CHEETAH FAMILY & ME

BBC2, 9pm

Having spent time with bears, snow wolves, gorillas, reindeers and snow cats, Gordon Buchanan is now focusing on cheetahs. Over the next two nights fall in love with the big cats, as the Scottish wildlife filmmaker heads to South Africa’s stunning Tswalu Kalahari Reserve to learn more about the threats that the world’s fastest land animal faces, both from nature and humans. Gordon meets guide Richard Satekge, and together they track a mother cheetah called Savannah and four of her six-month-old cubs.