19May
Wild China: Shangri-La
posted by Emma Payne
You’d think after decades of nature programmes they’d have run out of weird creatures to show us, but this episode about Yunnan, a remote forest in southwest China, is full of jaw-dropping moments - from bats the size of bumblebees living in a bamboo stem, to villagers tying feathers to hornets, to the unearthly song of the gibbon. A beautiful beginning as well, with a ghostly, sad-looking monkey sitting in the snow.
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I love these super-expensive, super-lavish ‘landmark’ wildlife series but they’re so slick, so hyperreal that I find them difficult to believe. They’re so deliberate and so perfect. I find myself longing for something a bit shabby. I suppose that’s what Bill Oddie’s for…