Wild at Heart (TV series)

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Wild at Heart

Genre	Family/Drama
Creator(s)	Ashley Pharoah
Starring	Stephen Tompkinson Amanda Holden Lucy-Jo Hudson Hayley Mills
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	16
Production
Producer(s)	Company Pictures
Running time	46 mins
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV1
Picture format	16:9
Original run	29 January 2006 – Present
Links
IMDb profile

Wild at Heart is an ITV1 television drama series about a Bristol-based vet and his family relocating to start a game park in South Africa. The first series was shown in early 2006, and a second series began airing on Sunday 14 January 2007.

It stars Stephen Tompkinson, Amanda Holden and Lucy-Jo Hudson, alongside Luke Ward-Wilkinson of the Whizz Kids Theatre Company.

The series achieved good ratings in its prime-time 8 p.m. Sunday night slot, although the reality of some of the situations portrayed was criticised.

An American pilot is currently in development.

On Richard and Judy on Monday 26 February 2007, Stephen Tompkinson confirmed that he is shortly going to fly out to South Africa to begin filming the third series. It is expected that this series will be shown in early 2008.

1 Cast and characters
- 1.1 Regulars
- 1.2 Supporting cast
2 Storylines/synopsis
3 Location
4 DVD release
5 External links

[edit] Cast and characters

[edit] Regulars

The following appear in every episode:

Stephen Tompkinson as Danny Trevanion
Amanda Holden as Sarah Trevanion
Lucy-Jo Hudson as Rosie Trevanion
Luke Ward-Wilkinson as Evan Trevanion
Rafaella Hutchinson as Olivia Trevanion
Deon Stewardson as Anders Du Plessis
Nomsa Xaba as Nomsa Nguni
Hayley Mills as Caroline (series 2- )

[edit] Supporting cast

Gary Lawson as Alex Tate (appears in series 1 and only 1 episode of series 2)
Siyabonga Melongisi Shibe as Themba Khumalo (appears in the 1st series only)
Martinus Van De Berg as Max (series 2- )
Lurayi Thandi as Thandi (series 2- )
Thapelo Mokoena as Fantani (series 2- )

[edit] Storylines/synopsis

Wild at Heart, in its debut season, was voted the most popular drama of the year. It came second to long-running show The Bill for an award for Outstanding Audience Numbers.

The plot revolves around the lives of Danny and wife Sarah, and their three children (Rosie from Danny's previous marriage; the younger two from Sarah's) as they struggle to come to grips with life in the bush. The business contract between vet Danny and native Mr Du Plessis is shown and almost kidnapped in the second series of the show.

[edit] Location

The show is filmed at a lodge called Glen Afric, pilansburg gamereserve, Hartebeespoort area (Magaliseburg) about 40 minutes outside of Johannesburg, South Africa. The Trevanions' house is actually a museum.