Wild China with Ray Mears

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Savour some truly iconic wildlife - from giant pandas to pink dolphins

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Series 1

1. Beijing and the Great Wall

Ray visits the Beijing Raptor Rescue Centre and releases an owl back into the wild, learns about unusual looking deer and joins world expert Dr Lindesay on the Great Wall of China.

2. Walking with Elephants

Ray explores plants and wildlife in China's tropical rainforest. He meets elephant conservationist Dr Bao Mingwei and goes in search of China's Asian elephant.

3. China's Pandas

Ray discovers the Sichuan Province in southwest China - a region of mountains and bamboo forests - and home to China's giant pandas. He joins the rangers on the giant panda re-wilding program.

4. The Valley of the Cats

Searching for wildlife, Ray travels to the Tibetan plateau. On his journey he meets a family of yak herders and joins conservationist Terry Townsend on a search for the elusive snow leopard.

5. The Land of the Dragon

Ray explores one of China's most famous landscapes - Karst country. On the Li River, he learns how to fish with cormorants, sees water buffalo and explores vast caves with Dr Alice Hughes.

6. China's Brown Bears

In Qinghai Province, Ray goes on a bear hunt. Through the world's highest and largest grassland, Ray comes across pika, tibetan fox and even wolves, and ends up face to face with a brown bear.

7. The Secrets of Shangri La

In the foothills of the Himalayas, Ray treks alongside herbal medicine experts uncovering secrets of its plants. Plus, he finds one of the world's rarest creatures; the snub nosed monkey.