Deadly 60 – 16 Sept 2010

Today’s recording starts with the end of Animals at Work. If this weren’t John Barrowman, would this be a hate crime? There’s a trail for Big Fab Fridays. Then it’s Deadly 60 – Namibia 2. Steve’s looking for big cats. He wants to demonstrate the importance of camouflage so he puts on some camo and stalks his film crew. But they spot him. While looking for a leopard, Steve finds a porcupine. He gets a close look at a leopard. He also finds some lions. A night, they’re also stalked by lions. They tranquilise one of the lions to fit a radio collar, which gives Steve a chance to get up close and personal. Media Centre Description: Wildlife series. Steve is hot on the trail of Africa’s big cats. He dons a camouflage suit to beat a leopard at its own game by hunting his crew, but it proves to be a lot harder than it looks. Nevertheless a once-in-a-lifetime experience gets him closer to a wild leopard than even he’d dare hope. After an eerie night sleeping out under the stars, Steve catches…