A real paradise with exciting, strange animals, magical plants and breathtaking landscapes, in First TV Broadcast on SKAI, with the documentary “China: Nature’s Ancient Kingdom”.
The fascinating BBC documentary, “China: Nature’s Ancient Kingdom”, comes to Sky TV in Primetime and takes us on a journey to distant China.
In the three-episode documentary produced in 2021, we will have the opportunity to see one of the promising initiatives of the decade in the field of protecting the natural world. It is a pilot program to create ten new National Parks, with the aim of protecting the rarest and most endangered wildlife species.
What we will see in detail
Episode 1 – WEST: A FRAGILE PARADISE – Saturday 30 July at 10.45
In Western China, on the Tibetan Plateau of Qinhai, three new National Parks have been established. It is home to some of Asia’s most impressive animals, such as the mysterious Snow Leopard, the quirky Rhinoceros and the imposing Black-necked Crane, which according to local legends came down from heaven to live down on earth. All these wonderful animals, and many more, have perfectly adapted to this particularly wild environment and are waiting for us to meet them.
Episode 2 – CENTRAL: A BALANCING ACT – Sunday 31 July at 10.45
The central part of China is a region full of towering mountains and hidden valleys, which for 2 million years have been home to some of the most special creatures on earth. Among them, the largest amphibian on the planet, the rare Giant Chinese Salamander that can reach two meters in length, but also the Red Panda, the last descendant of a “family” that has its roots 4 million years ago.
Episode 3 – EAST: THE LAST REFUGE – Saturday 6 August at 10.45
The eastern part of China is the most densely populated region on earth. Even here, however, people have decided to leave room for nature as well, creating four new National Parks. There we find the rarest Gibbon on earth, since only 33 members of its species survive today. Also, the Siberian Tiger, the King of Kings according to Chinese culture, but which now numbers only 37 members in this region. Finally, we travel among the volcanic craters that hide China’s most precious rainforest: a forest that is home to 10% of all China’s amphibians, 20% of its reptiles, and at least 3,500 species of rare plants.
A real paradise of fascinating and strange animals, magical plants and breathtaking landscapes, in the First TV Broadcast, in the documentary “China: Nature’s Ancient Kingdom”.
Saturday 30 July, Sunday 31 July and Saturday 6 August at 10.45, on SKAI.
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