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Spring

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Series following wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan as he spends a year with a family of wild black bears. Before he can start filming, Gordon must earn the bears' trust.

This series follows wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan as he spends a year with a family of wild black bears.

Gordon arrives in the forests of Minnesota in spring, just as the bears are coming out of their dens. Before he can start filming, he faces a major challenge - to earn the bears' trust. He must overcome his own fear - black bears have a dangerous reputation and attack more people than any other bear in the world. But once he meets Lily, an easy-going young mother bear, and her cub Hope, Gordon is smitten.

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Thu 27 Nov 202516:15
BBC Two

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Music Played

  • Barnaby Taylor

    Pre-Title

  • Barnaby Taylor

    Cold Landscape

  • Barnaby Taylor

    Crash Course

  • Barnaby Taylor

    Hope Close

  • Sufjan Stevens

    Romulus

  • Barnaby Taylor

    Uncertain Future

  • Barnaby Taylor

    Lily Kisses

  • Barnaby Taylor

    Bite

  • Sufjan Stevens

    Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois

  • John Martyn

    Over the Hill

  • Barnaby Taylor

    Could It Be Hope

  • Peter Broderick

    And It's Alright

  • Barnaby Taylor

    All other music

  • Los Tigres del Norte

    El Zorro De Ojinaga

  • Sufjan Stevens

    Romulus

  • Jack Johnson

    Fortunate Fool

  • Sufjan Stevens

    Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois

  • John Martyn

    Over the Hill

Credits

PresenterGordon Buchanan
ParticipantLynn Rogers
ParticipantSue Mansfield
Series ProducerTed Oakes
Executive ProducerTim Martin

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