Company Television Ltd / ITV

“Wild at Heart” is a current ITV television series about a Bristol-based vet and his family who immigrate to South Africa to start a game park. The show premiered in January 2006 and stars Stephen Tompkinson, Dawn Steele, Hayley Mills, Deon Stewardson, Cal Macaninch, Nomsa Xaba, Thapelo Mokoena and Olivia Scott-Taylor.After the success of an American pilot episode renamed “Life Is Wild”, a US version of the series was picked up by the CW Network. Filmed annually at a game farm in Hartbeespoort Dam, “Wild at Heart” is a well-loved, family-oriented series boasting a viewership of 8.1 million fans that tune in every week.