Simon King watches Amber the cheetah and her family make excellent progress in their hunting skills, then suffer setbacks, failing to catch a warthog and being chased off by baboons. He also enjoys the antics of a family of jackals at their den.Jonathan Scott witnesses a dramatic pursuit, as the Marsh lionesses stalk and kill a wildebeest. And he sets off before dawn to find Half-Tail the leopard, one of the stars of the last series of Big Cat Diary. Later. He watches in horror as Half-Tail almost gets killed by two passing lionesses, but manages to escape in the nick of time.