Wild China

In episode four we visit China's east, between the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers - a place of great cities, heavy industrialisation and intensive agriculture. Here we find the centre of a 5,000-year-old civilisation which has created landmarks such as the Great Wall, the Temple of Heaven and Beijing's Olympic Stadium, coexisting with rare animals like the golden snub-nosed monkey, the golden takin and the giant panda.

In episode two Shangri La, we journey to China's far South West, where rich jungles nestle below towering, cloud-swathed mountain peaks. Jewel-coloured birds and ancient tribes share forested valleys where wild elephants still roam. Stretching to the northern territories where only deserts would normally be found, we discover just how these forests exist.

For the first time in a century, China is opening up to the world. This new six-part series gains unprecedented access into a most enigmatic of countries, to reveal a land of astonishing complexity.