''Earth's Greatest Spectacles'' (released in some countries as ''Seasonal Wonderlands'') is a 2016
British nature documentary series created and produced by the
BBC, first shown in February 2016 at
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
and
BBC Two HD. The series takes on stunning
seasonal changes based on the three locations where it reveals the dramatic process which occur for each year and showing how wildlife adapts to cope with the changes.
The series was composed by
David Mitcham and narrated by
Domhnall Gleeson
Domhnall Gleeson (; born 12 May 1983) is an Irish actor and screenwriter. He is the son of actor Brendan Gleeson, with whom he has appeared in a number of films and theatre projects. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts from Dublin Inst ...
.
Broadcast
British television
Earth's Greatest Spectacles premiered on British television on 5 February 2016, broadcast on BBC Two and BBC Two HD, which consisted of total three episodes.
International
The series was set to broadcast internationally on
BBC Earth channel. It debuted in
Asia on each Wednesday starting from 20 July 2016, in
Nordic region
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or ''Norden''; lit. 'the North') are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic. It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Swed ...
on each Sunday from 14 August 2016, and in
South Africa aired each Sunday from 13 November 2016.
The series premiered in
Belgium on 24 March 2016 at the
Canvas TV and in the
Netherlands from 17 May 2016 on
NPO 2.
In
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, the series aired all three episodes on 30 September 2017 at
WOWOW's BBC Earth monthly block.
As for the
United States, the first episode - New England, is aired at
TPT 2 on 4 November 2017.
Episodes
References
External links
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{{BBC Natural History Unit
2016 British television series debuts
2016 British television series endings
2010s British documentary television series
BBC television documentaries
Documentary films about nature
BBC high definition shows
British English-language television shows