A wildlife filmmaker dubbed the ‘Scottish Attenborough’ is heading on tour.
Gordon Buchanan, acclaimed Scottish filmmaker and photographer, is bringing his tour – Lions and Tigers and Bears with Gordon Buchanan – back to the UK.
He will stop at 30 venues across England and Scotland including a night at Glasgow’s Pavilion Theatre on February 28, 2026.
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Originally launching in February, the tour has already played to packed audiences across the UK and is now returning to Scotland thanks to popular demand.
Speaking about his tour, Gordon said: “I had a wonderful time touring Lions and Tigers and Bears earlier this year – and I had to say ‘yes’ when the chance came up to go back out on the road to a load of new venues.
“We joked that it sounded like a line from The Wizard of Oz – but the show is all about these amazing creatures, the undisputed icons of the animal kingdom, who I have been incredibly privileged to spend a lifetime observing.
Gordon’s Glasgow date is the first of his five Scottish shows, followed by Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness, and Stirling.
Buchanan, often described as “Scotland’s own Sir David Attenborough”, has spent more than three decades documenting wildlife across the globe.
He began his filmmaking career in 1989 as an assistant to survival cameraman Nick Gordon, travelling to Sierra Leone to film in the Gola Rainforest.
His credits include the BBC’s Big Cat Diary, the Lost Land Of The… series, and the long-running Family & Me documentaries, which began in 2010 and have featured various species including some Minnesota black bears.
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Most recently, Buchanan appeared in the BBC series Big Cats 24/7, tracking lions, leopards, and cheetahs in Botswana.
Gordon said: “From pandas in China to orphaned grizzlies in Russia, from high-altitude tigers in the Himalayas to jaguars in the depths of the Amazon, I have been fortunate enough to meet many of these incredible creatures in their natural habitats – and I love being able to share their secrets with audiences.
“I cannot wait to get back out there, to meet more animal lovers and to tell more tales of amazing adventures.
“See you in 2026.”
Tickets for the Glasgow show go on sale on Friday, June 6, and can be purchased from the Pavilion Theatre or the Gordon Buchanan website.