Trent's Wild Cat Adventures - First Episode (Excerpts)

Auckland Zoo carnivore keeper Trent Barclay first appeared on screen in Greenstone’s long-running show The Zoo, where his passion for cats made him a viewer favourite. This spin-off series sees Barclay getting up close to lions in South Africa, in their natural environment. The opening episode visits a rhino and lion nature reserve west of Johannesburg. In this opening excerpt, Barclay meets some young but feisty royal bengal tigers. A safari takes him deep into dangerous cape buffalo territory, and face to face with wild lions, before he takes a turn babysitting rare and deceptively cute white lion cubs.

Because of the nature of our show and being with Trent, who knows how to handle big cats, I think we were placed in many precarious situations. We were thrown in the deep end and we came out laughing nervously every time.

– Director Tina Diaz

Key Cast & Crew

Simon Ellis

Cinematographer

Tina Diaz

Director, Writer

Trent Barclay

Presenter, Narrator

Karren Woolly

Producer

Frank Phipps

Sound Recordist

Mike Viskovich

Editor