The second programme in a series exploring the real and mythological lives of four animals.
Once human beings worshipped the bear, and were awed by its power. Then they tried to tame it and it became a figure of fun - a circus animal, or a children's toy. Yet there is still a yearning for the real bear, and for the wildness it represents. Narrated by Miranda Richardson.
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Director Ann Hawker ; Series producer Mark Harrison