

After watching three episodes I`m not about to rush out and buy the DVDs, nor tune in on TV, but if you like the series or unchallenging TV dramas, you could do worse. Deon Stewardson`s grumpy Afrikaaner with a heart of gold is the most interesting character and Stewardson plays him well. Similarly well cast are Luke Ward-Wilkinson and Rafaella Hutchinson as the two young children, who are both playful and bored, depending on their mood and how much homework they have to do. Stephen Tompkinson and Amanda Holden are fairly seasoned actors and are well cast as the ambitious and good natured couple whose relationship is put under strain by the environment and their financial woes. The show is reasonably undemanding and formulaic: things start off badly, get worse, but ultimately resolve themselves by the end of the episode. To compound their problems, Sarah has arranged for a couple to get married there and hungry lions aren`t on the guest list! I only received the first disc of this three-disc set - the other two episodes on this disc involved a vulture called Victor and a surprise visitor for Du Plessis.Ĭonclusion Since I was only provided with the first disc of this three-disc release, I can`t comment on the entire second series and, as I`d never heard of, let alone seen the show before, I wasn`t exactly familiar with the family dynamics and who everyone was.

The obvious answer would be to buy some animals from Tate (Gary Lawson), who owns the neighbouring reserve, but Danny won`t do business with him, because Tate allows hunting on his property. The Trevanions are in the middle of a cash-flow crisis which has led to a predator/prey imbalance in the reserve. Series two of this popular ITV drama begins with Danny`s daughter Rosie (Lucy-Jo Hudson) arriving in South Africa, having dropped out of University and turning up drunk at the family home after having a few too many at the local bar, run by Max (Martinus Van Der Berg). Danny is a veterinarian who cares for sick and injured animals from around the region, as well as running the reserve on which they live with Du Plessis. Introduction Danny and Sarah Trevanion (Stephen Tompkinson and Amanda Holden), her children Evan and Olivia (Luke Ward-Wilkinson and Rafaella Hutchinson) are a British family who co-own the `Leopard`s Den` game reserve with Anders Du Plessis (Deon Stewardson).
