Product Details

• Actors: BBC Video
• Directors: BBC Video
• Format: Color, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Chinese, English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: BBC Worldwide
• DVD Release Date: August 5, 2008
• Run Time: 300 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (75 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0016I0AI2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,134 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #29 in Movies & TV > Blu-ray > Documentary
• For more information about "Wild China [Blu-ray]" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 08/05/2008 Run time: 300 minutes Rating: Nr

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

73 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Breathtaking scenes and new revelations about China's environmental efforts, August 3, 2008

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H. Le (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild China (DVD)

This is one of the best documentaries about China today. It shows the diverse topography, flora, and fauna of the most geographically and ethnically diverse countries in the world. It also focuses on the little known and long-standing efforts by China to preserve it's environment, delicate ecological systems and unique animal life. The photography is breathtaking and the extra effort to show rarely seen areas of China are amazing. I have traveled all over China and this documentary shows the land as it truly is. For people who would like a glimpse into this remarkable land and it's people, this documentary is an excellent choice.

45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Narration, August 5, 2008

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g_sark (AZ, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wild China (DVD)

I have to agree with the previous reviewer that said: "It also focuses on the little known and long-standing efforts by China to preserve it's environment, delicate ecological systems and unique animal life." There's an example, in almost every episode, of conservation by the Chinese people, and this is not new. One of my favorites is the scene of Chinese people riding some distances on their bicycles with their birdcages strapped behind them, so they could hang all the little cages on trees so the birds could all talk to each other and not be lonely. Just recently, in the big earthquake (not this morning's, the one before) one of China's famous Giant Pandas 'Mau Mau' died when a wall collapsed on her. The keepers cried at her grave and she had a real funeral. While there is nothing quite so dramatic in this series, it is nice to see this side of the Chinese people at least alluded to.

Not mentioned in the last few reviews is the wonderful narration provided by Bernard Hill (captain of 'The Titanic'; King Theoden of Peter Jackson's 'The Lord of the Rings'). I was happy to see his wonderful voice put to such good use, and he even gets to keep his British accent!

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wild China - Only to see is to believe., July 4, 2008

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natascha wiegand (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This is truly an incredible documentary. I knew that there were both marvelous animals and picturesque natural beauty in China, but never like this. Each episode [8 in total, viewing time of 377 minutes]makes you gape in awe at both the vastly diverse environments, animals and human tribes that make China their home.