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Desert Heartlands
Discover the amazing ways nature has found to survive in the extremely testing land of the wild west.
This legendary land of red rocks and vast canyons, outlaws and gunslingers is a brutally tough place to live. But nature has found some extraordinary ways to win through, forging a pioneering spirit found nowhere else on earth.
Discover the amazing ways that mustangs and coyotes, Hopi farmers and even desert tortoises have found to survive in this extremely testing land.
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Mon 29 Sep 202516:15
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Horned lizard feeds on ants with toxic stings
Duration: 01:09
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Desert birds and bees
Duration: 01:59
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Mustangs quest to find precious water
Duration: 01:56
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Rosenstolz
Blaue Flecken
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First State, Anita Kelsey
Falling
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Berk and The Virtual Band
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Narrator | James Norton |
| Series Producer | Patrick Morris |
| Executive Producer | Mike Gunton |
Broadcasts
- Sun 9 Oct 201620:00
- Wed 12 Oct 201600:05BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
- Wed 12 Oct 201600:35BBC Two Scotland
- Thu 10 Nov 201602:05BBC Two except Scotland
- Thu 10 Nov 201603:00BBC Two Scotland
- Wed 11 Oct 201714:45
- Mon 10 Sep 201816:15
Tue 8 Jan 201922:00- Thu 5 Dec 201923:00
- Sat 4 Jul 202011:00BBC Two except Scotland
- Sun 3 Jan 202115:00BBC Two except Scotland & Wales
- New Year's Day 202214:25BBC Two except Scotland & Wales
- New Year's Day 202217:00BBC Two Wales & Wales HD only
- Tue 26 Apr 202200:55
- Mon 13 Mar 202315:30BBC Two except Scotland
- Mon 8 Jan 202416:15BBC Two except Scotland
- Mon 29 Sep 202516:15BBC Two except Scotland
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