Episode 1
Film-makers and scientists venture into Burma's jungles for the first time in 50 years. The team searches for Asian elephants in the mountains of western Burma
For the first time in over 50 years, a team of wildlife film-makers from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Natural History Unit and scientists from the world-renowned Smithsonian Institution has been granted access to venture deep into Burma's impenetrable jungles. Their mission is to discover whether these forests are home to iconic animals, rapidly disappearing from the rest of the world - this expedition has come not a moment too soon.
On the first leg of their journey, wildlife film-makers Gordon Buchanan and Justine Evans set out to discover whether the mountains of western Burma are home to a population of Asian elephants that could prove critical to the survival of the species. Finding elephants in a dense bamboo forest is a challenge. Notoriously grumpy, Asian elephants are likely to charge if caught unaware. It is a race against time as the world eyes up Burma's natural riches - what the team finds could change the future of Burma's wilds forever.
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Clips
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Balloon flight
Duration: 01:42
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Elephant encounter
Duration: 02:18
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Elephants at last
Duration: 02:01
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Web exclusive: Tarantula surprise
Duration: 02:01
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Producer | Mark Wheeler |
Series Producer | Susanna Handslip |
Presenter | Gordon Buchanan |
Presenter | Justine Evans |
Presenter | Ross Piper |
Expert | Chris Wemmer |
Expert | Khyne U Mar |
Broadcasts
- Fri 29 Nov 2013 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Wales
- Fri 29 Nov 2013 21:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales
- Sun 9 Mar 2014 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
- Wed 12 Mar 2014 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland
- Sat 11 Jul 2015 19:00
- Sun 12 Jul 2015 01:55
- Thu 16 Jul 2015 00:55
- Wed 7 Sep 2016 16:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Thu 10 Nov 2016 22:00
- Mon 14 Nov 2016 02:50
- Sat 28 Apr 2018 20:00
- Sun 29 Apr 2018 02:35
- Thu 28 Feb 2019 16:15
Filming the elephants
"Filming wild elephants through bamboo forest was always going to be potentially fraught"
Recording the audio
Recordist Mark Roberts describes capturing the sound of the jungle.
Composing the soundtrack
Composer Jonathan Gunton writes about creating the music for Wild Burma.