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'''Cheap as Chimps''' was a spin-off of [[Monkey News]], created as sort of insurance, in case there "hadn't been much Monkey News that week". It involved [[Karl Pilkington|Karl]] finding out how much a chimp cost, and how many bananas a day they needed. The feature only ran for a couple of episodes (in 2003), never really having legs. The reason Karl gave for winding it up was that investigative journalist Donal McIntyre had nicked the idea for his Channel 5 show. And he found out on a highly illegal website that chimps weren't cheap. | '''Cheap as Chimps''' was a spin-off of [[Monkey News]], created as a sort of insurance, in case there "hadn't been much Monkey News that week". It involved [[Karl Pilkington|Karl]] finding out how much a chimp cost, and how many bananas a day they needed. The feature only ran for a couple of episodes (in 2003), never really having legs. The reason Karl gave for winding it up was that investigative journalist Donal McIntyre had nicked the idea for his Channel 5 show. And he found out on a highly illegal website that chimps weren't cheap. | ||
The first Cheap as Chimps was in Episode 53 ([[15 March 2003]]). | The first Cheap as Chimps was in Episode 53 ([[15 March 2003]]). | ||
[[Category:Features|Cheap as Chimps]] | [[Category:Features|Cheap as Chimps]] | ||
Revision as of 20:02, 19 June 2008
Cheap as Chimps was a spin-off of Monkey News, created as a sort of insurance, in case there "hadn't been much Monkey News that week". It involved Karl finding out how much a chimp cost, and how many bananas a day they needed. The feature only ran for a couple of episodes (in 2003), never really having legs. The reason Karl gave for winding it up was that investigative journalist Donal McIntyre had nicked the idea for his Channel 5 show. And he found out on a highly illegal website that chimps weren't cheap.
The first Cheap as Chimps was in Episode 53 (15 March 2003).