Diagonaldi Very well executed

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Donald Seymour This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

adam I've seen this documentary series several times on Netflix, and it has become one of my favorites to watch when I feel worried about the state of the world! Most of the current events part of this series are no longer current at all but that doesn't diminish its quality.I don't know as much as I would like about China, and Wild China does a wonderful job of showing its many beauties, both natural and built by humans. From long-settled fishing villages on China's increasingly prosperous eastern coast to the icy reaches of Manchuria to the sunbaked deserts of Xinjiang, this series shows off a beautiful and wild China.(I have watched this series several times, mostly recently on August 25 2017)

A Telford This documentary series would win every Oscar, if it were a film. It is a beautiful, sublime and enchanting mix of nature programme, historical documentary and intelligent explanation of the fusion of nature and humankind in China. Those expecting merely a nature program should be enthralled at the breadth of nature and how humans work with and are sometimes just a part of nature throughout history in China. It is essential viewing for anyone Chinese, interested in China, who is familiar with the country or merely wants to expand their general knowledge of the 21st century's most important single country. The filming is brilliant, the text insightful and detailed and the narration is a masterpiece of calm, both factual and affectionate delivery, by the famous Bernard Hill, who makes every effort to use the Chinese pronunciation of place-names and people-names. The soundtrack of ethnic music of the region in question and the series' main theme is well-chosen and artfully applied, yet never overbearing. This series deserves a place in the pantheon of audiovisual greats as complete a study of non-urban China and its history as one is ever likely to encounter.

Foxy Black As someone who have been in China for a few years, I'm awed by this film. This is what BBC does best.I say it's a piece of art, because it's really quite beautiful, the editorial work has been wonderful, location selection, angles, slow motion, all of those add on to make it a surreal and beautiful reflection that you may not even notice living there. It's capturing the moment at the right time in the right place, something often overlooked even by the natives. I have to say, amongst the crowd, the sometimes dirty environment, the construction sites, and the clashing of architecture styles caused by the east/west infusion in recent years, increasingly you can only find the authentic beautiful signature Chinese landscapes with clever and observant eyes. It awes me but at the same time, worries me a little.We'd be quick to jump to the conclusion that the Chinese government need to do more to protect its environment, or that the Chinese people need to be more aware of their environment. Didn't it sound incredibly sad when the narrator said that out of 25 species of turtles in China, only a few survived, and that happened in merely few decades. But as pointed out in the series, they ARE aware. They've been aware for thousands of years, having such a long history and witnessing the rise and fall of numerous dynasties, their appreciation for harmony and sustainability runs a lot deeper than we might think, it's imprinted into their culture. It's sad really, but they're given the tough choice of either economic growth or preservation of their environment, sacrifice one and their children will starve, sacrificing the other and their children's children would eventually starve. It's a fine balance which they're increasingly focusing their attention on, and I really do wish them the best, I want my children to one day be able to travel to that beautiful land and be in awe at how much more the world can hold.

epincion Very Good Series. As a great fan of the BBC Natural History Unit series like Planet Earth I only came across this recently and it surprised me greatly in that I never realized China is so varied and full of amazing natural wonders. As with most Westerners my idea of China was just what we see on news channels with the background pictures of Beijing and the Great Wall. What was particularly good was the way the filmmakers include something of the life of local people in each episode. So many interesting local cultures exist in pockets each with a rich cultural tradition going back centuries. It is great that something is being done to record this before they disappear under the pressure of modern ways. The filmmakers also (quite carefully given the sensitivity of the Chinese government to perceived criticism) point out the huge problems for wildlife from human pressure for land taking the habitat for animals and birds and also the fact that in some parts of China they eat everything leading to rare animals being hunted for profit. For the first time ever I felt I would visit China to see its natural history and peoples.