Leopard's Den is hit by storms

Danny and Alice are horrified to discover that a missing giraffe has been killed by lions who managed to get through the fence between Leopard's Den and Mara. Alice is annoyed with Vanessa for not mending the fences but Danny realises she's preoccupied with Mara's first guests arriving. Meanwhile, Du Plessis predicts that bad weather is on the way. Later, the family attend a game auction but Alice gets cross when Danny chooses to help Vanessa view a leopard rather than find a replacement giraffe. Danny forbids Alice from bidding for a lice-ridden giraffe but she defies him. Returning to Leopard's Den, Alice is delighted to see her younger brother, Rowan. But he has some bad news - their father has died. As Alice throws herself into her work, Rowan gently presses Alice about her love for Danny while, over at Mara, Vanessa thanks Danny for his help with a surprise kiss. But Alice doesn't have time to worry about their kiss when, in line with Du Plessis' forecast, a hurricane hits Leopard's Den. And as the storm rages, disaster strikes as Danny's car crashes in the bush. Will Alice be able to summon help to save Danny?

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix.

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.