Episode 2
Film-makers and scientists venture into Burma's jungles for the first time in 50 years. The team searches for the sun bear, the Asian golden cat and the clouded leopard.
For the first time in over 50 years, a team of wildlife film-makers from the 麻豆社'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 second leg of their journey, wildlife film-makers Gordon Buchanan and Justine Evans, along with a team of scientists, head deep into the mountains of western Burma. This is where they hope to find the shy sun bear and two of the world's rarest and most beautiful cats: the Asian golden cat and the clouded leopard.
Meanwhile, zoologist Ross Piper and the science team are on a mission to create a wildlife survey to present to the government of Burma to persuade them that these forests are so unique they must be protected. High on the forest ridges, Gordon finds evidence to suggest that Burma's wildlife might be in danger. Undercover filming in a border town known as the 'Las Vegas of the jungle' leads to a shocking discovery.
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Clips
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Ross's light trap
Duration: 02:49
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Forest fire
Duration: 02:15
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Bamboo rat
Duration: 01:07
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Web exclusive: King cobra encounter
Duration: 01:21
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Producer | Anwar Mamon |
Series Producer | Susanna Handslip |
Presenter | Gordon Buchanan |
Presenter | Justine Evans |
Presenter | Ross Piper |
Participant | Darrin Lunde |
Participant | Nicole Edmison |
Broadcasts
- Fri 6 Dec 2013 21:00
- Sun 16 Mar 2014 19:00麻豆社 Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
- Mon 17 Mar 2014 19:00麻豆社 Two Northern Ireland
- Sat 18 Jul 2015 20:00
- Sun 19 Jul 2015 01:55
- Thu 23 Jul 2015 00:15
- Thu 8 Sep 2016 16:15
- Thu 17 Nov 2016 22:00
- Mon 21 Nov 2016 02:25
- Sat 5 May 2018 20:00
- Sun 6 May 2018 02:25
- Fri 1 Mar 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.