Big Cat Diary

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.

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.

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.

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.

The cheetah and her cubs finally reappear and presenters Simon King and Jonathan Scott spend day and night tracking the big cats.

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.

The big cats of the Masaai Mara wildlife community as never seen before. Specialist wildlife presenters follow a pride of lions, a cheetah mother and her cubs and the elusive leopard. A very personal relationship develops between the humans and animals as the daily routines and the ups and downs are recorded over six weeks.