The PG Tips chimps were loved by the public and helped make the tea brand one of the UK's most popular. But while the nation laughed, were the animals' lives being damaged? Choppers the chimpanzee - ...

Choppers - the last of the PG Tips chimps - has sadly died at the age of 48. The chimpanzee, based at Twycross Zoo in Warwickshire, was suffering from heart and liver failure and had to be put to ...

Channel 5 will delve into the world of the PG Tips chimps in a new documentary. The Secrets of the Tea Chimps will look at the lives of the stars of the famous ads, and include interviews from their ...

Choppers, the last of the original PG Tips chimpanzees died at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire at the age of 48. First broadcast on TV in 1971, Choppers wore a grey wig to play the old 'lady' Ada in ...

They were the biggest animal stars of their day, earning the equivalent of £2,000 a week. Millions remember the chimps of the PG Tips adverts, delicately sipping tea out of china cups and chatting to ...

It was a chimpanzee beloved by Brits throughout the 1970s as it became the star of the PG Tips advert. And now the life story ...

The most famous chimpanzees in the UK are to be replaced by a younger model. The chimps have been used in commercials to advertise PG Tips tea since Christmas 1956, making this the longest-running ...