In 2008, a clip posted on YouTube featuring an emotional reunion
between a young lion and his owners became an internet sensation.
Overnight people wanted to know more about what lay behind this clip.
The two men in question, Anthony 'Ace' Bourke and John Rendall, have
published an updated bestselling version of their account of how they
came to buy Christian the lion from a London department store in the
late 60s. They explain how they lived with the lion whilst working in a
furniture shop down the King's Road in what was then the tail end of
the swinging 60s and how they eventually came to introduce their lion
into the wild under the watchful eye of lion expert, George Adamson.
For
the first time this TV Special, filmed in 2009, pulls together this
amazing story using up to date interviews with many of those involved
in this unique story. It includes the original footage of Christian
filmed in both London and Kenya, the reunion between the three and
exclusive new footage of a second reunion which was to be the last time
the two men would see Christian.
Life at Sophistocat, the stories behind the award winning photographs, readings by John and Ace, reactions to the YouTube sensation
Anthony Bourke, John Rendall, George Adamson
2009 E - exempt
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English
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