Wild West: America's Great Frontier
TV-G Limited Series 2016 · 3 eps · ★ 8.0 · Documentary
Ended
Discover the amazing ways nature has found to survive in the extremely testing land of America's wild west.
Directed by Ian Gray
Network: BBC Two
Your Rating
Where to Watch
Cast
-
James Norton Self - Narrator (voice)
More from Ian GraySee all →
Madagascar · 2011Madagascar
★ 8.32011
SeriesDocumentary
Over 80 per cent of Madagascar's animals and plants are found nowhere else on Earth. Discover what made Madagascar so different from the rest of the world, and how evolution ran wild here.
Natural World · 1983Natural World
★ 7.41983
SeriesDocumentary
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983.
Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.
Alaska: Earth's Frozen Kingdom · 2015Alaska: Earth's Frozen Kingdom
★ 6.42015
SeriesDocumentary
Three-part series that looks at a year in Alaska, revealing the stories of pioneering Alaskans, both animal and human, as they battle the elements and reap the benefits of nature's seasonal gold rush.
Ganges · 2007Ganges
2007
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
A journey that follows the Ganges from its source deep within the Himalayas through to the fertile Bengal delta, exploring the natural and spiritual worlds of this sacred river.
Wild Europe · 2005Wild Europe
2005
SeriesDocumentary
A stunning four-part series, charting the dramatic events which have shaped the ever-changing landscapes and wildlife of Europe.
American Lawmen · 2016American Lawmen
2016
SeriesCrimeDocumentary
American Lawmen explores the first policing of railroads, the mafia, the Everglades and lawless outposts across America. American Lawmen is the stories of policing seen through the eyes of the brave few who first picked up a badge.
A Wild Year · 2020A Wild Year
2020
SeriesDocumentary
A Wild Year is a unique insight into the nature of three iconic regions of the British countryside: The Pembrokeshire Coast, The North York Moors and The Fens.
Terra X: Der Kontinent · 2005Terra X: Der Kontinent
2005
SeriesDocumentary
More Like This
The American West · 2016The American West
★ 6.72016
SeriesDocumentaryWestern
The story of the aftermath of the Civil War and how the United States transformed into the “land of opportunity" spanning the years 1865 to 1890. Transporting into the violent world of cowboys, Indians, outlaws and law men, the story chronicles the personal, little-known stories of Western legends such as Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull.
The English · 2022The English
★ 7.32022
SeriesDramaWestern
An aristocratic Englishwoman, Lady Cornelia Locke, arrives into the new and wild landscape of the American West to wreak revenge on the man she sees as responsible for the death of her son.
American Primeval · 2025American Primeval
★ 7.72025
SeriesWesternDrama
A mother and son fleeing from their past form a found family while confronting a harsh landscape of freedom and cruelty in the American West.
Little House on the Prairie · 2026Little House on the Prairie
★ 6.72026
SeriesDramaWestern
The close-knit Ingalls family builds a new life on the Western frontier, where the joys of nature and the struggle for survival are deeply intertwined.
Broken Trail · 2006Broken Trail
★ 6.92006
SeriesAction & AdventureDrama
The story is about an aging cowboy and his nephew who transport 500 horses from Oregon to Wyoming to sell them to the British Army. Along the way, their simple horse drive is complicated when they rescue five Chinese girls from a slave trader, saving them from a life of prostitution and indentured servitude. Compelled to do the right thing, they take the girls with them as they continue their perilous trek across the frontier, followed by a vicious gang of killers sent by the whorehouse madam who originally paid for the girls.
Broken Trail weaves together two historical events: the British buying horses in the American West in the late 19th century and Chinese women being transported from the West Coast to the interior to serve as prostitutes.
Lucky Luke · 2026Lucky Luke
★ 6.42026
SeriesComedyWestern
Lucky Luke, the legendary lone cowboy, must team up with Louise, a fearless young woman searching for her missing mother. Together, they face the dangers of the Wild West, ally with old enemies like the Daltons or Billy the Kid - and learn to get along. This quest may reveal a far greater threat and lead Luke back to the origins of his legend.
Mayday · 2003Mayday
★ 8.22003
SeriesDocumentaryDrama
Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.
Penn & Teller: Bull! · 2003Penn & Teller: Bull!
★ 7.72003
SeriesComedyDocumentary
This daring original series stars postmodern bad boys of magic Penn & Teller as they question many of our culture's most cherished and widely held beliefs. From the truth about palm readings and TV psychics to the reality behind Feng Shui and Ouija boards, the archly comic masters of misdirection host this eye-opening analysis of the middle-ground between perception and reality.
Dateline · 1992Dateline
★ 6.51992
SeriesCrimeDocumentary
Dateline NBC, or simply Dateline, is a weekly American television newsmagazine series. It was previously the network's flagship newsmagazine, but now focuses mainly on true crime stories with only occasional editions that focus on other topics.
