Kate lives in Grand Lake, Colorado, a small town that is considered the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park. Kate’s friend Tom is inspired by the cold and recent snow to go out and take a plunge in the icy lake!

The imposing rock faces of Yosemite are very popular with sport climbers, and the rocky heights are also home to the endearing American pika. Mule deer, many with fawns, inhabit the lower valley, which is awash with spring color.

In the wooded valley, a pine squirrel falls prey to the voracious bobcat. Here we find some of the oldest and tallest trees on earth: The giant sequoias, which are now a major attraction for visitors to the park.

A relaxing bobcat family is surprised by the appearance of a young black bear. Elsewhere, a raven family is threatened by the presence of a bald eagle circling above their nesting site.

Molten granite was cooled and scoured by glaciers, forming Yosemite’s almost surreal landscape with its many remarkable rock formations. Black bears inhabit the park and emerge each spring from their hibernation, ready to begin a new cycle of life.

As spring arrives, the remarkable and deadly poisonous Sierra newt moves to its traditional aquatic breeding grounds. Meanwhile, kingfishers fish the crystal clear Yosemite streams and squirrels play a dangerous game of chase with the hunting bobcats.

Protected by presidential decree, the breathtaking mountainous terrain of the Yosemite Valley is now a national park, enjoyed by many human visitors, while still home to the wild creatures and stunning vegetation that has inhabited it for millennia / centuries.

Isaac and his dog, Bucket, are our guides for a road trip across the great open landscape that forms the United States of America. From vast swathes of Kansas farmland and Colorado’s Rocky Mountain ranges to the expansive salt flats at Bonneville, we’re certainly getting a taste for the open road!

Nigella's poached peaches are perfect for summer, and also great if you don't have access to very ripe peaches due to the season or your location.

Nigella finishes her recipe for poached peaches full of pink syrup and fabulous summer flavor!

Sigrid talks about the reality of conversing with someone who has Alzheimer's. They often have trouble finding the word for the thing they are thinking of.

A coyote and a golden eagle fight over the carcasses of animals that did not survive the frozen winter, and a mother bobcat teaches her kittens to hunt through the snow.

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Isaac hikes to visit a waterfall in Canada’s Fundy National Park. The wooded and rocky park is at the end of the Appalachian mountain range and has a shoreline on the Bay of Fundy, which has some of the most dramatic tides in the world.

Abi reads extracts from a version of Clement Clarke Moore’s famous Christmas poem, popularly known by its first line “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” about a father who witnesses the visit of Santa Claus on one magical Christmas Eve.