THURSDAY
Orangutan Jungle School Choice TV, 7.30pm
This series, described as a ‘docu-soap rather than a nature documentary, sounds like a great premise for a Disney movie. It follows a group of orphaned orangutans as they learn the skills they will need to survive in the jungle. One of the star pupils is Alba, the only known albino orangutan in the world.
Crazy On A Plane Prime, 8.30pm
Perhaps avert your eyes if there’s air travel in your near future. This series features tales of terror from the airport and stories of passengers gone wild as they rattle across the sky in those tin transportation tubes.
Our Shirley Valentine Summer TVNZ 1, 8.30pm
It’s been called Love Island for celebrities, although describing the cast of this UK series as ‘celebrities’ is a somewhat generous appraisal. Channelling the movie Shirley Valentine, in which a middle-aged woman rediscovers herself, eight women seek out a similar experience on a Greek island.