Big Cats 24/7, a new six-part series, will premiere on Wednesdays, September 18–October 16, at 7 pm on Nine PBS and on the free PBS app. In this new nonfiction series, you’ll be transported to Botswana’s wild Okavango Delta, where a team of local and international filmmakers follow lions, leopards, and cheetahs day and night, revealing the lives of big cats like never before.
Filmed in one of the most dynamic locations on the African continent, Big Cats 24/7 captures the big cats’ battle to survive through dramatic changes within their families and homes. An elite camera team documents the lives of individual lions, cheetahs, and leopards for six months over two extreme seasons. This raw and unfiltered observational wildlife series shows their fight to survive in an increasingly challenging world. From unprecedented wildfire to floods and extreme drought, the African cats and the Big Cats 24/7 camera crew are tested to their limits.
With extraordinary, unparalleled access, filming from the ground, the air, and through the night in an area unvisited by tourists, the Big Cats 24/7 team use revolutionary low-light camera technology to capture previously unseen behavior at night, while drones are able to track the big cats’ movements like never before as they battle for supremacy in a brutal and unforgiving environment.
“We strive to bring unique and never-before-seen perspectives to our PBS audience, so we are thrilled to collaborate with BBC and BBC Studios to bring this front-seat view of the dramatic lives of individual African big cats straight to homes across America,” said Sylvia Bugg, PBS Chief Programming Executive and General Manager, General Audience Programming. “Not only is Big Cats 24/7 educational but it is visually and emotionally captivating.”
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