Episodes List
Ep.1 Kingdom of Animals
Air Date: 2011-02-28
Nigel Marven explores the country's wildlife, beginning in Yunnan province, where he finds its endangered snubbed-nose monkeys, and goes on an unusual fishing trip.
Ep.2 Deserts of the North
Air Date: 2011-03-07
Nigel explores three of the country's deserts, where he encounters gekkos, sand-swimming snakes and Bactrian camels. He also searches for a Xinjiang Ground-jay.
Ep.3 Land of Giants
Air Date: 2011-03-14
Nigel explores the jungles of southern China, where he finds white-cheeked gibbon, rare Asian elephants, pythons, enormous rats, and the world's largest species of moth.
Ep.4 Heavenly Mountains
Air Date: 2011-03-21
Nigel visits the Sichuan Mountains where he sees blue sheep and yak. Plus, he searches the bamboo forests for unique breeds of frogs.
Ep.5 Grasslands of Mongolia
Air Date: 2011-03-28
Nigel visits the far north of China, where he explores the grass for micro mammals and Mongolia's deadliest snake, and he also hopes to spot a demoiselle crane.
Ep.6 Tibet's High Plateau
Air Date: 2011-04-04
Nigel visits the Tibetan plateau where he sees shaggy yak, high flying bar-headed geese, kiang, Tibetan foxes, pocket-sized pica hares and antelope.
