Wild China
| Wild China | |
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Series title card from UK broadcast
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| Also known as | 'Beautiful China (Chinese title) |
| Genre | Nature documentary |
| Narrated by |
Bernard Hill (BBC) David Suzuki (CBC) |
| Composer(s) | Barnaby Taylor |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom/China |
| Original language(s) | English/Chinese |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Brian Leith |
| Producer(s) | Phil Chapman (BBC) Gao Xiaoping (CCTV) |
| Location(s) | China |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
BBC Natural History Unit CCTV |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Two |
| Picture format |
SD: 576i HD: 1080i |
| Audio format | SD: Stereophonic HD: Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | 11 May – 15 June 2008 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Wild Caribbean |
| Followed by | South Pacific |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Wild China is a six-part nature documentary series on the natural history of China, co-produced by the BBC Natural History Unit and China Central Television (CCTV) and filmed in high-definition (HD). It was screened in the UK on BBC Two from 11 May to 5 June 2008. The English narration was provided by Bernard Hill and the series produced by Phil Chapman for the BBC and Gao Xiaoping for CCTV. The Chinese version was broadcast under the title Beautiful China. In Canada, it was broadcast on CBC as part of the series The Nature Of Things narrated by David Suzuki. Wild China was broadcast in Australia on ABC1 and ABC HD each Sunday at 7:30pm from 18 May 2008.
The musical score to accompany the series was composed by Barnaby Taylor and was performed by Cheng Yu and the UK Chinese Ensemble.
The series was billed as the culmination of the BBC Natural History Unit's "Continents" programmes, a long-running strand of blue-chip wildlife documentaries which surveyed the natural history of each of the world's major land areas. It was preceded by Wild Caribbean in 2007, but with the broadcast of South Pacific in 2009 the BBC signalled a continuation of the strand.
The 2008 Beijing Olympics gave the BBC Natural History Unit team the opportunity to make the first comprehensive series on China's natural history. In the run up to the Games, the Chinese government was "understandably keen to promote itself as a country worth visiting" according to BBC producer Phil Chapman. Permission for Wild China was granted in 2005, with the BBC working alongside local partners CTV, a Beijing production company closely allied to state broadcaster CCTV. The series marks the first time that CCTV has collaborated with a foreign broadcaster.
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