Wild at Heart

Soak up the sun with Amanda Holden & Stephen Tompkinson in this ITV hit

Drama

Amanda Holden & Stephen Tompkinson star in this ITV classic. Follow the intrepid Trevanion family as they up-sticks & emigrate to Africa to set up a safari park.

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In this drama the Trevanion family decide to make a fresh start and emigrate to South Africa to set up an animal reserve. The programme follows them as they battle to get their business up and running and also struggle with their personal lives.

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On arrival in Africa, the family's first meeting with a local landowner doesn't go well.

On arrival in the continent, the family's first meeting with a South African landowner is less than favourable.

Wildlife drama. Danny is having second thoughts about uprooting his new family.

Wildlife drama. Danny is having second thoughts about the wisdom of uprooting his new family and ploughing all their money into a business venture they know next to nothing about.

Wildlife drama. The arrival of Evan and Olivia's father throws the family into turmoil.

Wildlife drama. The arrival of Evan and Olivia's father throws the family into turmoil - he is determined to take his kids back to England with him and threatens to go to court.

Wildlife drama. Rosie decides that she's had enough and is going back to Bristol.

Thanks to Evan, Danny botches an attempt to shoot a lioness with a tranquilliser dart. When he and Du Plessis try to track her, their truck hits a termite mound and overturns.

Wildlife drama. A massage mix-up leaves Rosie thinking that Sarah and Tate are together.

The first paying guests to appear at Leopard's Den, the Chapman family, are not impressed on their arrival, and things get steadily worse...

Wildlife drama. Danny is concerned that poachers may be in the area when a zebra dies.

Danny is concerned that poachers may be in the area when some of his animals die, but tests reveal a scarier cause is the cause.

Wildlife drama. The Trevanion family host their first wedding reception at Leopard's Den.

The Trevanion family are hosting their first wedding reception, and Tate hunts a white rhino - with tragic consequences.

Wildlife drama. It's the grand reopening of Mara, but a serious injury spoils the event.

It's the grand re-opening of Mara and a British charity is using the event to release a cape vulture back into the wild. But things don't go quite to plan.

Wildlife drama. Du Plessis confronts his past when a young man claims to be his son.

A new arrival turns up at Leopard's Den claiming to be Du Plessis' son - but Rosie and Danny question the young man's true identity.

Wildlife drama. With Sarah still in England, Danny must cope with an inspection alone.

With Sarah still in England, Danny must cope with the pressure of the annual inspection by Nature Conservation alone. 

Wildlife drama. Danny's old tutor and mentor Bash arrives to help expand the vet practice.

Danny's old tutor and mentor, Bash, arrives to help expand the vet practice - but Sarah soon realises that Bash isn't well.

Wildlife drama. Sarah gets a shock when her mother turns up uninvited.

Family harmony is disrupted as Sarah's mother turns up uninvited and causes chaos with the guests. Meanwhile, Danny struggles at settling in an aggressive hippo.

Wildlife drama. Sarah and Danny find their relationship tested by Sarah's ex-husband.

Sarah and Danny find their relationship tested when Sarah's ex-husband Simon comes to Leopard's Den to get married.

Wildlife drama. Caroline feels that she has had enough of life at Leopard's Den.

Caroline gets some distraction from a pilot and his pet chimp, and Danny undertakes a drugs trial, but the outbreak of a mystery virus threatens to destroy the farm.

Wildlife drama. Du Plessis does not feel like celebrating his 60th birthday.

It is Du Plessis' 60th birthday - but he has been told he has angina and does not feel like celebrating. Danny tries to keep him active.

Wildlife drama. Du Plessis regains consciousness, but Danny is plagued by nightmares.

Du Plessis regains consciousness and returns home. Danny has nightmares about the lion attack - Sarah fears that it is a breakdown.

Wildlife drama series. Sarah and Caroline decide to invest in luxury lodges at the Den.

Wildlife drama series. Sarah and Caroline decide to invest in luxury lodges in order to attract richer clients to Leopard's Den, and a disease spreads from Mara into Danny's stock.

Wildlife drama series. Family feuds arise when new students turn up to train with Danny.

Danny needs an assistant but fails to see that she is right under his nose, and Sarah finds out that she needs her mum.

Wildlife drama series. The new owner of Mara wants a merger with Leopard's Den.

Wildlife drama series. Elephant numbers are outgrowing Leopard's Den, but the new owner of Mara encourages Danny to think big and wants the two parks to merge.

Wildlife drama series. A fellow vet causes Danny's past to catch up with him.

Wildlife drama series. Danny's past catches up with him when another vet makes him toe the animal activist line, and Caroline and Du Plessis go off to a bushveldt festival.

Wildlife drama series. A white lion brings mixed fortunes, and Max has a big question.

Wildlife drama series. A white lion brings mixed fortunes to the family, Max asks Rosie a big question, and a new arrival from Essex fetches up at Leopard's Den.

Wildlife drama series. A drought affects everyone except Caroline's trouble-making sister.

Wildlife drama series. A drought affects everyone except Caroline's sister, who causes trouble for the family, and Danny decides to sell some animals as his hospital plans falter.

Wildlife drama series. Max's parents express their disapproval as he prepares to marry.

Wildlife drama series. Max's parents express their disapproval as he prepares for his wedding, and a fire arising from the arid conditions threatens the hospital and the house.

Wildlife drama series. The Trevanions are forced to consider what their future holds.

Wildlife drama series. The fire destroys the hospital and threatens the animals, and as disaster strikes, the Trevanions are forced to consider what future lies ahead of them.

Wildlife drama series. It looks like Evan's days are numbered at Leopard's Den.

Wildlife drama series. It looks like Evan's days are numbered at Leopard's Den as Danny fails in his attempts to get custody of him - can he somehow keep Evan in Africa?

Wildlife drama series. Danny and Evan discover a sick hippo while on the run.

Wildlife drama series. Danny and Evan discover a sick hippo while on the run, and Rosie meets Vanessa, the glamorous new owner of Mara, who needs help with a sick lioness.

Wildlife drama series. Danny is drafted in to help with an outbreak of rabies.

Wildlife drama series. Danny is drafted in to help with an outbreak of rabies, but as the disease spreads up the food chain, Danny falls out with a vet sent to work with him.

Wildlife drama series. Max and Rosie make it down the aisle, but can their happiness last?

Wildlife drama series. Max and Rosie finally make it down the aisle, Du Plessis is devastated when Caroline tells him she will not be returning to Africa, and Tula is unwell.

Wildlife drama series. Danny and Alice rescue a vicious but endangered wild dog.

Wildlife drama series. When Danny and Alice rescue a vicious but endangered wild dog, the family are shocked when the expert who arrives to examine it is Alice's ex Terry.

Wildlife drama series. Du Plessis drops a bombshell, and Rosie uncovers a case of cruelty.

Wildlife drama series. Du Plessis drops a bombshell when he announces that he's going to England to live with Caroline, and Rosie uncovers a shocking case of animal cruelty.

Wildlife drama series. Georgina brands Du Plessis as South Africa's Crocodile Dundee.

Wildlife drama series. When Georgina brands Du Plessis as South Africa's version of Crocodile Dundee, his new-found fame goes to his head and puts an animal's welfare in jeopardy.

Wildlife drama series. Danny and Alice's relationship reaches rock bottom after a row.

Wildlife drama series. Danny and Alice's relationship reaches rock bottom after a row, and Alice is devastated when she realises that she has pushed Danny straight towards Vanessa.

Wildlife drama series. Alice makes a difficult decision in the aftermath of the storm.

Wildlife drama series. Alice makes a difficult decision in the aftermath of the storm and leaves a badly injured and unconscious Danny alone in the bush to try to get help.

Wildlife drama series. Georgina arranges the Family Day Festival and invites a VIP guest.

Wildlife drama series. Danny and Alice realise that their romance means the end of the friendship between Mara and Leopard's Den, and Georgina arranges the Family Day Festival.

Drama series. A friend of Caroline's tries to prevent her marrying Du Plessis.

Drama series set on an African nature reserve. Danny and Alice ask Rowan for help with a herd of elephants, and a friend of Caroline's tries to prevent her marriage to Du Plessis.

Drama series set on an African nature reserve. Danny has a crisis about his age.

Danny has a crisis about his age which is made worse by the arrival of a hotshot new vet. Du Plessis plans Caroline's and his honeymoon.

Drama series. Alice is torn between helping Rowan rehabilitate a tiger and Leopard's Den.

Drama series set on an African nature reserve. Alice is torn between helping Rowan to rehabilitate a tiger and her duties at Leopard's Den, and Danny's project takes a turn.

Drama series. Danny confides in Du Plessis about his intention to ask Alice to marry him.

Drama series. Danny confides in Du Plessis about his intention to ask for Alice's hand in marriage, but the arrival of his stepdaughter Olivia threatens to derail his plans.

Drama series. Danny and Alice's plans for a romantic trip away are ruined by a crash.

Drama series. Danny and Alice's plans for a romantic trip away are ruined when they come across a crash out in the bush, and Du Plessis decides to teach Olivia some manners.

Drama series. Danny's attempts to help Alice settle into her new job at Mara backfire.

Drama series set on an African nature reserve. Danny's attempts to help Alice settle into her new job at Mara backfire, and Alice discovers that Rowan and Vanessa have been dating.

Drama series set on an African nature reserve. A distracted Danny makes a fatal mistake.

Drama series set on an African nature reserve. With things between him and Alice still tense, a distracted Danny makes a fatal mistake while treating a rare black leopard.

Drama series. Danny's career is in tatters, and Rowan has an explosive secret.

Drama series set on an African nature reserve. Danny's career is in tatters, and his work with some young offenders backfires when one of them falls for Olivia.

Drama series. Du Plessis ignores his heart condition and collapses while in the bush.

Drama series set on an African nature reserve. Du Plessis ignores his heart condition and collapses while in the bush, and Danny gets more than he bargained for with two lions.

Drama series set on an African nature reserve. Du Plessis hears of Caroline's intentions.

Drama series set on an African nature reserve. Du Plessis hears about Caroline's intentions for a retirement home, and Danny and Alice's plans are thwarted by Vanessa's father.

Acclaimed drama series set on an African nature reserve. Danny meets his estranged father.

Acclaimed drama series set on an African nature reserve. When Danny and Alice are on their honeymoon in London, Danny reluctantly arranges to meet his long-estranged father Robert.

Acclaimed drama series set on an African nature reserve. Danny applies to be State Vet.

Danny applies for the prestigious job of State Vet. Meanwhile, he attempts to involve Thabo in his work.

Acclaimed drama series. Danny conducts an investigation into an animal smuggling ring.

Acclaimed drama series. Danny faces a tough choice when his investigation into an animal smuggling ring leads him closer to home than he thought, and Du Plessis tries to aid Thabo.

Acclaimed drama series. Alice works alone with some lions - with terrifying consequences.

Acclaimed drama series. Alice is left to work alone with some lions - with terrifying consequences - and Du Plessis's attempt to show Caroline the real Africa backfires.

Acclaimed drama series. Strange events involving animals are occurring at Leopard's Den.

Strange events are occurring at Leopard's Den - as the animals behave in an unusual manner, and Du Plessis discovers a secret.

Acclaimed drama series. Du Plessis is distraught to discover the mining company's plans.

Du Plessis is distraught when he discovers that a mining company wants to buy Leopard's Den and carve it up.

Acclaimed drama series. Du Plessis wages a one-man campaign against the mining company.

Du Plessis starts a one-man vandalism campaign, and Danny and Alice are divided when Peeters asks for their help in dealing with some rogue hyenas.

Acclaimed drama series. Danny realises he might have to sacrifice his principles.

With the court case looming, Danny realises he might have to sacrifice his principles in order to save Leopard's Den, and Caroline decides that they need someone on the inside.

After the shocking news, the family must make arrangements to leave.

After the shocking news, the family must make arrangements but Du Plessis who is steadfastly refusing to accept that the change is happening.

Drama series set on a nature reserve. The family make their last stand at Leopard's Den.

The family's last stand leads to trouble. Can Du Plessis find a way to persuade Danny that he should stay in Africa?

Drama series. Unscrupulous mining boss Peeters continues to create havoc for the family.

Emotions are still running high as unscrupulous mining boss Peeters continues to create problems for the family.

Drama series. Du Plessis is haunted by his belief that Danny is a murderer.

Du Plessis is haunted by his belief that Danny is a murderer, and the friendship between the two men is tested to its limit.

Drama series set on a nature reserve. Du Plessis's plans for Leopard's Den go awry.

Drama series set on an African nature reserve. Danny finds a potential lifeline for the family in the form of a pharmaceutical company looking to fund an environmental project.

Stephen Tompkinson is the English vet who starts a new life in an African safari park.

In this drama series, the Trevanion family decide to emigrate to South Africa to set up an animal reserve, battling to do so while struggling with their personal dilemmas.

Drama series set on an African nature reserve. Caroline moves back to Clearwater Farm.

Drama series set on an South African nature reserve. The family is still estranged after Caroline moves back to Clearwater Farm with Du Plessis, who appears to be at boiling point.

Drama series set on a South African nature reserve. Danny is accused of murdering Peeters.

Drama series set on a South African nature reserve. Danny is in prison after being accused of murdering Peeters, and Du Plessis is determined to prove his friend's innocence.

Drama series set on an nature reserve. Ed is charged with the Endangered Species Project.

Drama series set on an African nature reserve. With Danny away and Du Plessis undertaking a stretch of community service, Ed is left in charge of the Endangered Species Project.

Drama series set on an African nature reserve. A mystery woman claims to be Ed's wife.

Drama series set on a South African nature reserve. A mystery woman arrives claiming to be Ed's wife, and Rosie investigates a series of seemingly unrelated animal deaths.

Drama series set in Africa. Danny receives some news which could blow the family apart.

Drama series set on a nature reserve. The family are in financial trouble after the loss of their funding, but Ed's plan to help backfires - meanwhile, Danny receives some news.

The last regular episode of the drama series. Danny wishes for one final bit of adventure.

The last regular episode of the drama series set on a South African nature reserve. Danny's wishes for one last bit of adventure before he returns to the UK are fulfilled oddly.

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