www.gordon-buchanan.co.uk<\/a> or direct from venues.<\/p>\n\u201cI had a wonderful time touring Lions and Tigers and Bears earlier this year and I had to say \u2018yes\u2019 when the chance came up to go back out on the road to a load of new venues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom 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 \u2013 and I love being able to share their secrets with audiences.<\/p>\n
\u201cI cannot wait to get back out there, to meet more animal lovers and to tell more tales of amazing adventures!\u201d<\/p>\n
Gordon grew up on the Isle of Mull and began his career in filmmaking in 1989 as assistant to the acclaimed survival cameraman Nick Gordon, traveling to Sierra Leone to document animals in the Gola Rainforest.<\/p>\n
He went on to work on the Big Cat Diary series as well as the long-running expedition series Lost Land Of The\u2026 for the BBC.<\/p>\n
The Family & Me documentaries began in 2010 when he featured alongside Minnesota black bears and he was on the team for Our Changing Planet, a seven-year diary charting the fight to save the planet\u2019s ecosystems.<\/p>\n
Most recently, he has been seen tracking lions, leopards and cheetahs in Botswana for the BBC series Big Cats 24\/7 with series two reaching screens later this year.<\/p>\n
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