Lion Country: Night and Day (2017)

7.7 (3 votes)

1 Season

February 5, 2017

English

Documentary

Synopsis

Lions are the world's most social cats and their family dramas rival anything seen in a TV soap. This series follows two lion prides in extraordinary detail, following them night and day for six months in South Luangwa National Park in Zambia, one of Africa’s last great wildernesses

Network

ITV1

Episodes

Young & Vunerable

Feb 5, 2017

Young cub Pip's adventurous nature soon gets him into trouble as he wanders away from the pride. A lost, lonely young lion is easy prey for prowling leopards and hyenas. Meanwhile Pip's cousins Ziggy and Prince have troubles of their own. They've survived an attack from a rival male lion, but now their mum Rosa is trying to re-join her pride. Ziggy and Prince's new step-dads are far from happy.

Prides in Conflict

Feb 12, 2017

60 min

Tensions rise between two lion prides as their territories overlap - which has dangerous consequences for an orphaned elephant searching for its family group. Two dominant males try to regain control of their old pride.

Boiling Point

Feb 19, 2017

60 min

Just as it seems lion cubs Prince and Ziggy have finally been accepted into the pride a jealous lioness intends to get rid of them. Rogue males invade the territory of the Hollywood pride threatening their cubs.