• 1996
  • TV-G
  • 25m
Big Cat Diary

Summary Come along on an adventure with Jonathan Scott, Simon King, and other professionals and camera crews as they journey through the Masai Mara game park in Kenya, Africa. In their travels they follow many different families and prides of animals, mainly focusing on a few different lion prides, leopards, and cheetahs, stunning males, aggressive yet loving females, and cute cubs too! View more details

  • 1996
  • TV-G
  • 25m

Big Cat Diary

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Jonathan Scott Simon King Saba Douglas-Hamilton Toto the Cheetah

All cast & crew

8.7

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Sep 10, 1996

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : BBC

Language : English

Filming locations : Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Discovery UK

Summary Come along on an adventure with Jonathan Scott, Simon King, and other professionals and camera crews as they journey through the Masai Mara game park in Kenya, Africa. In their travels they follow many different families and prides of animals, mainly focusing on a few different lion prides, leopards, and cheetahs, stunning males, aggressive yet loving females, and cute cubs too! View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Sep 10, 1996

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : BBC

Language : English

Filming locations : Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Discovery UK

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 10, 1996
Episode #1.1
As the plains dry out following the rains, over a million wildebeest charge into the reserve. For the predators, it is a bonanza. They include two prides of lions: the Marsh and the Ridge. The production team also encounters the elusive leopard and a cheetah mother with two three-month old cubs.
Episode 2 • Sep 17, 1996
Episode #1.2
Torrential storms have turned the short grass plains into a quagmire, and the "Big Cat Diary" team can only hope that the rains will stop so that they can continue their vigil after sun-down.
Episode 3 • Sep 24, 1996
Episode #1.3
The cheetah and her two cubs have gone missing while the leopard and her cub are less elusive. One pride of lions has dispersed, but two new males have moved in. A nearby herd of zebras could mean a lion hunt.
Episode 4 • Oct 01, 1996
Episode #1.4
Simon King, Jonathan Scott and the "Big Cat Diary" team have now been tracking the cheetahs, lions and leopards of the Masai Mara for four weeks.
Episode 5 • Oct 08, 1996
Episode #1.5
The cheetah and her cubs finally reappear and presenters Simon King and Jonathan Scott spend day and night tracking the big cats.
Episode 6 • Oct 15, 1996
The Elusive Prey
In the final program, presenters Simon King and Jonathan Scott say a sad farewell to the big cats they have grown to know and love over the last six weeks in the Masai Mara.

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