Season 7
Big Cat Diary (known as Big Cat Week from 2004-2007) is a British documentary series produced for the BBC which follows the adventures of big cats living in Kenya's Masai Mara game reserve.
The series was first filmed in 1996 and shown on BBC One. Updates followed, and new characters were introduced every two years or so on BBC Two.
In 2002, the two original presenters, Jonathan Scott and Simon King, were joined by Saba Douglas-Hamilton.
Big Cat Diary airs in South Africa on DStv's Animal Planet channel.
Season 7 premiered on Animal Planet on Sunday 8 March 2009, at 20h00. There are five half-hour episodes in the seventh season.
Synopsis
Since 1996, the captivating animal soap Big Cat Diary has followed the fortunes and misfortunes of lions, leopards and cheetahs in their natural environment.
Over the years, host Jonathon Scott and his team have intimately followed the lives of several individual cats, their social groups and families and have brought some stunning images to televison screens.
New cats have been introduced, but some old favourites have also reappeared on the scene in successive seasons.
Big Cat Diary returns to the Masai Mara reserve in south-western Kenya for a seventh season to further follow the lives of the lions, leopards and cheetahs who call it home.
The season joins Jonathan, Saba and Simon as they return to catch up with the big cats from previous seasons.
New to the cast: Toto the five-week old baby cheetah who is so tiny he fits into the palm of a hand. Vulnerable to attacks from lions, hyenas and other predators, his chances of surviving are no more than 50-50.
Another storyline featured: the leopards Bella and Chui, who are are still together. Chui is now a fully grown adult male, bigger than his mum and needs to move out but will he?