Asia - new BBC David Attenborough series (2 Viewers)

[JTweedie]

Seven-part series will focus on the continent of Asia. The BBC has done series on the Ganges (covering from the Himalayas to the coast) and China, as well as individual episodes on particular species or groups of species found in Asia, but it says this is the first to focus on the continent as a whole. There's no mention of when it's out, but I'd suspect 2025.

Sir David Attenborough to present Asia on BBC One and iPlayer

Filmed over the course of nearly four years, this is the first time that Asia has been the focus of a major BBC wildlife series

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[birdboybowley]

Let's hope there's more than the usual elephants, tigers, rhinos, pandas and monkeys......

 

[JTweedie]

I'm sure all those animals will feature heavily, but going by recent series I expect there will be many surprises in store too. And often familiar animals are shown in new ways too - behaviour that hasn't been broadcast before.

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

One of the recent Attenborough articles had a throwaway comment about filming Orangutans with drones that might not be totally coincidental…