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How nature survives in America's high country - the land of grizzly bears and giant trees, frigid winters and scorching summers, tough ranchers and gold rush fever.

America's high country is the land of grizzly bears and giant trees, of frigid winters and scorching summers, of tough ranchers and gold rush fever. From the Rockies to the Sierra Nevada, survival demands endurance and know-how. From parasitic plants to thieving black bears, tenacious pikas and battling bison, it's in the high country that the west gets really wild.

59 minutes

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Next Tuesday16:15
BBC Two except Wales & Wales HD

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Music Played

  • Oswald Sattler

    Die Uhr

Credits

NarratorJames Norton
ProducerIan Gray
Series ProducerPatrick Morris
Executive ProducerMike Gunton

Broadcasts

  • Sun 16 Oct 201621:00
    BBC Two
  • Wed 19 Oct 201600:05
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
  • Wed 19 Oct 201600:35
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Thu 17 Nov 201601:45
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Thu 12 Oct 201714:45
    BBC Two
  • Tue 11 Sep 201816:15
    BBC Two
  • Tue 15 Jan 201922:00
    BBC Four
  • Thu 12 Dec 201923:00
    BBC Four
  • Sat 11 Jul 202011:00
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sat 15 Jan 202213:00
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Wed 27 Apr 202200:35
    BBC Four
  • Tue 14 Mar 202315:30
    BBC Two except Scotland & Wales
  • Tue 14 Mar 202316:20
    BBC Two Wales HD & Wales only
  • Thu 11 Jan 202416:15
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Tue 30 Sep 202516:15
    BBC Two except Scotland & Wales
  • Next Tuesday16:15
    BBC Two except Scotland & Wales

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