Jonathan Scott and Simon King follow the real life day-to-day activities of five families of lion, leopard and cheetah on location in Kenya's Masai Mara. Half-Tail the leopard and her cub deal with streams in spate and fail to catch any impala. Fundi the cheetah has 10-month-old cubs, who chase a fox and an aardwolf. Kidogo the cheetah has playful 12-week-old cubs. The lionesses of the Marsh pride put up with torrential rain and aggressive males.
What do the big cats do in the dead of night? Equipped with night-vision goggles and using special infra-red cameras, the Big Cat Diary team are able to unravel some of the answers as they move around the bush in complete darkness.
Kidogo the cheetah relaxes with her cubs and successfully hunts a gazelle. One of Kidogo's cubs traps its paw in some branches. Half-Tail the leopard stores her kill up one tree - and her cub falls out of another one. A lioness mates with three different males.
Simon King and Jonathan Scott have been tracking the big cats for four weeks. With every day the individual animals and their habits are becoming more familiar. Simon introduces us to Young Girl, Old One and the Outcast, all lionesses. The female leopard, Half Tail, and her surviving cub hunt, feed and play by day and night. Kidogo, the cheetah mother, must keep clear of the neighbouring lion pride as she seeks out food for her two young cubs.
Simon King and Jonathan Scott spend every daylight hour unravelling the character and habits of the big cats they have followed for the last five weeks. With the aid of infra-red light, they continue their vigil into the night. Half-Tail the leopard and her cub have become more mobile, both by day and by night. The Big pride of lions can also be elusive, but with so many young cubs in the group, the effort to track them down pays off. Fundi the cheetah and her cubs are in good shape.
The heavy rains disperse the prey on the Masai Mara; hungry lionesses and their cubs face uncertainty.
Returning to the Masai Mara, the Marsh Pride have many young cubs whilst Shadow is on her own.
Amber the Cheetah's cubs try hunting but need to improve.
Half-Tail the leopard appears to be a mum again as the Marsh Pride males show surprising levels of affection to the cubs.
The drama continues for the Big Cats as Amber and her cubs play on the cars.
The older cheetah cubs hunt but chose the wrong prey but are soon without Amber.
Without their mum, the cheetah cubs hunt and succeed but buafflo threaten the lion cubs.
The fall of rain makes things easy for the big cats and the cars provide shelter for the cheetah cubs.
Jackals cause trouble for Shadow but Buffalo attack the Marsh Pride.
The buffalo attack has left one lion cub dead but amazingly the rest have survived as the drama continues.
As the series comes to an end, the drama continues as Amber becomes frustrated with her cubs.
The Masai Mara is suffering from a terrible drought but Shadow has a cub and Solo the young lion cub is with his mum.
Worrying news for Shadow and her cub Safi as a male leopard is hunting nearby as Solo plays with mum.
The Marsh Pride teenagers attack a Hippo whilst Solo's mum is found having been attacked.
After being attacked, Solo's mum rejoins the Ridge Pride with Solo as Amber struggles to hunt.
Solo becomes the playmate of the rest of the pride but a male leopard attacks Shadow and Safi.
The search is on for Shadow and Safi following the attack but where are they and is Safi still alive.
Safi is found alive and well but there is no sign of Shadow as Solo spends time with the male lions.
As the series comes to an end, Shadow starts to spend less time with Safi but Solo the lion cub has gone missing.
Shadow is showing signs of being a new mum whilst Marsh Pride mum's try to keep their cubs away from the pride.
Looking for Solo, Jonathon finds him with a buddy as they deal with other lions as Honey the cheetah teaches her cubs hunting skills.
Honey is teaching her cubs to kill at a younger age as Solo continues live as a nomad.
As Saba sets out to find the marsh pride, she discovers they are within camp as hyena's are close to Shadow and her cubs.
With only one cub left, can Shadow raise it like Safi as the lionesses keep the males away from their cubs.
Honey's cubs are ambitious and take on an adult bull elephant as a bush fire errupts in Shadow's territory.
As Honey plays with her cubs, buffalos try to kill the Marsh Pride.
The series comes to an end with a rare sight of a male leopard, a relaxed pride and a happy cheetah family.
The Marsh Pride are strong; Bibi becomes a mother; Simba only male to protect the pride whilst the leopard team search for a leopard, Kike tries to find food for her cubs.
The leopard team find Bella who has two young cubs, Kike struggles to find enough food whilst the Marsh Pride are in disarray.
Bella's cubs have survived the storm whilst Bibi's have escaped the male lions as Kike and her cubs relax.
As Kike's cubs learn the hunt, Bella's have escaped the baboons but Bibi's have an encounter with the older lions in the pride.
As Bella and her cubs relax in a tree, Kike and her cubs are hunting in Marsh Pride territory causing trouble.
Aired under the name Big Cat Diary Family Histories. The fascinating story of two very different lion cubs growing up in Kenya's Masai Mara - Cheza and Sala.
Aired under the name Big Cat Diary Family Histories. Saba Douglas-Hamilton follows the life of Bella the leopard and her family.
Aired under the name Big Cat Diary Family Histories. The story of a lone cheetah cub being raised by her mother in the Masaai Mara in Kenya
The hosts reflect on ten years of Big Cat Diary with clips and never before seen footage.
Saba is on the trail of Bella the leopard, who has got rid of her overgrown son Chui and is being courted by all the male leopards in the area. Life's a battle for single mums Tamu the lion and Honey the cheetah. Keeping her four cubs fed means Honey must make some life-threatening decisions, while Tamu has to protect her family from a buffalo herd.
Tamu the lioness has once again lost one of her cubs. Bella the leopard is still trying to hunt, but must beware of other predators around her. Honey the cheetah mum and her cubs are confronted by lions.
The complete story of the Marsh Pride lions, from the beginning of Big Cat Diary in 1996.
The story of the cheetah families in the Masai Mara over eight years.
Over eight years, rare and intimate insights into the lives of a Leopard family were captured.
