All language subtitles for Dynasties S01E03 Lion (2018) English

Lions are the very image of majesty.

And indeed, of Africa itself.

Their strength lies in the power
of the pride.

They're a tight-knit family.

Lions have ruled the savannas
for millennia.

And yet, within the last 20 years or so,

the numbers have fallen by almost half.

Our team has spent two years

following perhaps the most
famous lion family of all.

The Marsh pride of Kenya's Maasai Mara.

As we join them, the very survival
of this great dynasty is under threat.

Their future depends entirely
on the strength and determination

of one extraordinary leader.

Perhaps the most powerful
in the history of the Marsh pride.

A lioness known as Charm.

The Maasal Mara.

The pride have always thrived here,

through an alliance between powerful
Alpha males to protect the family,

and experienced females
to raise the cubs.

But for the first time
in the pride's history,

this alliance has been shattered.

The family has been abandoned
by all the adult males.

The survival of the pride
now rests upon the shoulders of Charm

and her cousin Siena,

the only remaining adults.

If their young are to reach adulthood,

and the dynasty return
to full strength,

they must now both protect
and feed the whole family.

August.

Following the recent rains,
it's a time of plenty.

The lions are surrounded by wildebeest
on their annual migration.

A quarter-tonne bull would make
a good meal for all 10 of the pride.

But even though Charm
is an experienced hunter,

most attempts end in failure.

Charm uses her hind legs
to knock the wildebeest off balance.

The smallest cubs
won't be able to catch food

for themselves for another 12 months.

Their ever-growing appetites mean that

Charm and Siena
have to hunt around the clock.

The females are often
forced to head out alone.

Tonight, it's Siena’s turn.

Sunrise.

Siena is seriously injured.

She’s too weak to move.

A lone lion is always at risk of attack
by buffalo, hyenas,

even other lion prides.

It's evening.

And Siena hasn't returned to her family.

Now, everything depends on Charm.

As night falls, Charm has no choice
but to head out to hunt

leaving the vulnerable cubs alone.

She's being trailed.

Hyenas.

They'll attack the lions
if they get a chance

to steal any kill they make.

Charm must work fast
before they find her.

They've tracked her down.

On her own, she couldn't hold them off.

But another of the pride
has been following Charm.

Her three-year-old daughter, Yaya.

The rest of the pride arrive to eat.

Yaya has stepped up
to help defend the pride

and feed her family.

Daughters stay
with their mothers for life,

and may eventually
have cubs of their own.

Yaya is not yet an adult,

but as Charm'’s eldest daughter,
she's next in line to lead the pride.

Charm also has
a three-year-old son, Tatu.

The beginnings of an impressive mane

are a sign
of his approaching adulthood.

Like every adolescent,

Tatu can't resist the chance
to test his growing strength.

Even against a two-tonne hippo.

But he's not the only young male
in this pride.

His cousin, Red.

Over the last few months,
the two of them

have begun to forge an alliance.

But even together, they're not
really going to worry an angry hippo.

Unlike their sisters,
sons always leave their family

when they reach adulthood.

Their growing bond may enable them
to leave as a powerful partnership.

Eventually, they'll fight other males,

to try and take over
a pride of their own.

But for the time being,

they still need Charm
to look after them.

It's been four days
since Siena was attacked.

She's back on her feet,

but she’s in urgent need
of a meal.

She simply doesn't have the strength.

As they mature, young males
begin to explore the boundaries

of the pride’s territory.

Red has ventured out alone.

And landed straight into the middle
of the hyena clan.

He's trapped, by over 20 of them.

The pack tries to wear him down.

This number of hyenas could kill him.

It's impossible to fight them
all at once.

He can't keep them at bay
for much longer.

He's tiring fast.

His ally, Tatu,
has heard the commotion.

Now, the odds have changed.

Even for 20 hyenas,

a pair of male lions
is too much to take on.

Red is lucky.

Tatu has saved his cousin's life.

After weeks of feeding on scraps,

Siena has grown strong enough

to try and rejoin her family.

She greets Charm first.

Even after being apart
for so long,

the bond between them
is still strong.

Yaya also welcomes Siena
back into the pride.

At last, Charm's family
are back together.

Charm not only has
her hunting partner back,

but another hunter is emerging.

Yaya is becoming a powerful lioness.

She’s learned how to stalk.

Stay low.

Approach silently,

and from downwind.

But the key to a successful ambush

is not being noticed.

Now it's seen her, the wildebeest
with its sharp horns

has the advantage.

But Yaya is learning.

Mother and daughter are starting
to develop their partnership.

It's October.

The great wildebeest migration
never stops.

And now, they're leaving
the Maasal Mara.

For Charm and her family,

food is about to become
much more difficult to find.

The plains are empty,
and in search of food,

Charm leads the pride
to the edge of their range.

Here she finds another kind of prey.

Cattle, illegally brought into
the lions’ territory to graze.

And opportunity to feed
her hungry family.

But hunting cattle
can lead to disaster.

To protect their livestock,

herdsmen sometimes put out
poison bait.

Lions can't tell when a meal is toxic.

A week later, Charm's one-year-old son

is so ill, he can hardly stand.

The whole pride are showing
the signs of poisoning.

And Siena is missing once again.

As the temperature climbs,
the pride heads off to find shade.

But the struggling cub
is too weak to follow.

Charm needs to stay
with the rest of the pride.

Hours later, the cub
still hasn't caught up with his mother.

And there's no sign
of Siena either.

The next day, Charm returns
to her son's side.

He's still very unsteady.

But his mother can't abandon
the rest of the pride.

For the sake of the pride,

Charm abandons her young cub.

The others are waiting for her.

They need her now, more than ever.

She will never see her son,
or Siena, alive again.

Despite her losses,

there may still be a future for Charm
and her dynasty.

Her eldest cubs, Yaya and Tatu,
have survived the poisoning.

Charm keeps the pride moving
in a constant search for prey.

Catching enough food is hard,

even with Yaya's help.

But Charm is relentless.

The younger members of the pride
try to follow her example.

Even with little to hunt

and the constant harassment of hyenas,

Charm's skill and experience
as a leader

is keeping the pride alive.

A few weeks later,
her efforts begin to be rewarded.

Tatu and Red are now
over four years old,

ready to take the final step
to adulthood.

It's time for them to leave the pride.

For Charm, this is success.

They head out as a partnership

to battle other males,

to win a pride of their own,

and continue
the family's bloodline elsewhere.

But Charm still needs to get
the remaining four female cubs

safely to adulthood.

One early morning in may,

the roar of adult male lions.

Two new males, outsiders,

are searching for a pride
to take over as their own.

New males could bring the possibility
of a new generation of cubs.

But they could, just as easily,

bring disaster.

Soon, the new males begin to impose
their authority on the Marsh pride.

Charm's youngest daughter
is still too young to breed.

To the males, she's nothing more

than another mouth to share food with.

They don't want her in their pride.

Try as she might,
Charm struggles to defend her daughter.

Even she is no match for an adult male.

Charm tries distracting them,

putting herself
between them and her cub.

But it's no good.

If her daughter stays,
the males will eventually kill her.

The cub has no choice but to leave.

And the males don’t stop there.

Every young cub is driven out.

Their future is uncertain.

There's nothing Charm can do.

Eight months ago,
Charm's pride numbered ten lions.

Of them, only she and Yaya now remain.

The return of the wildebeest signals
the end, at last of the hard times.

Time for a new beginning.

Charm is starting the process
of rebuilding the Marsh pride.

She and one of the males have separated
themselves from the rest of the group.

Females are only able to conceive
once every few months.

For those crucial days,
the male won't leave her side.

Charm stays close to him
to strengthen their bond.

If the male isn’t certain
any future cubs are his,

he will probably kill them.

Four months later.

Charm is alone, away from the pride.

Over the last 14 months,

her dynasty has faced ruin.

But now, there is new hope.

Just two weeks old,

Charm gave birth away from the others.

Inquisitive and clumsy lions
could be a threat to the newborns.

But her two cubs are still
extremely vulnerable.

Buffalo seek out lion cubs

and will kill them
if they get the chance.

She shields them with her body.

Without her to protect them,
the buffalo will trample them to death.

Charm has forced the entire herd
to back down.

Life is always dangerous for lion cubs.

But these two have an experienced mother
to look after them.

At last, Charm's pride
is increasing again.

One male and one female.

And these cubs may soon
be joined by more.

Yaya has paired off
with the other adult male.

Soon, she too, will have cubs,

Charm's grandchildren.

Charm is taking her cubs to meet
the rest of the Marsh pride

for the first time.

Once their father has accepted the cubs,

he'll defend them
as fiercely as their mother.

They are the future of his dynasty, too.

Charm has been away from the pride
since giving birth,

and hasn't seen Yaya for weeks.

Their bond has held,
through perhaps the hardest times

in the pride’s history.

With her daughter pregnant, and her son
looking for a pride of his own,

Charm'’s dynasty,
and the Marsh pride, will live on.

This extraordinary lioness
has succeeded.

Next time,
one of the last great families

of painted wolves.

An intense rivalry.

Mother against daughter.

Each striving to rule.
Who will triumph?

And can they bring peace to these lands?