All of us in the UK give the BBC a hard time for churning our rubbish at our expense and then something comes along and you say: "all is forgiven!" This is a fine example of the greatness of the BBC. A poet wrote (I can't remember who): "the beauty of the world has made me sad, a beauty that will pass" or something to that effect. Now I don't go along with the tone of the poem which is depressive, I can understand though the poet's being moved by the grandeur of nature. And this is precisely what happened to me watching this wonderful programme - a sense of how awesome nature is and how awesome man is who is shown in this series to blend with nature and harness its powers. I was particularly struck by the fisherman with their captive comorants who had been trained to work alongside the fishermen essentially to do their fishing for them. And, the landscapes and the extraordinary monkies etc - wonderful.
One slightly negative point and that it is obvious that to obtain chinese approval a certain degree of compromise was necessary - thus in the Tibet programme we are simply told that Tibet has been part of China for 50 years i.e. there is no mention that it was annexed. Anyway, this is a small quibble.
This is the kind of series (there are 6 hour long episodes) which you can watch many times over the years.
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- An exotic fusion of natural history and Oriental adventure, "Wild China" is a series of journeys through four startlingly different landscapes, each based around the travels of a real historical character. With splendour, scale and romance, Wild China lifts the veil on the world's most enigmatic and magnificent country, delving into its vibrant habitats to reveal a land of unbelievable natural com
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