Understanding Cats (1995)
Synopsis
Have you ever wondered just what makes your cat tick? We are both fascinated and infuriated by this most enigmatic of animals: lovable pet one minute, merciless hunter the next. Here television's top feline presenter and cat expert Roger Tabor reveals why cats behave the way they do and shows us how we can learn to understand and appreciate their impact on our lives in eight short programmes.
Network
BBC Two
Episodes
Understanding Your Cat
Amazing that we live with cats and dogs yet both so different. The cat's more solitary world bonded by affection, while dog's pack hierarchy works by aggression. The secret to understanding your cat is to realise its design and lifestyle is that of a woodland hunter.
Choosing Your Cat
More people are owning cats, including single parent families, pedigrees, moggies, longhairs and shorthairs. How to choose a kitten, what to look for and what age. How to introduce your new kitten, or cat, to its new home.
Kittens Learning About the World
Sex and the single cat. The stages that kittens grow through. Learning for adult life. Playing with prey.
The Territorial Cat
Your cat's own patch, where it goes, its territory. How cats see us as part of their group. Signposting with scent, chinning, rubbing and spraying, clawing trees and snoozing spots.
Communicating in Cat
Voice and body language - it's reciprocal. Tail and face expressions and their meanings. How and why cats purr - the gentle bond. Play - mutual expression, juvenile behaviour for us too.
Breaking Bad Habits
The key problems and how to tackle them, fouling, spraying, aggression. Confined cats and quality time with a cat gym and toys.
Cat Care
Food in the life of the cat, the whole menu. The very special needs of the cat, high protein grants sleep, gives longevity, but at a high price. The grooming ritual, licking and combing. The elderly cat.
The Mystery of the Cat
The cat and its behaviour have made it an enigma that has been misunderstood for centuries. Egyptian origins of the cult of the cat. Fertility goddesses into witch's familiar. Weather prediction by cats. The never-ending interrelationship of woman and cats.
Cast
Details
Original Title
Understanding Cats
Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
8
Production
Bowe Tennant Productions