Terry Pratchett's Jungle Quest (1995)

Filmed on location in Borneo and London, Terry Pratchett's Jungle Quest was a documentary directed by Andy in 1995, which was shown on Channel 4 UK. Since the original screenings, the broadcast rights to the film have passed to Andy. Any enquiries to purchase the rights can be made to directly to him at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Among the praise that 'Terry Pratchett's Jungle Quest' received was a comment by Sir Alec Guinness in his diary (published the following year), that it was - 'the most impressive thing I've seen on the box this year'.

Running Time: 26 minutes
Original format: Super 16mm, Colour
Completion Format: Digital Betacam, PAL, 14x9
Written by: Terry Pratchett
Director/Camera: Andy McLeod
Producer: Sara Brown
Executive Producer: Richard Reisz

Cast:

Sir Terry Pratchett is one of the most popular authors writing today. He is best known for his hugely popular Discworld novels, a fantasy series, which feature the Discworld character The Librarian, who was transformed into an orangutan. This prompted Terry Pratchett’s curiosity about orangutans and his long-term support of the Orangutan Foundation. In 1995 Terry visited Indonesian Borneo with Orangutan Foundation to see orangutans in the wild and film Terry Pratchett’s Jungle Quest for a Channel 4 television documentary. Terry has won numerous literary awards, has received four honorary doctorates, was appointed OBE for services to literature in 1998 and he was knighted in the 2009 New Year Honours.

Mr Ian Redmond OBE is a tropical field biologist and conservationist, renowned for his work with great apes and elephants. He established and chairs the Ape Alliance, a coalition of more than 40 organisations supporting great ape conservation and welfare. He is Chief Consultant for the UNEP/UNESCO Great Apes Survival Project. His career began at the Karisoke Research Centre in Rwanda, assisting the late Dr. Dian Fossey in her research and conservation work among mountain gorillas. He is the author of several books (Primates of the World, The Elephant Book), articles and scientific papers and has been a consultant on many TV and film productions including the film Gorillas in the Mist. In 2006 Ian was appointed OBE for his services to conservation.

Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas: Scientist, conservationist, educator: for almost four decades Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas has studied and worked closely with the orangutans of Indonesian Borneo in their natural habitat, and is today the world’s foremost authority on the orangutan. Featured twice on the cover of National Geographic, and the author of scores of scientific articles and reviews, Galdikas has published four books, including her autobiography, Reflections of Eden.

The film was made in association with The Orangutan Foundation UK