Animal Kingdom

Following in the footsteps of top nature documentary series Lion Country and Cheetah Kingdom, ITV1 presents a brand new six-part wildlife programme which focuses on conservation work in Africa. British vet Steve Leonard heads to the Erindi Game Reserve in Namibia to join a wildlife team who are working on returning an African wilderness back to the wild. Over the course of the series, Steve will help with a breeding programme for the endangered Painted Dog, go on the lookout for an elusive male leopard and the rare black rhino, go head-to-head with an extremely protective elephant mother, get to grips with a scorpion and follow the progress of some cheetahs who have recently been introduced into the wild. In the first episode, Steve gets hands-on with five Nile crocodiles which need relocating to a new waterhole. He also has a close encounter with some unruly bull elephants which live on the reserve.

At the Erindi Game Reserve in Namibia's central highlands British vet Steve Leonard helps out with a breeding programme for the Painted dog - one of Africa's most endangered species - and meets three year old leopard Honey, the mother of two special male cubs.

In the central highlands of Namibia, British vet Steve Leonard is on the lookout for an elusive male leopard, but he gets a surprise when the team trap an unusual brown hyena. And Steve attempts to see one of the Erindi reserves rarest inhabitants - the black rhino.

At the Erindi Game Reserve in Namibia, British vet Steve Leonard joins a team of wildlife experts restoring an African wilderness. This time he has a close encounter with an extremely protective elephant mother and her calf and a female hyena and her cub are struggling to survive after their clan is killed by lions.

British vet Steve Leonard looks at some of the Erindi Game Reserves smaller animals and gets to grips with a potentially deadly scorpion. And a male lion attempting to escape into cattle country outside the park causes Steve and the team a serious problem.

Four captive cheetahs that have recently been introduced to the Erindi Game Reserve in Namibia are learning to live in the wild. And while British vet Steve Leonard watches their progress, leopard expert Natasha de Woronin follows a young female leopard as she seeks out her first territory.