Wild Scandinavia
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Wild Scandinavia is a three-part natural history television series, first broadcast on the US network PBS. The series is narrated by Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson.{{Cite web|url=https://missoulian.com/what-to-watch/article_5ccf6c2a-45df-56cf-8fca-e6f7213e3cce.html|title=What to watch|date=May 10, 2023|website=The Missoulian}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/show/wild-scandinavia/|title=Wild Scandinavia | PBS|via=www.pbs.org}}
The series was made by the BBC Studios Natural History Unit, and co-produced by PBS.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/factual-commission-bbc-studios-natural-history/|title=BBC Factual Commissions Three Brand New Series From BBC Studios Natural History Unit|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/wild-scandinavia-life-on-the-edge-review-nordic-nature-on-pbs-fcc57c6e|title='Wild Scandinavia: Life on the Edge' Review: Nordic Nature on PBS|first=John|last=Anderson|date=May 9, 2023|work=Wall Street Journal|url-access=subscription}} The first episode, "Life on the Edge," showcases wildlife interactions and landscapes, merging subjects and ecological narratives.
Reception
The series had a positive critical reception.{{Cite news |last=Midgley |first=Carol |date=2024-01-15 |title=Wild Scandinavia review — a bracing glide through the Norwegian fjords |newspaper=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/wild-scandinavia-bbc-review-g9lrpkcwr |access-date=2024-01-15 |language=en |issn=0140-0460}}{{Cite news |last=Rees |first=Jasper |date=2023-12-31 |title=Wild Scandinavia, BBC Two, review: an hour of unadulterated Nordic phwoar |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2023/12/31/wild-scandinavia-bbc-two-review-mesmerising-nordic-wonders/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}} 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."
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Category:2023 British television series debuts
Category:2024 British television series endings
Category:2020s British documentary television series
Category:PBS original programming
Category:British English-language television shows
Category:Television series by BBC Studios
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