REALLY WILD SHOW - 2001

Elephant Special
Michaela travels to Thailand to investigate why so many stray elephants are wandering the streets of Chiang Mai and other large cities.

In this edition, Michaela Strachan travels to the DeVelt Wildlife Center in South Africa, where she meets wild dogs which are bred in captivity and then returned to the wild to boost their numbers. She also finds time to tour a tortoise hospital and meets an albino wallaby. Meanwhile, Dominic Wood has an encounter with two tiger cubs at Dartmoor Wildlife Park.

Michaela Strachan visits Chester Zoo, and Nick Baker explores the stunning coral reefs of Thailand with an underwater photographer. Meanwhile, Dominic Wood watches two baby penguins take their first swimming lessons at Woburn Safari Park, and learns about an osprey-breeding project at Rutland Water. Plus reports on starlings, seals, and great white sharks.

Michaela Strachan goes to Skomer Island, in Wales, to see its huge seabird population. Nick Baker learns about breathing underwater and meets some red squirrels, while Dominic Wood goes to London Zoo with Andy Hallsworth and his jumping black-and-white ruffed lemur.  

This edition features Appaloosa horses in America and retraces the steps of a celebrated lion hunter in Kenya. Also included are two baby ring-tailed coatis, a very intelligent kookaburra, the click beetle and the polar bears of the Arctic.

Kenya
This edition focuses on Kenyan wildlife, looking at how colobus monkeys use bridges to cross roads. Plus a visit to an animal orphanage, home to baby lions, cheetahs and leopards.

Thailand
Nick meets the residents of a tropical reef, and uncovers the mystery of the openbill stork. Meanwhile, Michaela has an encounter with a warthog and meerkat in South Africa.

UK Wild
This edition features the results of Britain's biggest ever wildlife survey - UK Wild 2000 - which saw thousands of children setting to work last year spotting wild mammals, birds and plants.  

In this edition, they head up the Amazon in search of monkeys, tapirs and capybaras - the world's largest rodent. Nearer to home, Dominic Wood meets some ants with a flair for gardening, and discovers a method of walking on water with the help of a lizard.

Africa
Michaela visits Kenya, the home of the king cheetah, and Nick spend 24 hours in the company of hippos. Also featured are two orphaned hudus, an elephant with a talent for painting, and some surprising facts about crocodiles. 

Ecuador
This edition comes from Ecuador, wher Michaelagets to swim with humpback whales, while Nick meets the Andean condor and gets on his bike in a bid to outdo a mountain goat.

USA
This edition comes from America's Rocky Mountains, where Michaela visits a bear sanctuary, and Nick meets the Native Americans who are fighting to save the wolf from extinction. Plus the truth about the legendary Bigfoot.

Kenya
Michaela Strachan, Nick Baker and Dominic Wood present a new series of the children's wildlife programme. This edition features a rhino and a warthog with a unique friendship, and the elephants who create havoc as tree-smashing vandals.

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