''Earth's Greatest Spectacles'' (released in some countries as ''Seasonal Wonderlands'') is a 2016

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series created and produced by the

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, first shown in February 2016 at

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and

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. The series takes on stunning

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al changes based on the three locations where it reveals the dramatic process which occur for each year and showing how wildlife adapts to cope with the changes. The series was composed by David Mitcham and narrated by

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Broadcast

British television

Earth's Greatest Spectacles premiered on British television on 5 February 2016, broadcast on BBC Two and BBC Two HD, which consisted of total three episodes.

International

The series was set to broadcast internationally on

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channel. It debuted in

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on each Wednesday starting from 20 July 2016, in

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on each Sunday from 14 August 2016, and in

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aired each Sunday from 13 November 2016. The series premiered in

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on 24 March 2016 at the Canvas TV and in the

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from 17 May 2016 on

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. In

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, the series aired all three episodes on 30 September 2017 at WOWOW's BBC Earth monthly block. As for the

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, the first episode - New England, is aired at TPT 2 on 4 November 2017.

Episodes

References

External links

* * {{BBC Natural History Unit 2016 British television series debuts 2016 British television series endings 2010s British documentary television series BBC television documentaries Documentary films about nature BBC high definition shows British English-language television shows