Sunday, 08 June
7.30pm

For the first time in a century, China is opening up to the world. This new six-part series gains unprecedented access into a most enigmatic country, to reveal a land of astonishing complexity. High definition cameras capture unique images of mysterious creatures and diverse human communities that live in China's varied landscapes.
The glittering peaks of the Himalayas - the world's highest mountain range - tower over the desolate Tibetan plateau. Deserts range from searingly hot to mind-numblingly cold. Rivers roar through steep-sided gorges and cascade down forested waterfalls. Flocks of cranes migrate along a coastline studded with bustling high-tech cities. Steaming jungles harbour wild elephants, colourful birds and strange tropical flowers.
In episode four Land Of The Panda we visit China's east, between the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers - a place of great cities, heavy industrialisation and intensive agriculture. Here we find the centre of a 5,000-year-old civilisation which has created landmarks such as the Great Wall, the Temple of Heaven and Beijing's Olympic Stadium, coexisting with rare animals like the golden snub-nosed monkey, the golden takin and the giant panda.
Journey through this breathtaking place, from the Himalayas to the barren steppe, the sub-arctic to the tropical islands and discover the cultural diversity of China and the mysterious, beautiful, wild and rare creatures which live there.