Big Cat Conversations

The People's Podcast on Big Cat encounters in Britain. In each episode Rick Minter discusses big cat sightings with different witnesses, finding out what they saw or sensed, how they felt, and how these cases fit a bigger picture.

BCC EP:126 Kent Cat Fight, Surrey double take
Jun 1, 2025 – 01:18:12
BCC EP:125 Scottish borderlands – unspoken leopards & lynx
May 9, 2025 – 01:06:31
BCC EP:124 Confronting a midlands panther - a five metre face-off
Apr 17, 2025 – 01:06:30
BCC EP:123 A shot in the dark – green eyes through the snow
Mar 26, 2025 – 01:17:51
BCC EP:122 The puma paradox – Australia’s roo slayers
Mar 3, 2025 – 01:35:12
BCC EP:121 Cubs – from Cumbria to Devon…
Feb 8, 2025 – 01:11:47
BCC EP:120 British lynx & leopards – more police memoirs
Jan 16, 2025 – 01:28:14
BCC EP:119 Over the hedge – big cats of Hereford & Worcestershire
Dec 12, 2024 – 01:47:36
BCC EP:118 Mother & cub on the moors – son of the Exmoor Beast
Nov 17, 2024 – 59:56
BCC EP:117 The leopard, the cub & the farmyard strays – in the company of cats
Oct 25, 2024 – 01:17:59
BCC EP:116 The clawed carcass - grappling with the evidence?
Oct 4, 2024 – 01:00:47
BCC EP:115 The leopard trail to Skye
Sep 12, 2024 – 01:18:48
BCC EP:114 Wye Valley pumas – the rescued & the wild
Aug 21, 2024 – 01:26:07
BCC EP:113 Daybreak with the Cheshire leopards
Jul 27, 2024 – 01:13:11
BCC EP:112 The policeman, the prints & the calling leopard
Jul 3, 2024 – 01:20:37
BCC EP:111 Cat at the campsite, panther at the portaloo
Jun 8, 2024 – 01:06:49
BCC EP:110 Panthera Cumbria - DNA developments
May 14, 2024 – 01:28:22
BCC EP:109 The changing farm - new woods & new predators
Apr 19, 2024 – 01:14:18
BCC EP:108 Dusk in the park – kids & the curious panther
Mar 26, 2024 – 01:02:08
BCC EP:107 Fishing fright – the lakeside leopard warning
Mar 5, 2024 – 58:18
BCC EP:106 Forest echoes – Argyll’s big cat calls
Feb 9, 2024 – 01:00:28
BCC EP:105 Top corner cats – tracking the Caithness leopards
Jan 17, 2024 – 01:19:13
BCC EP:104 Sherwood & Shropshire – glimpses in the Greenwood
Dec 27, 2023 – 01:17:27
BCC EP:103 The spectre at the stables – big cats bothering horses
Dec 10, 2023 – 01:03:03
BCC EP:102 Fight or flight? Cumbria’s cornered cat
Nov 19, 2023 – 01:03:44
BCC EP:101 Lake District leopards
Sep 30, 2023 – 01:11:50
BCC EP:100 Where the wild things are
Aug 19, 2023 – 01:43:48
BCC EP:99 The dumping grounds – exploring the rogue wildlife
Jul 29, 2023 – 01:16:18
BCC EP:98 Derbyshire dales – hidden homes of the big cats
Jul 7, 2023 – 01:11:08
BCC EP:97 Crossing paths with a Glastonbury panther
Jun 17, 2023 – 01:11:09
BCC EP:96 Gamekeeper big cat diaries
May 26, 2023 – 01:10:55
BCC EP:95 Living with leopards - Africa & Britain compared
May 5, 2023 – 01:32:49
BCC EP:94 West Country big cats – behind the headlines
Apr 14, 2023 – 01:02:42
BCC EP:93 From Oxford to Exmoor - panthers in the pastures
Mar 25, 2023 – 01:18:05
BCC EP:92 The Outcasts - Beauty in the hidden beasts
Mar 6, 2023 – 01:10:27
BCC EP:91 Scotland’s big cats – from theory to reality
Feb 12, 2023 – 01:06:34
BCC EP:90 Tails from the Stroud valleys
Jan 24, 2023 – 01:19:08
BCC EP:89 The predator’s stare - when time stood still
Jan 8, 2023 – 56:22
BCC EP:88 Awakening the Snow Panther
Dec 22, 2022 – 01:20:54
BCC EP:87 Ireland’s shocked stalker
Dec 6, 2022 – 57:03
BCC EP:86 Cougar close encounters – from Canada to Devon
Nov 22, 2022 – 01:32:55
BCC EP:85 The policemen, the dog & the panthers - Warwickshire big cats recalled
Nov 3, 2022 – 01:29:43
BCC EP:84 The wall-walker – filming a foraging panther
Oct 13, 2022 – 01:05:36
BCC EP:83 Big cat nature ramble – Cotswold hide outs
Sep 28, 2022 – 01:08:57
BCC EP:82 A face-off at dusk – confronting a west country leopard
Sep 14, 2022 – 01:10:29
BCC EP:81 Welsh big cat tour – north to south
Aug 28, 2022 – 01:06:38
BCC EP:80 Kent’s large carnivores – a sleepy village life
Aug 8, 2022 – 01:05:55
BCC EP:79 Secret South Wales panthers
Jul 19, 2022 – 01:10:44
BCC EP:78 Big cats amongst the treasure
Jul 4, 2022 – 54:00
BCC EP:77 Too close for comfort?
Jun 20, 2022 – 01:08:59

Recent Reviews

slit lip

From Michigan

.Great show, we have Mountain and large black cat sightings in the Great Lakes area.
hot vet

Seeing Great Britain in a new light!

I am just fascinated with this podcast! My husband was born in England and we visit family and friends often. I enjoy the life style of being there but have always wished for, well, just a tad more excitement. (We lived in Kenya for a time and I loved the thrill of not knowing what was behind the next tree.) Learning about the big cats, has helped me comprehend that even proper British might not always be on top of everything. As soon as I can talk someone into pointing me in the correct direction, our next visit ( after Covid) will find me taking numerous long walks in the woods! Thank you for bringing the big cats to my attention