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Amother-daughter feud, violent death and a fight for survival – it could be Dynasties’ most dramatic episode yet. This week’s story follows two packs of African wild dogs, also known as painted wolves, at war on the Zimbabwe plains.

Only 6,600 of these fascinating, elusive creatures are left in the wild.

Producer Nick Lyon says: “Tait is an ageing leader who was the matriarch of three related and neighbouring packs.

“Then we have Blacktip, one of her daughters. She runs a very large pack at 30 strong – unusually big for today.

“Blacktip needs more space and Tait is vulnerable. The film is very much a battle between mother and daughter.

“It feels Shakespearian in its scale and the intensity of the rivalry.”

In tomorrow’s episode viewers will see the animals tearing apart a baboon – something never before filmed – and grieving over a pup snatched by hyenas.

The BBC crew followed the two packs for a year and became the first to film the animals at night, capturing dramatic scenes as hyenas close in on them.

Camerawoman Justine Evans says: “It was an amazing experience.

“The hyenas do come very close. I’d turn around with my torch and there’d be one standing right next to me. I’d always get a bit of a jump! But they’re incredible animals.”

Justine could only watch as the hyenas pounced on a vulnerable pup and tore it to pieces right in front of her.

She says: “I didn’t see that coming. That night more hyenas appeared and it