the unlikely love story started in swinging london in 1969 when our two heroes, john rendalght a lion. >> so ace and i saw these two  lions. a lioness and the cub that we  subsequently called christian. and he was totally, totally  irresistible. it was really a shock to see  these beautiful creatures in  such a tiny cage. >> we half wanted to rescue him from this situation, and we hal thought it would be an adventure. >> anyone could see that he  really loved us, we really love him. we were part of his pride. >> eventually the lion became  too big so john and ace took  christian to africa and turned  him over to a conservationist í george adamson who would releas him back into the wild.óó about a year later, john and ace went back to africa to look for christian and found that the  magic was still there. >> he comes closer and closer  and closer. and then you can just see that  click of recogn