Editing Chester Zoo (section)

==Television==<!-- [[Zoo Days]] redirects to this section -->
[[File:Flamingos at Chester Zoo.webm|thumb|[[Flamingo]]s filmed by a visitor of the zoo.]]
During summer 2007, television crews from [[Granada Television|Granada]] filmed at Chester for the documentary series ''Zoo Days'', a behind the scenes look at the day-to-day running of the zoo, narrated by [[Jane Horrocks]]. British broadcast rights were sold to [[Five (channel)|Five]] and the first 20-part series began airing on British terrestrial TV on 8 October 2007, transmitting on weekday evenings in a regular 6:30 pm slot. A second 20-part series of ''Zoo Days'' was swiftly commissioned and began airing on 3 March 2008.<ref>{{cite web | title = Zoo Days returns to the small screen | work = Chester Zoo website | url = http://chesterzoo.org/Home/News/Zoo%20Days.aspx | access-date = 5 March 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080312023852/http://www.chesterzoo.org/Home/News/Zoo%20Days.aspx | archive-date = 12 March 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The third 20-part series was broadcast from [[Colchester Zoo]], before returning to Chester for the fourth 20-part series on 10 November 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chesterzoo.org/Home/News/October%202008/Zoo%20Days%20Series%20Three.aspx|title=Zoo Days Series Three|access-date=29 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026023015/http://www.chesterzoo.org/Home/News/October%202008/Zoo%20Days%20Series%20Three.aspx|archive-date=26 October 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2014 the zoo was the subject of [[BBC One]] drama ''[[Our Zoo]]'', telling the story of the founding of Chester Zoo by the Mottershead family in the 1930s and featured [[Lee Ingleby]] as [[George Mottershead]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Zoo |department=Media Centre |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/ourzoo |work=BCC |date=20 August 2014 |access-date=24 August 2014}}</ref> During the six-part series, the show reached audiences in excess of five million viewers and was nominated for two national TV awards.<ref>{{Cite web|title = BBC confirms no second series of Our Zoo|url = http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/bbc-confirms-no-second-series-8260107|access-date = 2015-07-20|first = Carmella de|last = Lucia|date = 9 December 2014}}</ref>

In January 2016, [[Channel 4]] began broadcasting a six-part series, ''[[The Secret Life of the Zoo]]'', following the keepers and animals at Chester Zoo and narrated by [[Olivia Colman]] from Series 1 to 5 and [[Tamsin Grieg]] since Series 6. The first series was a ratings success and was recommissioned for a second series. Series 2 aired at the end of 2016. The show has now run for ten seasons with a compilation series in 2020.