This six-part BBC Natural History Unit series takes you on a mystical journey to China, a land filled with splendour and romance. It provides unprecedented access to a country of astonishing natural complexity, with breathtaking landscapes, colourful people and rare and surprising wildlife.

The huge and varied landscape includes a humid sub-tropical climate in Southern China with a large array of rice terraces carved into the mountains, down to the South-West of the country which is dominated by snow-,apped mountains. While Tibet, covering a quarter of China, is full of vast areas of wilderness and is one of the most remote places on earth.

As you reach the Great Wall of China to the north of the region, the series explores this wild and rugged land, with forests full of wild boar and a just the odd few Siberian tigers. Finally, it visits the West of China, a remote and sparsely populated place and this series will really open your eyes to the beauty and complexity of this region.

Programme 1: The Great Rice Bowl

This programme explores rural China. With a sub-tropical climate, Southern China is eight times the size of the UK, and the home to astonishing wildlife, including the rare black-leaf monkey and the endangered dwarf Chinese alligator.

Programme 2: The Forests of Shangri La

This area includes the snow-capped Hengduan Mountains which channel great rivers. This forms great areas for animals to flourish and breed, with magnificent footage of mammals from giant tree squirrels to the highly protected white dolphins.

Programme 3: Tibet

Tibet is the size of Western Europe and covers a quarter of China. This is one of the most remote parts of the world, and contains the hauntingly beautiful Himalayas. It is also home to a beautiful range of wildlife, from the antelopes, to the Tibetan fox and the brown bear.

Programme 4: Beyond the Great Wall

The Great Wall of China was built by the ancient Chinese emperors to keep the warrior tribes in the north of the country and has a severe environment, with freezing winters and searing hot stormy deserts. There are also dense forests, home to wild boar and Siberian tigers, where both the humans and wildlife have survived and managed to adapt to harsh living conditions.

Programme 5: Land of the Dragon

This programme looks at western China which is a largely mountainous and thinly populated area. While the east is industrialised with intense agriculture, whe west is also home to the most charismatic and fascinating creatures, including the elusive giant panda.

Programme 6: Crowded Coasts

The coastline in China spans a remarkable 14,500km, with more than 5,000 years of history. From seaside communities to wild wetlands, many animals survive and prosper including the water-loving Milu deer, rescued from the brink of extinction in the 19th century by the British. Also, the macaque monkeys and white dolphins which are both protected by government hunting laws, and are much loved by the locals.