If you’re frightened of snakes, spiders, geese, meerkats, baboons or anything else with teeth, fangs, venom, claws, or a questionable attitude, proceed with caution...

With Rea back from Germany, what starts as a conversation about family roots, castles and beer quickly descends into a catalogue of childhood wildlife trauma.

Tristan reveals why he spent part of his childhood being hunted by a pet meerkat, Greg recounts the time a goose bit him in a particularly unfortunate location, and Rea explains why baboons use his roof as a giant playground slide.

Elsewhere, there’s a spider lurking in a school shoe, a puff adder mistaken for a python after a few too many drinks, professional snake-hunting dogs, and Greg admits to smuggling a four-metre Burmese python into a boarding school dormitory—with predictable consequences.

Plus: German surnames, venom myths, leopard-eating pythons, frogs in shoes, and further proof that growing up in southern Africa was wildly different to growing up almost anywhere else.

With Rea still missing in Germany, Producer Mark steps out from behind the mixing desk once more. What follows is a deep dive into Tristan’s traumatic relationship with scorpions, including the time one stung him in bed… twice.

Elsewhere, Greg reveals an alarming desire to become a baboon, Tristan explains how he was defeated by a British fence, and there’s a behind-the-scenes look at the emotional damage caused by missed wildlife shots, why baboons are basically the Love Island contestants of the animal kingdom, and how one guide accidentally sent a safari vehicle chasing a lion that didn’t exist.

Plus: frozen mornings in the Okavango, burning trees as bush heaters, pub quiz humiliation, and Greg’s refusal to accept that a leopard probably isn’t about to kill a donkey.

With Rea unexpectedly disappearing to Germany, Producer Mark is dragged out from behind the mixing desk and straight into the firing line. What follows is a deep dive into accidental porn-site fame, getting headbutted in the balls by a Cameroon sheep, and why wildlife cameramen apparently have an “unspoken rule” about filming animal genitalia.

Meanwhile, Greg continues struggling to adapt to civilisation — mistaking Labradors for predators and quietly judging Bristol fashion choices like an escaped Victorian explorer.

Elsewhere: giraffe poo “Maltesers”, bushman medicine involving mongoose droppings, tracking lions on foot with absolutely no protection, and a deeply serious debate over whether a human could win in a fight with a cheetah.

Spoiler: nobody involved is qualified to answer that question.

From helicopter pilots stealing every girl in Botswana, to the brutal reality of long-distance relationships in lion country, Greg, Rea and Trist unpack what really happened when romance collided with bush life. Turns out smelling like diesel, sleeping in cars and disappearing into the bush for three days straight wasn’t exactly helping their chances.

Along the way: bush gym sessions beside stalking lions, dating apps set to different continents, terrifying termite-mound toilet breaks, and the accidental discovery that “rugged wildlife cameraman” was somehow less attractive than “guy with helicopter”.

Oh — and apparently the only thing that saved them all was Khaki Fever

Earlier this year influencer iShowSpeed arrived in the Okavango on his African tour. His USP is to race people and animals. Trist, Greg and Rea discuss the benefits of influences bringing the place they shared as a home for many years to a much wider audience...and debunk just how successful 'Show' was when he tried to race ostriches and giraffes…!

Despite starting the conversation about a recent coastal adventure spotting cows and an oyster catcher, because the fog was too thick, they quickly turn to the subject of happiness and whether they're happier in the UK or in Botswana.

Topics include:

• why British people say thank you and sorry every 14 seconds
• why Greg thinks Botswana is happier than Scandinavia
• cold water swimming
• red light therapy “for the mitochondria”
• whether forced positivity is actually positive
• why nobody in Botswana owns an eye mask
• and Producer Mark is slowly losing the will to live trying to organise 3 bushmen with no concept of a diary

Somewhere amongst the nonsense, the boys end up talking about modern life, distractions, friendship, and why waking up to lions might actually have been better for the soul.

Possibly our deepest episode yet...it won't last!

🎙️ Wildly Off Track – Ep6 out now.

Shamelessly hopping on the bandwagon (for the third most famous man on Earth behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Jesus, obviously), the boys celebrate 100 years of David Attenborough.

What cake do you buy a national treasure? And more importantly—what would you be doing at 100 if you made it that far?

Rea reflects on how Botswana—and the wider natural world—has shifted since Zoo Quest, and whether hauling animals out of the wild for zoos was ever really OK. Trist reminisces about landing his first big break on Our Planet II (yes, narrated by Sir David himself). Meanwhile, Greg attempts an Attenborough fact blitz… with varying levels of accuracy.

There’s reverence, there’s chaos, and somehow Boaty McBoatface makes it in.

A birthday tribute, WoT-style.

A civilised weekend in seaside town of Dartmouth, Devon quickly derails. As they debreif, we learn of Greg's attempts to make mates with a fisherman, while Trist and Rea double down on their masterplan: domesticated seagulls delivering cold beers on command. Greg’s not buying it—and gets progressively more wound up as the theory gains traction.

Sad they didn't catch crabs in Devon, their reality of being in the UK is stripped bare, upon the discovery of Channel 4 dating show, Naked Attraction. By contrast, you don't even get kissing on TV in Botswana!

Rea says the UK has too many rules. The others say that’s exactly how you end up dead.

While they argue it out, the wild quietly proves a point: elephants slipping into camp at night, guests getting charged, and zero room for error.

Elsewhere: humans are robbing Greggs (the bakery!), monkeys are robbing vehicles, Greg is hooked on short form content...and Trist is addicted to Beef flavoured Hula Hoops.

Episode 2 and things are escalating quickly.

From bush fires (some accidental… some less so) to hospital visits that feel alarmingly routine, the boys compare notes on just how far you can push your luck working in the wild. Rea’s medical history raises serious questions, Trist tests the limits of consciousness during a minor eye procedure, and Greg is following the first aid instruction manual to the letter.

Elsewhere: bush essentials, rites of passage, small antelope underwear (yes, really), and somehow… cycle lanes.

Unfiltered. Uncensored. Wildly Off Track

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Very much out of their natural habitat, Greg, Rea and Trist kick things off with stories from growing up “bush style” — where the stakes were higher, the rules were looser, and the consequences occasionally involved crocodiles.

Expect:

– Questionable decision-making

– Cultural whiplash

– Game of Thrones-style justice

– And how to spot signs of rabies, before it spots you - You're welcome!

This is your introduction to the chaos.

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Greg moved to Bristol, Rea and Trist came to visit.

Before things get out of hand, you should probably meet them.

This is Greg, Rea and Trist—wildlife filmmakers, bush veterans…and now, completely out of their natural habitat.

This sneak peek of Ep1 starts politely...it doesn't last. 🦊

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If you complain about our factual inacuracies Greg will set the record straight