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Big Cat Diary

Following the lives of big cat families in Kenya's Masai Mara

Big Cat Diary: Series 2: Episode 2

18/10/1998

Episode 2

Series 2

BBC One - Big Cat Diary, Series 2, Episode 2

The Marsh lions are doing well, but Half-Tail the leopard is almost killed by lionesses.

The Marsh lions are doing well, but Amber the cheetah and family are chased off by baboons and Half-Tail the leopard almost comes to a tragic end.

Simon King watches Amber the cheetah and her family make excellent progress in their hunting skills, then suffer setbacks, failing to catch a warthog and being chased off by baboons. He also enjoys the antics of a family of jackals at their den.Jonathan Scott witnesses a dramatic pursuit, as the Marsh lionesses stalk and kill a wildebeest. And he sets off before dawn to find Half-Tail the leopard, one of the stars of the last series of Big Cat Diary. Later. He watches in horror as Half-Tail almost gets killed by two passing lionesses, but manages to escape in the nick of time.

Big Cat Diary: Series 2

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The big cat soap opera continues, as we follow families of lions, leopards and cheetahs.

Simon King and Jonathan Scott return to the Masai Mara in Kenya to follow the daily lives of lions, leopards and cheetahs.

Natural World

Wildlife series. In-depth stories of incredible animals with award-winning photography.

BBC Two's classic wildlife series which tells in-depth stories of incredible animals, featuring award-winning photography in some of the most extraordinary places in the world.

Natural World; 1998-1999; Swamp Hogs

Natural World: 1998-1999: Swamp Hogs

Swamp Hogs

1998-1999

BBC Two - Natural World, 1998-1999, Swamp Hogs

Outsized amphibious guinea-pigs are the unlikely heroes of this film.

Outsized amphibious guinea-pigs are the unlikely heroes of this film. Officially known as the Capybara these hippo-like creatures live in the cattle ranch country of Venezuela's Wild West.

Outsized amphibious guinea-pigs are the unlikely heroes of this film. Officially known as the Capybara these hippo-like creatures live in the cattle ranch country of Venezuela's Wild West. The film features the adventures of a swamp hog family of several females and their accident-prone offspring. As their swamp slowly dries to desert, the swamp hogs reveal an unexpectedly resourceful side to their character.

Natural World: 1998-1999

Knowledge, drama, comedy and the arts for a broad adult audience.

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Series focusing on wildlife around the world.

Nazis: A Warning from History

Nazis: A Warning from History: Episode 5: The Road to Treblinka

Episode 5

Episode 5: The Road to Treblinka

The Road to Treblinka

BBC Two - Nazis: A Warning from History, The Road to Treblinka

How the invasion of the Soviet Union radicalised the Nazi policy against the Jews.

Documentary showing how the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 was a crucial catalyst for the radicalisation of the Nazi policy against the Jews.

"We used to shoot them, give them up as lost and that was it." - Petras Zelionka, former member of the Nazi killing squad. 

How could it happen? How was it possible that the Nazis created killing factories in order to exterminate the Jews and others they thought 'undesirable'?

Filmed in Poland, Germany and Lithuania, this documentary demonstrates how the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, in the fulfilment of Hitler's ideological vision, was a crucial catalyst to the radicalisation of the Nazi policy against the Jews.

With the help of archive discoveries and frank interviews with victims, bystanders and a former member of a Nazi killing squad, The Road to Treblinka traces the decision-making process that led to one of the greatest crimes the world has ever seen - the Holocaust.

Series examining how a cultured nation allowed Hitler to come to power

Documentary series examining how a cultured nation at the heart of Europe allowed Hitler to come to power

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