''Wonders of the Monsoon'' (also known as ''Lands of the Monsoon'') is a BBC documentary series which ran for five episodes between 5 October 2014 and 2 November 2014, and aired on

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. The series focus for a variety of locations around the world features including

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, Australia and islands of the Pacific Ocean which are all the focus of the monsoon rains. The series was composed by

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and narrated by

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Episodes

''All original and international episode names were given from BBC website. All broadcast dates refer to the original UK transmission.''

Merchandise

A two-disc DVD and two-disc Blu-ray set for the series were released on 17 November 2014. In Australia and New Zealand, DVD was released by ABC DVD/

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on 21 October 2015.

References

External links

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