Created in collaboration with Keo Films, one-off special Janis and Lucy focuses on the relationship between the chimpanzee, Lucy, and a young student who befriended her.
However, by the time she’d reached 11, Lucy was too strong to be kept by a human family.
Janis and Lucy follows Carter’s story and features first-person testimony, something she has never given on the topic before.
“It takes us back to a very different time, but it has a powerful message for today,” says executive producer Matt Cole.