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Season 1

  • S01E01 Vets and Volunteers

    • May 18, 2020
    • Channel 4

    Following Brits working with animals in South Africa's national parks, with the first edition meeting two people volunteering at a sanctuary for orphaned rhinos. Cornish vet Emily attempts a life-threatening giraffe relocation, while marine biologist Alison finds a new way of dealing with plastic pollution on the Western Cape.

  • S01E02 Wake Up Call

    • May 19, 2020
    • Channel 4

    Vet Emily takes on a challenging lion relocation, and has a close call when the big cat unexpectedly wakes up. Croydon-born Harriet goes on the hunt for Charlize the elephant.

  • S01E03 Hard Decisions

    • May 20, 2020
    • Channel 4

    Emma deals with a very sick emergency patient, and Birmingham-born Anna is hoping to help dehorn five white rhinos to make them less valuable to poachers.

  • S01E04 All Shapes and Sizes

    • May 21, 2020
    • Channel 4

    Emma looks after an aardvark that requires daily five-hour walks, Jenna and Sean try to discover how good an elephant's hearing is and Josie treats a monkey that has been run over.

  • S01E05 Baby Animals

    • May 22, 2020
    • Channel 4

    It's a big day for the vets and volunteers, as Harriet is called out to an emergency operation on an elephant whose leg has been wounded by a poacher's snare. Volunteer Debbie is put to the test as nine orphaned baby monkeys arrive at once, and Emma becomes surrogate mum to three-week-old baby hippo, Hector.

  • S01E06 New Homes

    • May 25, 2020
    • Channel 4

    Vet Will transports a bull elephant to a new home, while marine biologist Alison prepares to release three critically endangered African penguins back into the ocean.

  • S01E07 Plans and Experiments

    • May 26, 2020
    • Channel 4

    Jenna and Sean enlist the help of elephants and a meercat, using the animals remarkable sense of smell to determine if deadly puff adders have no odour.

  • S01E08 All the Feels

    • May 27, 2020
    • Channel 4

    Vet Emily as she carries out the risky procedure of anaesthetising a cheetah. Meanwhile, Emma has her hands full with a troop of mongooses.

  • S01E09 Land and Sea

    • May 29, 2020
    • Channel 4

    Josie welcomes a new arrival at the Vervet Monkey Foundation, marine biologist Alison is on a mission to tag a great white shark and vets Emily and Annie are called in to help a white rhino with a nasty horn injury. Plus, an update on Hector the baby hippo.

  • S01E10 Calling the Shots

    • May 29, 2020
    • Channel 4

    It's vaccination day at the rhino sanctuary, and Rachel is worried about orphan Hawk who has an eye infection. On the Eastern Cape, vet Emily is called to help four young sable antelope who are being bullied by an older dominant male.

  • S01E11 Big, Tall, and Small

    • June 1, 2020
    • Channel 4

    Vet Emily oversees a very tricky giraffe capture on the Eastern Cape, while Rachel is worried about orphan Lily's progress at the Care for Wild Africa rhino sanctuary.

  • S01E12 Danger in South Africa

    • June 2, 2020
    • Channel 4

    Annie and Will move an infamous pride of lions that ate some poachers in 2018. Emma checks in on some genets and a bush baby. Josie introduces some blind monkeys to their new home.

  • S01E13 The Great Escape

    • June 3, 2020
    • Channel 4

    Harriet and the team at Elephants Alive are on a mission to save three naughty elephants, Debbie deals with six escapee baby monkeys, and Emma greets the new arrival of a very cute baby mongoose

  • S01E14 Catch and Release

    • June 4, 2020
    • Channel 4

    Marine biologist Alison is busy preparing for the release of Nick, a critically endangered African penguin, on the Western Cape. Vet Emily has to anaesthetise a cheetah that needs to go to a new home.

  • S01E15 Rare Rhinos

    • June 5, 2020
    • Channel 4

    Anna and the team from the Rhino Revolution dehorn two rare and very dangerous black rhinos, while Emma prepares Finya the black-backed jackal for release. Jenna and Sean, the leading forces in elephant research, tackle the growing problem of human and elephant conflict.

  • S01E16 Helping the Strong

    • June 8, 2020
    • Channel 4

    Harriet races against time to find a partially blind bull elephant that is seriously injured, while Emily and Annie try to track down a roan antelope that has bolted from its herd.

  • S01E17 Sweet Relief

    • June 9, 2020
    • Channel 4

    A vet has to dehorn a mother rhino and its calf as well as moving three males to a new home. Zoologists compare glucose levels between elephants in the wild and kept in zoos.

  • S01E18 Animal Colonies

    • June 10, 2020
    • Channel 4

    Marine biologist Alison is out at sea to check on a colony of seals on the Western Cape, and vet Annie has to relocate a female rhino.

  • S01E19 Fosters and Fresh Starts

    • June 11, 2020
    • Channel 4

    Debbie at Riverside Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre calls on fellow Brit Emma to take in two baby jackals that have been found abandoned, while Emily and Will relocate two cheetahs.

  • S01E20 Bush Problems

    • June 12, 2020
    • Channel 4

    Emma at Umoya Khulula Wildlife Center has a tiny bush baby that needs round-the-clock care. Jenna and Sean are forced to stop elephant research for the day as a bush fire comes perilously close to destroying their home. Meanwhile, on the Eastern Cape, vets Annie and Lisa undertake a vital rhino collaring procedure.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Big, Tall, and Small

    • January 7, 2026

    Emily oversees a very tricky giraffe capture on the Eastern Cape, and more.

  • S02E02 Danger in South Africa

    • January 14, 2026

    Annie and Will move an infamous pride of lions at the Sibuya Game Reserve.

  • S02E03 The Great Escape

    • January 21, 2026

    Harriet's on a mission to save three naughty elephants, and more.

  • S02E04 Catch and Release

    • January 28, 2026

    Alison prepares to release an endangered penguin, and more.

  • S02E05 Rare Rhinos

    • February 4, 2026

    A pair of rare and very dangerous black rhinos are dehorned, and more.

  • S02E06 Helping the Strong

    • February 11, 2026

    Partially blind bull elephant Matambu is seriously injured, and more.

  • S02E07 Living Wild

    • February 18, 2026

    Emily as she needs to dehorn a mother and her calf, and more.

  • S02E08 Animal Colonies

    • February 25, 2026

    Harriet tackles the problem of human and elephant conflict, and more.

  • S02E09 Fosters and Fresh Starts

    • March 4, 2026

    Debbie calls on Emma to take in two baby jackals that have been abandoned.

  • S02E10 Bush Problems

    • March 11, 2026

    Emma at Umoya Khulula Wildlife Center cares for a tiny, ill bush baby.