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Program 1: Showdown At Grizzly River:
During most Alaskan summers, the McNeil River Falls is swimming with salmon - enough to feed all the grouchy grizzly bears looking to fatten up after six months of slumber. But this year is different. The salmon is scarce, and the competition for the best fishing spots is fierce. Where does that leave Toughie, the impetuous little female cub who's spending her last year at her mother's side? As mom competes with Woofie, Creek Bear, and other alpha males to catch the remaining fish, Toughie watches and waits, hopefully learning enough to survive the coming years alone. Their showdown at Grizzly River is a natural story of breathtaking beauty and spine-tingling confrontation- a rare and insightful look at those giant and aggressive loners known as grizzly bears
Program 2: Walking With Giants:
Who says that, given the chance, a ten-feet-tall, 1500-pound grizzly bear would tear you limb from limb? Certainly not naturalists Charlie Russell and Maureen Enns. They contend that this growling predator is an intelligent social animal that isn't instinctively hostile to human beings. To prove their point, they go to Siberia's Kamchatka Peninsula to live with a bunch of grizzlies that have never been with people before. Unexpectedly, they become foster parents to three orphaned cubs, hoping to fatten them up and teach them skills they'll need to survive this bear-bite-bear world. Meanwhile, the couple test their own survival skills when they finally come face-to-face with full-grown grizzlies in the isolation of the wild. What happens next will thrill and surprise you, as this remarkable program walks where no other nature show has gone before.
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