Big Cat Diary - Season 8

Saba is on the trail of Bella the leopard, who has got rid of her overgrown son Chui and is being courted by all the male leopards in the area. Life's a battle for single mums Tamu the lion and Honey the cheetah. Keeping her four cubs fed means Honey must make some life-threatening decisions, while Tamu has to protect her family from a buffalo herd.

Jonathan finds Honey the cheetah mum with only three of her four cubs. Bella the leopard is attracting all the male leopards in the area. Simon continues to follow Tamu the lone lioness who is struggling against incredible odds to keep her family alive as they face an attack by a rogue male lion who wants Tamu's cubs dead.

Tamu searches for her four cubs. For an inexperienced mum, living on her own and trying to raise a young family, this is the toughest test she's faced. Bella is hungry and keen to hunt, but there are other cats in the area who want a slice of the action. As the Wildebeest migration arrives in Honey's home range, it should be a time of plenty for her and her cubs. But the arrival of so much prey brings in other predators that Honey and her cubs could do without.

Simon King follows the continuing drama of Tamu, the single lioness mum who is still searching for her missing cubs. Bella the leopard is back to her elusive ways and keeping Saba and the leopard team guessing as to where she'll pop up. Honey, the cheetah mum, gives her three male cubs some lessons in how to be a successful cheetah.

Tamu the lioness has once again lost one of her cubs. Bella the leopard is still trying to hunt, but must beware of other predators around her. Honey the cheetah mum and her cubs are confronted by lions.