← Big Cat Diary

Season 2

10 episodes · 1998

  1. 1

    Day One

    Oct 11, 199823 min

    The intimate lives of cheetahs, lions and leopards are revealed in a true life diary of totally wild animals. Features Amber, Shadow and the Marsh pride.

  2. 2

    Day Two

    Oct 18, 199823 min

    The Marsh lions are doing well, but Amber the cheetah and family are chased off by baboons and Half-Tail the leopard almost comes to a tragic end.

  3. 3

    Day Three

    Oct 25, 199823 min★ 7.6

    Zebras are in for trouble as they try to swim across crocodile infested waters. Half-Tail the leopard has become a mother again, and a Marsh pride male plays with his cubs.

  4. 4

    Day Four

    Nov 1, 199823 min★ 7.4

    Vultures, buffalo and a rival pride cause trouble for the Marsh pride lions. Amber the cheetah reappears after three days' absence, and Half-Tail the leopard has new cubs.

  5. 5

    Day Five

    Nov 8, 199823 min

    The cheetahs have good luck and bad - killing a warthog, but having their next meal stolen by a hyena. Shadow's luck is all bad, but the lions are having a better day.

  6. 6

    Day 6

    Nov 15, 199823 min

    Shadow the leopard marks her territory, the cheetah cubs make their first solo kill, and the Marsh pride cubs are in danger from a herd of buffalo.

  7. 7

    Day 7

    Nov 22, 199823 min

    Torrential downpours every afternoon make life hard for the film crews, but bring hunting opportunities for the big cats, as the gazelles huddle with their backs to the rain.

  8. 8

    Day 8

    Nov 29, 199823 min

    In Kenya's Masai Mara we follow the cheetahs hunting an impala, Jonathan Scott sees Shadow the leopard having problems with a noisy jackal, and the lion cubs are in danger.

  9. 9

    Day 9

    Dec 6, 199823 min

    The latest update from Kenya's Masai Mara. Jonathan Scott returns to the scene of the previous episode's carnage, while Simon King follows the saga of Amber the cheetah and her three full grown cubs and also enjoys a close encounter with baboons.

  10. 10

    Day 10

    Dec 13, 199823 min

    Simon King and Jonathan Scott conclude their study of the Masai Mara's lions, leopards and cheetahs, with sightings of Half-Tail, Shadow, Amber and the Marsh pride.