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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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Thu 11 Jan 2024 16:15
BBC Two

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  • 00:59

    Oswald Sattler

    Die Uhr

Credits

Narrator James Norton
Producer Ian Gray
Series Producer Patrick Morris
Executive Producer Mike Gunton

Broadcasts

  • Sun 16 Oct 2016 21:00
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  • Wed 19 Oct 2016 00:05
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
  • Wed 19 Oct 2016 00:35
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  • Thu 17 Nov 2016 01:45
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  • Thu 12 Oct 2017 14:45
    BBC Two
  • Tue 11 Sep 2018 16:15
    BBC Two
  • Tue 15 Jan 2019 22:00
    BBC Four
  • Thu 12 Dec 2019 23:00
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  • Sat 11 Jul 2020 11:00
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  • Sat 15 Jan 2022 13:00
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  • Wed 27 Apr 2022 00:35
    BBC Four
  • Tue 14 Mar 2023 15:30
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  • Tue 14 Mar 2023 16:20
    BBC Two Wales HD & Wales only
  • Thu 11 Jan 2024 16:15
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