My Wild Affair

2014 • PBS
4.6
7 reviews
TV-PG
Rating
Eligible
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Season 1 episodes (4)

1 The Elephant Who Found a Mom
7/16/14
Season-only
From PBS - This is the heartbreaking story of Aisha, the baby elephant orphan, and Daphne Sheldrick, the woman who became her human foster parent. Their intense bond reaches a crisis point when Daphne leaves Aisha with a babysitter for a few days to attend her daughter's wedding. Aisha believes she has lost Daphne for good and refuses to eat, leading to her death. Heartbroken, Daphne uses the lessons learned from Aisha's short life to help her save more than 150 orphans over the next 40 years.
2 The Ape Who Went to College
7/23/14
Season-only
From PBS - This is the incredible story of Chantek, the orangutan raised as a human child on an American university campus during the 70s and 80s. Taught to speak in sign language, he is now living among his own kind at Zoo Atlanta, although he describes himself as an "orangutan person."
3 The Rhino Who Joined the Family
7/30/14
Season-only
From PBS - Rescued from flooding caused by the damming of the Zambezi River, Rupert, an orphaned black rhinoceros, was brought up in the suburban family home of wildlife vet Dr. John Condy. Rupert captured the hearts of the vet's four young children before his eventual release into the wild. Fifty years later, the children are searching for clues to their childhood friend's fate.
4 The Seal Who Came Home
8/6/14
Season-only
From PBS - "The Seal Who Came Home" is the true story of Andre, a two-day-old wild harbor seal who, in 1961, was rescued from certain death by Harry Goodridge, an arborist from Rockport, Maine. Over the next 25 years, Andre and Harry established a friendship that brought Andre into the world of humans without Andre's ever having to sacrifice his wildness. The human world gave Andre shelter during the harsh New England winter, but staying wild at heart meant Andre had the know-how to make the 200-mile swim home to Rockport. This interspecies friendship weathered every kind of challenge, including, at the end, Andre's blindness.

About this show

From PBS - My Wild Affair tells the moving stories of animals that formed an unlikely bond with a human by the people whose lives were changed forever. In a profoundly moving journey, they put their experiences into perspective. With unique access to home movies, film, and TV archives the stories span the decades from the 1950s to 1980s, and shine new light on the very different attitudes of a previous age. These rare relationships cross the divide between our species and provide a glimpse of the inner life of the creatures who share our world. Each animal's story is a lesson from the recent past with the power to change our modern view of their species.

Ratings and reviews

4.6
7 reviews
Katie G
July 20, 2014
Watched this a few days ago SUPER early in AM and it is heartwarming, bittersweet and overall amazing. I wish I could go out and guy this on DVD! I love the raw footage and gorgeous pictures!