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Survival of the Fittest

In its Victorian heyday, visitors marvelled at 'the Ark in the park'. By 1991, however, London Zoo was in trouble. With government subsidies ended, the loss-making institution had one year to balance its books or face extinction. In came the moneymen and out went 1300 animals - a third of the zoo's collection - and 26 keepers. In too came Molly Dineen, director/producer/photographer of The Ark, the BBC's four-part series about those troubled twelve months.

English
  • Originally Aired November 1, 1993
  • Content Rating Great Britain 15
  • Network United Kingdom BBC
  • Created November 14, 2025 by
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