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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.

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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Tue 30 Sep 202516:15
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

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