Work on the Wild Side: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Work on the Wild Side is a new twenty-part series which follows vets and volunteers who gave up their day jobs in the UK and moved to South Africa to rescue, rehabilitate and release some of the world's most endangered animals.

Each hour-long programme transports us to South Africa, where we will see our vets and volunteers relocate giraffe, rescue a two week old hippo, become surrogate mums for orphaned monkeys, give mouth to mouth resuscitation to a cheetah and assist in the process of dehorning a rhino - all in a day's work.

The series captures South Africa's vibrancy and colour while shining a light on the critical conservation issues affecting these most vulnerable of species.

It's an emotional rollercoaster as our wildlife heroes let us into their lives and talk about their passion to save animals in danger of extinction, from penguins and sharks in the Western Cape to the ‘Big Five' in the Northern Plains.

Series details

• Title: Work on the Wild Side
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2020-05-18
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Network listed by TVmaze: Channel 4
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 47957

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-05-18; final listed air date 2020-06-12; episode order: 20.

Source and licence

Adapted from Work on the Wild Side on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.