Wild New World (2002)

Genre

nature documentary, documentary television film

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This BBC documentary series covers the prehistory, landscape and wildlife of Ice Age America. It shows both computer graphics and real animals, telling the story from the arrival of humans to the end of the Ice Age.

educationalawe-inspiringnostalgicinformativeslow-pacedobservationalatmosphericcontemplative

What happens

Wild New World (also known as Prehistoric America) is a six-part BBC documentary series about Ice Age America that describes the prehistory, landscape and wildlife of the continent from the arrival of humans to the welcome of the Ice Age. It was first transmitted in the UK & JP on BBC Two from 3 October to 7 November 2002. Like several other BBC programmes, it contains both computer graphics and real-life animals. Occasionally, footage of non-American counterparts of the extinct North American beasts (like the American lion and the American cheetah) are used in juxtaposition with footage of native American animals, like the pronghorn. Wild New World was co-produced by the BBC Natural History Unit and Discovery Channel. The music was composed by Barnaby Taylor and performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra. The series was narrated by Jack Fortune and produced by Miles Barton. The series forms part of the Coordinator History Unit's Continents strand. It was preceded by Wild Africa in 2001 and followed by Wild Down Under in 2003. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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