
The Secret Life of Elephants
Documentary revealing the emotional and dramatic lives of elephants. The rains have arrived after the drought, but has baby elephant Breeze survived?
After the drought, the rains have arrived, but has baby elephant Breeze survived?
As hundreds of elephants descend on the reserve for the breeding season, the research team hit their busiest time of year. With the help of new technology, Saba Douglas-Hamilton tracks down the biggest land animals on earth - the mighty bull elephants. But even Saba is keeping her distance when Rommel, a dangerous bull who once flattened a car and tried to kill two of the team's researchers, arrives on the scene.
Outside the reserve, there is a shocking development when Onesmas Kahindi investigates two mysterious deaths - could poachers be targeting the local elephants?
When field researcher David Daballen finds a baby elephant in desperate trouble, he and the team must mount a life-or-death operation to save her.
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Love is in the air
Duration: 02:35
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Sarah Parish |
| Participant | David Dabellen |
| Participant | Daniel Lentipo |
| Participant | Iain Douglas-Hamilton |
| Participant | Saba Douglas-Hamilton |
| Participant | Onesmas Kahindi |
| Producer | Holly Spearing |
| Executive Producer | Sara Ford |
| Series Producer | Nigel Pope |
Broadcasts
- Wed 28 Jan 200921:00
- Thu 5 Feb 200900:50BBC One except Northern Ireland
- Wed 11 Feb 200900:35BBC One Northern Ireland
Tue 17 Feb 200920:00BBC HD- Sat 4 Jun 201119:00
- Sun 5 Jun 201103:10
Thu 9 Jun 201117:15BBC HD- Wed 29 Jan 201416:10BBC Two except Yorkshire
- Sat 14 Mar 201519:00
- Sun 15 Mar 201502:00
- Wed 3 Jun 201513:00BBC Two Scotland
- Wed 3 Jun 201514:45BBC Two except Scotland & Yorkshire
- Wed 25 Nov 201502:00
