Animal Airport

Heathrow's Animal Reception team deals with an illegal shipment of chameleons from Ghana in Africa. They're bound for Japan but with many dead on arrival, this consignment is going nowhere. It's a challenge to save the surviving chameleons from severe dehydration, but is it already too late?

Four cheetahs are detained on their way from South Africa to Russia. Despite their ingenuity and best efforts the staff cannot find two of the cheetah's identifying microchips and they have to prepare for the big cats' extended stay. Animal Health Inspector Sharon is called to an illegal bulldog, which has been brought into the UK from Eastern Europe without the correct vaccinations.

Animal Health Officer Stuart confronts a man attempting to smuggle a tortoise into the UK. The man becomes violent when Stuart discovers he's hidden it in his underpants. At the Animal Reception Centre some escaped Tarantulas need repackaging which is bad news for Mel who has arachnophobia. Two Siberian Foxes make an overnight stay en route from Moscow to the United States.

An American woman's hopes of a family reunion are dashed when her son is denied entry in to the UK and his dog is stranded in transit. Behind the scenes with the sniffer dogs a couple are caught carrying 15,000 in cash out of the country.

A consignment of Cheetahs has been detained on their way from South Africa to a Russian zoo. The team are struggling to locate the microchips in two of the cheetahs and now they must dart and x-ray them. It's a risky business and they're proceeding with caution. A six week old puppy called Lilly is detained off a flight from Morocco.

A Madagascan Ring-Tailed Lemur has been found on the loose in central London. The Animal Reception Centre provides it with a temporary home as the team fights for its survival. A woman is in tears when her Husky - which has been trained to warn her when she is about to have an epileptic seizure - is taken in to quarantine.

It's the Animal Reception Centre's busiest day ever. With a change in Britain's quarantine laws there's a flood of dogs and cats arriving from around the planet and tempers flare as their jet-lagged owners are forced to wait for hours to be re-united with their pets - and two dogs imported from Poland without the right paperwork only make matters worse.

Deputy Managers Tristan and Suzie take on one of the world's most dangerous predators as they attempt to re-locate two Cuban Crocodiles at the London Aquarium. Ross is given the run-around by some tricky tarantulas. One of the world's rarest animals - the Bamboo Lemur - makes an unusual appearance at the Animal Reception Centre and three dogs fly in by private jet.

Animal Health Inspectors Sharon and Deborah are tracking down a consignment of puppies that has been brought in to the UK illegally. It's feeding time for the Animal Reception Centre's slipperiest customers and Stuart's taking no chances when it comes to the resident Rock Python - and a grumpy Mastiff arrives in an oversized crate, but is Mr. Tinkerbell's bark worse than his bite?

Animal Health Inspector Sharon has to track down and detain a dog which may be carrying rabies only to find its angry owner follows her back to the Animal Reception Centre. Then it's back to the garden of a house in suburban London that is temporary home to Ruby the cow.

Animal Health Officer Stuart keeps clear of one of the most powerful bites in the natural world as an Alligator Snapping Turtle is found in a pond in the British countryside. The night shift has an unusual visitor, a rescued pet Chimpanzee that will only drink orangeade - and shipment of deadly Malaysian King Cobras arrives at the ARC, but is the crate more deadly than the contents?

One of the world's rarest birds, the Spoon-Billed Sandpiper flies in from Moscow in a last ditch attempt to save it from extinction. Two South African guard dogs arrive from Johannesburg; but far from savage, one of them is sick and stuck in transit; and animal health officers Jane and Claude struggle to measure a Boxer. The trouble is the dog's already got the measure of them.

A passenger becomes distraught when his dog is prevented from boarding a flight home to the United States. A zoo closure sees the team at the Animal Reception Centre taking in a Sloth, a Coati and an Ibis, but there's a familiar face amongst the refugees, Mango the Cockatoo - and a Brazilian street dog talks tough and he doesn't like estrangeiros.