CLIMB ABOVE THE CLOUDS

Put on your walking boots and crack out the Kendal Mint Cake! A new three-part series from the BBC’s Natural History Unit takes us into the heart of three of the most iconic mountain ranges on our planet: the Rockies in North America, the Himalayas in Asia and the Andes in South America.

Mountain: Life At The Extreme shines a light on the people and animals that thrive at great heights. In the Rockies, we meet the elusive wolverine, migrating rufous hummingbirds, tiny cannibalistic salamanders and a daredevil wingsuit flier who leaps from milehigh cliffs, while the spectacular footage of the Himalayas includes India’s arid Nubra Valley (pictured here) and Everest itself, where a hardy few take on the world’s highest-altitude marathon. Finally, in the Andes, look out for some hardy salt-flat lizards that somehow manage to survive in the world’s driest desert, the incredible shapeshifting rainfrog, and a Peruvian bus journey that ought to come with a change of underwear.