‘Seven Worlds’ comes to China

Source:Global Times Published: 2019/10/23 18:13:41



Promotional material for Seven Worlds, One Planet Photos: Courtesy of BBC



 

Promotional material for Seven Worlds, One Planet Photos: Courtesy of BBC



Promotional material for Seven Worlds, One Planet Photos: Courtesy of BBC



Promotional material for Seven Worlds, One Planet Photos: Courtesy of BBC



The latest natural documentary series from BBC Studios, Seven Worlds, One Planet, will begin airing in the Chinese mainland starting Monday on CCTV's documentary channel and Chinese streaming platform Tencent Video, according to a media prescreening event held on Monday. 

Presented by Sir David Attenborough, the seven-episode series will reveal how each distinct continent on the Earth has shaped the unique animal life found there. 

According to Scott Alexander, the series' executive producer, this marks the first time that a documentary has captured the lives of animals from a global perspective. 

Audiences in China will be able to learn about the lives of animals on all the continents, from the baking plains of Africa to the frozen waters off Antarctica, from the extreme conditions in some parts of Asia to wildlife living right alongside human beings in Europe. 

The film crew has traveled to every corner of the world to capture images of local wildlife, spending months at a time at some locations. 

Filming in the most varied and extreme continent, Asia, took the crew 158 days. 

Attenborough named it as "the greatest treat in store for viewers in the new series," according to a report by The Guardian. 

He said: "There's a wonderful creature called the golden-haired blue-faced snub-nosed snow monkey. I'd never seen film of it before. I once read a scientific paper and thought: We must go and film that! But that was back in the 1960s and we couldn't get to China so in the end I dropped it… and then, blow me, this lot pop up and say 'we've got it.'"

The new series aims to raise people's awareness of global climate changes and how human activity has impacted global wildlife and nature. 

"It is never too late to take action," said Alexander. 

"Seven billion people on the planet. If everyone is doing a little bit, we can make a difference."



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