In 1998, Keiko became the first ever killer whale to be released back into the wild after a life of captivity.

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Keiko shot to fame as the star of the 1993 Hollywood blockbuster, Free Willy.

A multimillion dollar campaign to free Keiko began following the success of the movie and he was flown back to his native country, Iceland.

Dave Phillips was in charge of making it all happen. He has been sharing his memories with Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty.

00:00 Introduction
00:21 Free Willy
04:21 How was Keiko living?
08:10 How do you move an Orca?
13:36 Freeing Keiko
20:10 Outro

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