TRIBES, PREDATORS & ME
Three parts, due to air late March
INTO THE WILD
Five parts, airing 11–15 April, 6.30pm
TV BBC Two (both series)
Gordon Buchanan is renowned for spending lengthy periods in the company of elusive species such as wolves, polar bears and, more recently, gorillas, in some of the most inhospitable corners of the globe. But for Tribes, Predators & Me, a new three-parter for BBC Two, the film-maker embeds himself with remote tribes in Ecuador, Botswana and Papua New Guinea, assimilating their remarkable field skills to get closer to wildlife such as anacondas, lions and crocodiles. And as if gorillas and tribes haven’t been keeping him busy enough, Gordon has also found time to get to know another great ape much closer to home: the British…