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BBC Two 1995 1 season 8 eps AL Ended

Understanding Cats

1995 1 season 8 eps AL

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Season 1

14 min

S1 · E1 · Dec 11, 1995

Understanding Your Cat Episode 1

Amazing that we live with cats and dogs yet both so different. The cat's more solitary world bonded by affection, while dog's pack hierarchy works by aggression. The secret to understanding your cat is to realise its design and lifestyle is that of a woodland hunter.

14 min

S1 · E2 · Dec 12, 1995

Choosing Your Cat Episode 2

More people are owning cats, including single parent families, pedigrees, moggies, longhairs and shorthairs. How to choose a kitten, what to look for and what age. How to introduce your new kitten, or cat, to its new home.

14 min

S1 · E3 · Dec 13, 1995

Kittens Learning About the World Episode 3

Sex and the single cat. The stages that kittens grow through. Learning for adult life. Playing with prey.

14 min

S1 · E4 · Dec 14, 1995

The Territorial Cat Episode 4

Your cat's own patch, where it goes, its territory. How cats see us as part of their group. Signposting with scent, chinning, rubbing and spraying, clawing trees and snoozing spots.

14 min

S1 · E5 · Dec 15, 1995

Communicating in Cat Episode 5

Voice and body language - it's reciprocal. Tail and face expressions and their meanings. How and why cats purr - the gentle bond. Play - mutual expression, juvenile behaviour for us too.

14 min

S1 · E6 · Dec 19, 1995

Breaking Bad Habits Episode 6

The key problems and how to tackle them, fouling, spraying, aggression. Confined cats and quality time with a cat gym and toys.

14 min

S1 · E7 · Dec 20, 1995

Cat Care Episode 7

Food in the life of the cat, the whole menu. The very special needs of the cat, high protein grants sleep, gives longevity, but at a high price. The grooming ritual, licking and combing. The elderly cat.

14 min

S1 · E8 · Dec 21, 1995

The Mystery of the Cat Episode 8

The cat and its behaviour have made it an enigma that has been misunderstood for centuries. Egyptian origins of the cult of the cat. Fertility goddesses into witch's familiar. Weather prediction by cats. The never-ending interrelationship of woman and cats.

8 episodes in Season 1

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Have you ever wondered just what makes your cat tick? We are both fascinated and infuriated by this most enigmatic of animals: lovable pet one minute, merciless hunter the next. Here television's top feline presenter and cat expert Roger Tabor reveals why cats behave the way they do and shows us how we can learn to understand and appreciate their impact on our lives in eight short programmes.

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Cast

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Roger Tabor

Self - Presenter

Colin Tennant Director

Director

Colin Tennant

Total runtime 1h 52m · Episode length 14 min · Type Miniseries

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Premiered

December 11, 1995

Final episode

December 21, 1995

Status

Ended

Network

BBC Two

Country

United Kingdom · United States

Type

Miniseries

Episode length

14 min

Total runtime

1h 52m

Original language

English

Production

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Bowe Tennant Productions

Production

United Kingdom

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Spoken on screen

English

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