It stars Stephen Tompkinson, Dawn Steele and Olivia Scott-Taylor.Īfter the success of the American pilot, renamed Life Is Wild, the series was picked up by The CW however the show was cancelled in February 2008 due to low ratings. The show premiered in January 2006 and is currently in its fifth series. Wild at Heart is a current ITV television drama series about a Bristol-based vet and his family emigrating to start a game park in South Africa. Stephen Tompkinson Dawn Steele Olivia Scott-Taylor Hayley Mills Cal Macaninch Deon Stewardson Nomsa Xaba Thapelo Mokoena But it will entertain.Jump to: navigation, search Wild at Heart I am dreading the US version, though I like the idea that Rutger Hauer will play the Afrikkaner, Du Plessis. ![]() The episode where everybody comes down with an illness (won't spoil it for you) is genuinely well done and kept me riveted. That makes the story lines a touch more sophisticated than the eye rollers give it credit for. You see, their difficulties parallel of the overall difficulty in assimilating into the African lifestyle. So, I enjoy the emotional region the program explores, and especially the difficulty in having the two families assimilate into one. ![]() That makes sentimental pieces invaluable, I think. If we did, we would have no need of therapists, right? And so we denigrate those who explore this psychological ground, using symbols and story lines to tell us something about ourselves. They tend to get to the emotional nitty gritty that most of us do not want explored, either in others or ourselves. For some, the sentimental nature of the stories is worthy of a roll of the eyes or feigned disgust. ![]() I am a fan of Stephen Thompkinson, ever since first seeing him in Ballykissangel. Second, I like fish-out-of-water stories.
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