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Big Cat Diary

Season 1

1996 · 6 episodes

  1. 1. Day One

    1996-09-11

    A series of wildlife reports from Kenya's Masai Mara. Simon King and Jonathan Scott follow a cheetah and her cubs, a pride of lions and the elusive leopard.

  2. 2. Day Two

    1996-09-18

    A series of wildlife reports from Kenya's Masai Mara. The Big Cat Diary team watch the animals' night-time routine.

  3. 3. Day Three

    1996-09-25

    Fundi the cheetah and her two cubs go missing and the search is on to find them and two impressive new male lions have moved in on the territory of one of the prides.

  4. 4. Day Four

    1996-10-02

    Wildlife reports from Kenya's Masai Mara. After four weeks of filming, the cats are becoming more familiar and the team captures some footage of Half-Tail the leopard and her cub.

  5. 5. Day Five

    1996-10-09

    Jonathan Scott gets his first view of Half-Tail's new leopard cubs, and watches some lions stalk a zebra. Meanwhile, Simon King watches Amber the cheetah and her brood trying to overpower a wildebeest calf.

  6. 6. Day 6

    1996-10-16

    Wildlife reports from Kenya's Masai Mara. The Mara's wildebeest migration is the largest for over 20 years.

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