China: Nature's Ancient Kingdom Season 1, Episode 1 - 3

Title: China: Nature's Ancient Kingdom
Season 1, Episode 1: West A Fragile Paradise
Narrated: Vanessa Kirby
Creative Director: Wang Feng
Development Team: CCTV-4 Homeland Dreamland
Director: Chen Lei
Directors of Photography: Jacky Poon, Li Chen, Wang Hu
Camera: Xi Zhinong, Sun Zhaodong, Zhang Hao, Fan Minfu, Gu Ying
Aerial Photography: Zhou Shicheng
Run Time: 50 min, 10 sec
Airs: Saturday, May 15th at 8/7c
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Website: www.bbcamerica.com
Comments: Oinghai Tibet has some beautiful looking foxes. They are fun to watch as they play. The close up photography is amazing. 
  The Tibetan Plateau is a gorgeous place. So much beautiful scenery.
  Pudacuo National Park is where the Snob Nosed Monkey lives. They spend their time eating mainly. Life here can be hard and get very cold. Cranes do dance gracefully when they display gratitude. 
  Sanjiangyuan National Park is the largest one in China. Here we see the foxes living, playing and chasing food. Antelope do roam here as well. 
  One thing you notice here in Tibet is that the local people do care about the native animals. 
  The Snow Leopard is stunning and the filming does capture them perfectly. You get to see them so up close and personal. 
  Yaks provide a lot for the population and play such a huge role in their lives. 
  The Pallas Cat is the fluffist in the world. It has a look that says leave me alone. 
  The Rainbow Mountains are just breathtaking. The colors and design are intense. 
  A Toad Headed Iguana searches for a home and his to fight for one. Watching the tail waving is mesmerizing. 
  A Tibetan Brown Bear is the rarest bear in the world. We only get a glimpse at one here. 
  Marmot are cute little creatures that are friendly looking and you would want to pet them but should not. 
  The narrator does not pronounce some of the harder names clearly. 
  The Oinghai Tibetan Plateau is a nature wonder that you will marvel at its beauty. 


Title: China: Nature's Ancient Kingdom
Season 1, Episode 2: Central: A Balancing Act
Narrated: Vanessa Kirby
Creative Director: Wang Feng
Development Team: CCTV-4 Homeland Dreamland
Directors: Chen Lei, Zhu Jun, Zhang Han
Directors of Photography: Jacky Poon, Li Chen, Wang Hu
Camera: Xi Zhinong, Sun Zhaodong, Ruan Jian, Li Yong, Qing Shan
Run Time: 50 min, 10 sec
Airs: Saturday, May 22th at 8/7c
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Website: www.bbcamerica.com
Comments: The Giant Panda mother teaches her daughter about climbing with some trouble. These are shown realistically in Giant Panda National Park.
  China has some beautiful scenery. In Central China you will see so many amazing animals.
  Shennohgjia National Park has the Golden Snub Nosed Monkey. Yes they do have golden colored fur. The females control the male. They do act towards their children almost like humans do. 
  A Salamander looks like something from prehistoric times. It lays so many eggs.
  There are tons of trees and plants here. The people are helping to put the land back to as it was. 
  The wintery snow does create some hardships while most are have adopted. The Giant Panda certainly has. 
  We are taken up close and inside the lives of the animals shown here. Red Bud trees do make the forest look beautiful. 
  Asian Bees face a hornet. The hornet is a deadly killer. The bees though protect the hive. The way they do so is ingeneuos. 
  Bambo has a strange way of growing. It is food for pandas both Giant and Red ones. 
  Golden Pheasants are colorful birds. The  males use their feathers and crests to show off for the females. Pandas as well find mates diffently then pheasants. 
  The Red and White Flying Squirrel moves so easily through the forest. It glides as well as climbs. 
  By preserving the natural habitates of animals we do help to keep them from becoming endangered. The world needs to grow naturally and stay healthy. 


Title: China: Nature's Ancient Kingdom
Season 1, Episode 3: East: The Last Refuge
Narrated: Vanessa Kirby
Creative Director: Wang Feng
Development Team: CCTV-4 Homeland Dreamland
Directors: Chen Lei, Zhu Jun, Zhang Han
Directors of Photography: Graham MacFarlane, Li Chen, Jacky Poon, Wang Hu
Camera: Zhang Hao, Ruan Jian, Sun Zhaodong, Zhou Jiajun, Zheng Yi, Wu Zixi, Jonathan Pointer, Zhao Di, Zhou Fang
Run Time: 50 min, 10 sec
Airs: Saturday, May 29th at 8/7c
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Website: www.bbcamerica.com
Comments: On an Island in Southern China lives a ape the Hainan gibbon. There are so few of them left. 
  North East China Tiger and Leopard National Park  has a hipmunk species that lives there. The Chipmunk works hard to be able to survive the winter. The winter's are cold. 
  The Siberian Tiger is a powerful preditor. It is something to see the tiger moving about in its natural habitate. 
  Qianjiangyuan National Park is gorgeous with all its greenery. The people live in harmony with the wildlife. 
  The Bar Cheeked Goby does protect it's young. The father does not sleep or eat until they hatch. He is a fighter. 
  Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park is where the Gibbons live. Also we get to see where rubber comes from. We also see people helping the Gibbons to survive.
  Weaver Ants are industrous creatures. You get up so close as they are working. You will marvel at how close you get to them. 
  Clown Fish are colorful fish and they live in an amazing underwater world. 
  Wuyi Mountain National Park provides sixty percent of the world's tea leaves. Here you see how they are processed. The natural way of protecting them works well here. 
  Pheasants are shown in their mating ritual. It is fun to watch.
  The Chinese Pangolin is a weird cute looking creature. It looks like it is wearing armor and it is. They are almost extinct. 
  We see Man and nature working together here. 

Richard Vasseur