America The Beautiful

Wednesday 8pm

National Geographic
America The Beautiful

WHEN TO WATCH

  1. Wednesday 28 May 8pm

    Mississippi Untamed

  2. Wednesday 28 May 9pm

    America's Badlands

Synopsis

It’s the land we love and the land we think we know. We see America’s breathtaking landscapes and wildlife as timeless, but the truth is very different. Its unique geography drives the forces of nature to extremes, shaping and reshaping the land and throwing down new challenges for life.

Episodes

Season 1
  • Mississippi Untamed

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    At America's center, Three Rivers Wild - the Mississippi, the Missouri and the Ohio - combine their strength and transform into a behemoth that splits the nation. Thousands of snow geese arrive with winter, and river otters hunt within breaks in the ice.

    Next Showing
    Wednesday 28 May 8pm
    On NatGeo Wild
  • America’s Mighty Mountains

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    Of America's many natural wonders, its mountain ranges are some most punishing places to live on Earth, brutal cold, searing sun, thin air and toxic gases. Everything up here lives on the razor’s edge.

  • America’s Northwest Giants

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    Bigger is better in the Land of Giants where conditions conspire to make the northwest corner of the U.S home to the most extraordinary landscapes, plants and creatures imaginable.

  • America's Badlands

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    East meets Wild West in The Badlands of South Dakota. Famous frontier towns, Crazy Horse, and U.S. Presidents are immortalized here, but living legends thrive just over the hills.

    Next Showing
    Wednesday 28 May 9pm
    On NatGeo Wild
  • America’s Wild Southwest

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    It’s hot. Dang hot. Prepare for the daily struggle of life in America’s expansive desert country. For many creatures in the Wild Southwest, survival means being both tough, and creative.

  • The Land of Lakes

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    The northern Land of Lakes is a lush realm of forests and wet bogs - but in winter, it's governed by snow and ice. Timber wolves search widely with their powerful noses, while great greys- the largest owls in North America -plunge deep into the snow for a meal.

  • America’s Untamed Heartland

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    America’s Heartland tells the story of the great frontier and the wildlife that continues to thrive in the wild spaces closest to America’s heart.

  • Secret Life Of A Farm

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    Secret Life of a Farm: Sharing space spells conflict for humans and animals in America's heartland, where a raccoon breaks into a house and a weasel eyes up a busy chicken coop. (4 of 5)

  • Into The Appalachians

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    Into the Appalachians: Heed to the Great Valley, where skunks, raccoons and coyotes thrive in the shadow of the county's oldest mountain range. (4 of 5)