Wild Scandinavia
2023 nature documentary series
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wild Scandinavia is a 2023 three-part natural history television series, exploring the nature and culture of Scandinavia. The series is narrated by Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson.[1][2][3]
| Wild Scandinavia | |
|---|---|
| |
| Genre | Nature documentary |
| Narrated by | Rebecca Ferguson |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Scandinavia |
| Production company | BBC Natural History Unit |
| Original release | |
| Network | PBS BBC Two |
| Release | 2023 – 2023 |
The series was made by the BBC Studios Natural History Unit, and co-produced by PBS.[4] It premiered on PBS and BBC Two.[5]
Plot
Covering diverse Nordic landscapes—southern Denmark's sandy plains, Iceland's volcanoes, Sweden's forests, and prominently Norway's fjords—the series also features extreme human activities such as fjord cliff BASE jumping.[6] The first episode, Life on the Edge, explores how animals interact on Scandinavia's coast.[6] It shows the lives of animals such as polar bears, orca, puffins, reindeer and musk ox.[7][8]
A separate German documentary on similar topics, Wildes Skandinavien, was broadcast in 2010-2011, the two series are unrelated.[9]
Episodes
Reception
The series had a positive critical reception.[12][13] John Anderson of The Wall Street Journal praised the series' "startlingly beautiful and intimate imagery", which he considered to be part of "a quiet revolution under way in nature cinematography."[6]