Inverness to feature on 30-date tour by ‘Scotland’s David Attenborough’, wildlife filmmaker Gordon Buchanan
A wildlife filmmaker and photographer, described as ‘Scotland’s own David Attenborough’, will recount some of his adventures when he visits Inverness during a new 30-date tour.
Gordon Buchanan, who is known through appearances on TV shows including Big Cats 24/7, Big Cat Diary and the Lost Land Of The… series, will hit the road again in 2026 to continue the success of his Lions and Tigers and Bears tour.
He will visit venues across England and Scotland to recount encounters with animals including pandas, polar bears, grizzly bears, lions, tigers and jaguars.
The tour features five Scottish cities including Eden Court Theatre in Inverness on Tuesday March 3.
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Next year’s tour has been announced following the success this year’s Lions and Tigers and Bears show which was launched in February and has played to packed theatres across the UK.
Tickets go on sale from tomorrow at www.gordon-buchanan.co.uk or direct from venues.
“I had a wonderful time touring Lions and Tigers and Bears earlier this year and I had to say ‘yes’ when the chance came up to go back out on the road to a load of new venues,” he said.
“We joked that it sounded like a line from The Wizard of Oz but the show is all about these amazing creatures, the undisputed icons of the animal kingdom, who I have been incredibly privileged to spend a lifetime observing.
“From pandas in China to orphaned grizzlies in Russia, from high-altitude tigers in the Himalayas to jaguars in the depths of the Amazon, I have been fortunate enough to meet many of these incredible creatures in their natural habitats – and I love being able to share their secrets with audiences.
“I cannot wait to get back out there, to meet more animal lovers and to tell more tales of amazing adventures!”
Gordon grew up on the Isle of Mull and began his career in filmmaking in 1989 as assistant to the acclaimed survival cameraman Nick Gordon, traveling to Sierra Leone to document animals in the Gola Rainforest.
He went on to work on the Big Cat Diary series as well as the long-running expedition series Lost Land Of The… for the BBC.
The Family & Me documentaries began in 2010 when he featured alongside Minnesota black bears and he was on the team for Our Changing Planet, a seven-year diary charting the fight to save the planet’s ecosystems.
Most recently, he has been seen tracking lions, leopards and cheetahs in Botswana for the BBC series Big Cats 24/7 with series two reaching screens later this year.
