Land Of The Lost Wolves, 9pm, 5th & 6th April, BBC One.
“I never thought it was going to be easy but it was much harder than I imagined. They are probably the most difficult animals I have tried to film" - Gordon Buchanan
Tonight on BBC One, cameraman Gordon Buchanan goes on the trail of the elusive wolf, which is returning in droves to North America.
Few other animals inspire such hatred and passion. Once shot to the brink of extinction, the wolves are coming back with a vengeance and are on a collision course with humans. Scientists know very little about where they are from, how fast they are spreading and what their impact will be.
Gordon and a team of local scientists track these invading wolf packs throughout the year but finding the wily animals requires every ounce of field skill and technical expertise they can muster.
"In the first four-week trip to America, we walked the mountains every day and all we found were tracks.We set up lots of camera traps to gather images but on that first trip I didn’t see a single wolf. Next time we went to Canada, where there is a higher density of wolves, and it took two-and-a-half weeks of constant searching before I saw one.” - Gordon Buchanan
"Wolf film looking great in all it's HD glory. Not too flattering on the old laughter lines (wrinkles), & that's after the Botox."
