Wild at Heart, a British drama about a family running a game reserve in South Africa, focuses on traditional character arcs and family dynamics. Representation aligns with the story’s context rather than modern identity checklists. There’s little evidence that narrative is sacrificed for ideology, making this a largely non-woke offering for its time.

The show largely reinforces themes of family, responsibility, and personal growth. Traditional family structure and values are central, and gender roles are respected in a fairly conventional manner. There is little apparent subversion of Western or traditional cultural foundations.

Wild at Heart does not deride or caricature traditional views. There’s no overt ideological uniformity or villainization of dissenting perspectives; characters are allowed personal beliefs and conflicts without reducing alternatives to simple strawmen. The tone remains pluralistic and balanced.