0:44:26and had spent a lot of time studying Titian's works.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28And he said, if you look at it,
0:44:28 > 0:44:31the brushstrokes are absolutely right for the early work.
0:44:31 > 0:44:35Yes, it definitely is Titian's Flight Into Egypt.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37I was thrilled to bits.
0:44:41 > 0:44:45And when the painting was safely back in the estate vaults,
0:44:45 > 0:44:48Mark Dalrymple was invited to come take a look.
0:44:48 > 0:44:52After all his work, he'd never actually seen the thing itself.
0:44:55 > 0:44:59It's smashing, because, um...
0:44:59 > 0:45:02I don't know. I really can't explain it.
0:45:02 > 0:45:06You always imagine, every time something was going to happen,
0:45:06 > 0:45:09where there was the prospect of getting it back,
0:45:09 > 0:45:13I visualised exactly what it was going to look like.
0:45:13 > 0:45:16But until you actually ever see it,
0:45:16 > 0:45:18um...you can't...
0:45:20 > 0:45:23One is speechless.
0:45:23 > 0:45:28And after security was beefed up to ensure the painting could never be stolen again,
0:45:28 > 0:45:34it was restored to its rightful place on the wall of the great house.
0:45:38 > 0:45:42Earlier, I came up to the giraffe house with head of section Andy
0:45:42 > 0:45:47and we put up these fantastic, bristly broom heads up on the wall.
0:45:47 > 0:45:49Because the giraffes, you thought,
0:45:49 > 0:45:51were going to love scratching on them.
0:45:51 > 0:45:56- Yes, and they have, because their coats have improved tenfold.- Right.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59You rub the brushes and you can see hair in there,
0:45:59 > 0:46:02but we're not seen the giraffe scratching on them.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05OK, so you wanted absolutely hard evidence
0:46:05 > 0:46:07that they were doing this, so of course,
0:46:07 > 0:46:10we set up an infrared camera to catch the giraffes
0:46:10 > 0:46:15if they really were using these yard brushes to have a good old scratch at night.
0:46:15 > 0:46:17You've got the footage, Andy.
0:46:17 > 0:46:21- Yep.- Shall we have a look and see what happened?
0:46:23 > 0:46:26- There's the brushes down there.- OK.
0:46:28 > 0:46:31- Someone's nose.- Someone's nose. Oi!
0:46:31 > 0:46:36Get off the camera! Cleaning the camera for us.
0:46:36 > 0:46:40Thank you very much indeed. That's a lovely shot of a giraffe's tongue.
0:46:40 > 0:46:43You can see they're still chewing in the background there,
0:46:43 > 0:46:47so they've obviously still got food to keep them busy.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50- They will regurgitate their food as well.- Oh, do they?
0:46:50 > 0:46:55Giraffes have multiple stomachs, the first stomach, they'll bring the food back up.
0:46:55 > 0:46:59If you watch a giraffe carefully, you can actually see a bolus of food come up the neck.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02They'll chew it. Chewing the cud, like a cow.
0:47:02 > 0:47:05But if you look carefully, you can actually see, occasionally,
0:47:05 > 0:47:08- a big lump of food coming back up.- Eugh!
0:47:08 > 0:47:11- Yes, disgusting.- You've spent too much time with them!
0:47:11 > 0:47:14Yes, I've been watching them just too much!
0:47:16 > 0:47:18Oh, that's an interesting manoeuvre!
0:47:18 > 0:47:21I'm not sure whether that was a scratch or falling over!
0:47:21 > 0:47:24No, she is actually scratching, isn't she?
0:47:24 > 0:47:26That's a definite scratch.
0:47:26 > 0:47:31And that blade bone clearly seems to be a favourite place, doesn't it?
0:47:31 > 0:47:35That height's perfect. But you've got brushes all the way along there.
0:47:35 > 0:47:39They can get their legs down and their necks and heads right up on the top one.
0:47:39 > 0:47:42That's brilliant. Really leaning in to it there!
0:47:44 > 0:47:47Seeing them use that, that well... It's going right up her neck.
0:47:47 > 0:47:50It is. It's almost like she's massaging herself.
0:47:50 > 0:47:53It must feel really, really nice.
0:47:53 > 0:47:54Yes, it must do.
0:47:54 > 0:47:57So this is obviously a late-night activity.
0:47:57 > 0:48:01Something to do when the food's run out. Just go and scratch.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03She's having a really good scratch!
0:48:03 > 0:48:05- Yes.- But look at that.
0:48:05 > 0:48:08That is an ecstatic-looking giraffe, isn't it?
0:48:08 > 0:48:10Absolute pleasure, there.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13She's hitting those spots. So it's something that we can build on.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16All of their coat, we're not see any dead skin.
0:48:16 > 0:48:19The top of their backs, they seem to be well covered,
0:48:19 > 0:48:25and their whole outlook, the look of them has improved so much.
0:48:25 > 0:48:31We can adapt it and improve it, and hopefully make it slightly better as we go along.
0:48:31 > 0:48:33- That was a huge success. - Really good, yes.
0:48:33 > 0:48:36- Thank you very much indeed. - No problem.
0:48:38 > 0:48:42Back in Tiger Territory, the three young sisters are bigger, bolder
0:48:42 > 0:48:46and far more dangerous than ever before.
0:48:46 > 0:48:51So it's vital that the patrol staff all know what to do in any kind of emergency.
0:48:51 > 0:48:55For example, what would happen if a visitor's car broke down
0:48:55 > 0:48:57right amongst the tigers?
0:48:57 > 0:49:03Today, Bob Trollope is running through the recovery drill with some new members of staff.
0:49:03 > 0:49:07The car will be roughly here,
0:49:07 > 0:49:10so I shall be pulling up along here.
0:49:10 > 0:49:14I shall be obviously getting out to go to the boot,
0:49:14 > 0:49:18and then I want you to be as close as possible to me,
0:49:18 > 0:49:22but obviously between the tigers and myself.
0:49:22 > 0:49:26Bearing in mind, the tigers might be moving around.
0:49:26 > 0:49:27So they could be anywhere.
0:49:27 > 0:49:31So we might have to juggle things around, so I'm in a safe area.
0:49:31 > 0:49:35For the exercise, Bob will have to get a towrope
0:49:35 > 0:49:42from the boot of the broken-down car before calling in park mechanic Rob Feltham to tow it away.
0:49:42 > 0:49:47If at all, at any time, they look like they're going to come over,
0:49:47 > 0:49:51shout to me. It's no good getting on the radio and telling me.
0:49:51 > 0:49:54Shout to me, because I will get back in and leave it as it is.
0:49:54 > 0:49:58So Kate, you're going to be
0:49:58 > 0:50:00the patrol person in here today. OK?
0:50:00 > 0:50:04This may be a drill, but Bob will actually be getting out
0:50:04 > 0:50:08surrounded by three very real tigers.
0:50:08 > 0:50:13So junior keeper Kate will definitely be on the spot.
0:50:13 > 0:50:17This is the first time I've ever had a breakdown. A bit nervous.
0:50:17 > 0:50:21A tiger could get Bob, and obviously if they get hold of him,
0:50:21 > 0:50:23then they can potentially kill him.
0:50:23 > 0:50:27So it's going to be slightly nerve-racking and a bit anxious.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30RADIO: '39-30 Rob?'
0:50:32 > 0:50:37My safety is in the hands of the new keeper.
0:50:42 > 0:50:46For this practice emergency, two members of the Animal Park production team
0:50:46 > 0:50:51have volunteered to be the unfortunate visitors in a broken-down vehicle.
0:50:51 > 0:50:52Hello.
0:50:52 > 0:50:56- Is there something wrong? - Yes, we've broken down.
0:50:56 > 0:50:57The car just won't move.
0:50:57 > 0:50:59OK. I'll radio up and get some help.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01- Cool.- Thank you.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03First section to Live 3?
0:51:03 > 0:51:08- Hello?- I've got a car broken down in the top of the section.
0:51:08 > 0:51:12- Can you come and give us a hand, please?- Yes, I'm on my way.
0:51:12 > 0:51:14Can you just remain in the vehicle?
0:51:14 > 0:51:16- Thank you. Sorry.- It's OK.
0:51:18 > 0:51:24Bob heads straight over, to find that things are more complex than expected.
0:51:28 > 0:51:33We have a situation here where we've got tigers on either side.
0:51:33 > 0:51:37Because Soundari, on the stand, is the closest one to us,
0:51:37 > 0:51:40I'll just ask Kate to come around here,
0:51:40 > 0:51:44and we'll form a sort of a triangle.
0:51:44 > 0:51:49So really and truly, Kate has to keep an eye on both these tigers.
0:51:49 > 0:51:53It's quite a dangerous situation because you are only going to be
0:51:53 > 0:51:55looking in only one place at any one time.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00OK? Can you turn your engine off so I can hear you shout,
0:52:00 > 0:52:02and open your window, please?
0:52:03 > 0:52:05Here goes.
0:52:09 > 0:52:13- If they come at any side, just shout. I'll get back in.- Will do.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16Now Bob is completely exposed,
0:52:16 > 0:52:19and he's got his back to one of the tigers.
0:52:19 > 0:52:23When you turn your back on a wild animal, it sees its chance.
0:52:23 > 0:52:27The worst scenario is that a tiger will go for me.
0:52:27 > 0:52:32At all times, hopefully, there'll be a barrier between me and the animals.
0:52:32 > 0:52:37I'm just protecting Bob from all the tigers. Just to make sure.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39Just keeping an eye on what he's doing
0:52:39 > 0:52:42and also on what the other cars are doing.
0:52:42 > 0:52:47It is very dangerous, but unfortunately cars do break down,
0:52:47 > 0:52:52and you can't just leave them there and wait until the end of the day,
0:52:52 > 0:52:55until the animals are put in.
0:52:55 > 0:52:58Tow rope out, Bob calls in the mechanic.
0:53:00 > 0:53:04Rob, we've got a breakdown in the tiger section. The clutch has gone.
0:53:04 > 0:53:06Is there any chance you can tow it out?
0:53:09 > 0:53:11And here comes Rob.
0:53:11 > 0:53:15Bob needs to get out again, to attach the rope.
0:53:15 > 0:53:18And now the tigers are taking a lot more interest.
0:53:18 > 0:53:22OK, see everything? Can you turn your engine off again, please?
0:53:25 > 0:53:27Bob, she's getting up.
0:53:28 > 0:53:31Bob, she's just standing up.
0:53:33 > 0:53:35OK?
0:53:37 > 0:53:39OK, Rob, it's all yours.
0:53:39 > 0:53:44Job done. The car is soon towed to safety outside Tiger Territory.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46The car is safely out of the section now.
0:53:46 > 0:53:51The staff performed well but working with wild animals means there's always a risk.
0:53:51 > 0:53:55Nine times out of ten, it's only a couple of minutes' operation,
0:53:55 > 0:53:59but if they see a chance to have a go at you then they will.
0:53:59 > 0:54:01We're the ones
0:54:01 > 0:54:03getting out into their territory.
0:54:03 > 0:54:08We're intruding on their territory, so that's what you've got to expect.
0:54:08 > 0:54:11The three sisters are still young.
0:54:11 > 0:54:13Soon they'll be even bigger, and even bolder.
0:54:13 > 0:54:18So we can expect a lot more action up in Tiger Territory.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20Look out for that later in the series.
0:54:29 > 0:54:33We first started filming at Longleat ten years ago,
0:54:33 > 0:54:37when this ball of fluff was just four weeks old,
0:54:37 > 0:54:40and Darren was an awful lot younger.
0:54:40 > 0:54:45She's a barn owl named Harriet and we followed her progress as Darren
0:54:45 > 0:54:49trained her to fly to the gauntlet and to be relaxed around people.
0:54:49 > 0:54:52Today, we've come to catch up.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54She's looking great!
0:54:54 > 0:54:56Isn't she wonderful? She's...
0:54:56 > 0:54:59She deserves a medal for long service, I think. She's superb.
0:54:59 > 0:55:03She must be one of the longest residents of Pets' Corner, is she?
0:55:03 > 0:55:05Yes, she's just about...
0:55:05 > 0:55:10She and her partner, Ollie, the other barn owl, they've been here longer than most of the staff!
0:55:10 > 0:55:13And some of the animals. And she is wonderful.
0:55:13 > 0:55:17We bring her out to see the visitors and everybody is always so amazed
0:55:17 > 0:55:19when they see a barn owl so close up.
0:55:19 > 0:55:22What is the life expectancy of an owl?
0:55:22 > 0:55:25It's really sad. In the wild, it's almost non-existent.
0:55:25 > 0:55:28One, two years maybe, because there's so many dangers.
0:55:28 > 0:55:30Lack of food, and weather and cars and things.
0:55:30 > 0:55:34I've heard of barn owls living 20-plus, even 30, in captivity.
0:55:34 > 0:55:38So you give them somewhere safe and secure and a bit of TLC,
0:55:38 > 0:55:40and they'll do you proud.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43So basically, she might even outlast YOU here?
0:55:43 > 0:55:44Yes, she might well be!
0:55:44 > 0:55:46She'll be pushing me around.
0:55:46 > 0:55:49I'm not sure. But she is a wonderful creature.
0:55:49 > 0:55:52Well, she's showing off beautifully for us here. Can I...
0:55:52 > 0:55:56- I've got my glove at the ready. - Certainly. I'll pass her over.
0:55:56 > 0:55:59So you just have a little tether that doesn't hurt the foot,
0:55:59 > 0:56:02- just to keep her in place? - These are called jesses.
0:56:02 > 0:56:05Little strips of leather that attach around anklets.
0:56:05 > 0:56:08You see the dye's coming off the leather a bit.
0:56:08 > 0:56:11What we really do is you try and gain her confidence,
0:56:11 > 0:56:15and all that business early on, where I was hand-rearing her,
0:56:15 > 0:56:19makes her think I'm Dad, I'm kind, and everything will be all right.
0:56:19 > 0:56:22And once you've got that trust with any animal, really...
0:56:22 > 0:56:25You can see now how calm she is. She is an amazing creature.
0:56:25 > 0:56:28And what is the secret of her youth? That's what I want to know.
0:56:28 > 0:56:32Three mice a day, I think, Ben! I'm going to leave it.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34I might try it.
0:56:34 > 0:56:37I'd like to see you try and catch one as well as she does.
0:56:37 > 0:56:39Oh, Harriet, don't quite go off yet.
0:56:39 > 0:56:42It is almost time for the end of the programme but just give us
0:56:42 > 0:56:45a moment to say thank you very much indeed, Darren.
0:56:45 > 0:56:49Well done for turning what was, well, a little fluffy ball
0:56:49 > 0:56:51into such a magnificent bird.
0:56:51 > 0:56:55And sadly, that's all we've got time for on today's programme.
0:56:55 > 0:56:58But from Ben and from me, and from Harriet,
0:56:58 > 0:57:01goodbye and here's what's coming up on the next Animal Park.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03Off she goes.
0:57:06 > 0:57:12Jo in Pets' Corner has to blow the whistle when one of her marmosets makes a bid for freedom.
0:57:17 > 0:57:23Ben tries to play goatherd but the kids are running him ragged.
0:57:23 > 0:57:25Flapper really doesn't want to be caught, does he?
0:57:25 > 0:57:30And find out what happened when Africa's most dangerous animal
0:57:30 > 0:57:32escaped into the Wiltshire countryside.
0:57:32 > 0:57:36So don't miss the next Animal Park.
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