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The Bear Family and Me

Episode 2: Summer

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Second programme in this series following wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan as he spends a year with a family of wild black bears.

As summer arrives, Gordon returns to Minnesota and discovers that the tiny bear cub Hope has been abandoned by her mother. He tracks down the starving cub, but her life hangs in the balance and Gordon steps in to try to keep Hope alive. As he follows every twist and turn of the bears' lives, we witness a wild bear family from the inside, closer than we've ever seen before. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Gordon Buchanan
Participant:
Lynn Rogers
Participant:
Sue Mansfield
Executive Producer:
Tim Martin
Series Producer:
Ted Oakes
Producer:
Jonny Young
Director:
Jonny Young

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