Wild China Details

BBC triumphs again

Yet another superb documentary from the Beeb. Combining stunning footage of China's countryside and its inhabitants and narrated superbly by Bernard Hill, it features some amazing cinematography and is a must see for all natural history fans. Get it!!!

[Highly rated reviewer]

Good scenary, not enough wild life

My wife thinks that it is a little disjointed and it was difficult to esatablish which region they were talking about. I think that China is a very big country and it is probably diffcult to do it justice in a couple of discs. As a broad sweep, Wild China is a fair attempt to give and illustration of aspects of the country and wild life. It is a bit dry, maybe that has something to do with restrictions on what they could show..

Maybe, I am just too use to BBC David Attenborough productions, but the wild life in China is not that exiting and there doesn't seem to be too much of it. Maybe that has something to do with previous episodes in recent history when the people had no food and had to eat anything to survive. The documentary tried to stress how many national parks have been formed but it seemed that it was constantly talking about species on the brink of extinction. It was a bit disappointing on the wildlife front.

The scenary shots are excellent though. Worth a look if you want to check out a bit about China. I think that I would try to look for something which focused on specific aspects rather than mixing nature, people and scenic shots together.