Asia (2024 TV series)

Asia is a 2024 British television series co-produced by the BBC Studios Natural History Unit, BBC America, ZDF and France Télévisions. It focuses on wildlife and wild habitats in Asia, and was four years in the making.^[1] It consists of seven hour-long episodes.^[2]

Asia
Genre	Nature documentary
Narrated by	David Attenborough
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	7
Production
Executive producer	Roger Webb
Producer	Matthew Wright
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	BBC Studios Natural History Unit
Original release
Network	BBC One BBC One HD
Release	3 November (2024-11-03) – 15 December 2024 (2024-12-15)

Episodes

No.	Title	Produced by	Original release date	UK viewers (millions)
1	"Beneath the Waves"	Mark Wheeler	3 November 2024 (2024-11-03)	8.0
Asia has the longest coastline of all of the continents. Fish, coral reefs and other marine life are filmed.
2	"Above the Clouds"	Sara Douglas	10 November 2024 (2024-11-10)	6.9
Asia is the most mountainous continent. Many animals and plants are specialized for survival at high altitude.
3	"The Frozen North"	Henry M Mix	17 November 2024 (2024-11-17)	6.3
4	"Tangled Worlds"	Patrick Evans	24 November 2024 (2024-11-24)	6.5
5	"Crowded Continent"	Emma Hatherley	1 December 2024 (2024-12-01)	6.3
6	"The Arid Heart"	Nick Green	8 December 2024 (2024-12-08)	5.6
7	"Saving Asia"	Lucy Bailey	15 December 2024 (2024-12-15)	4.9

Reception

Rebecca Nicholson in The Guardian described Asia as "a televisual wonder", praising the filming, editing, soundtrack and narration, but noted the script "toned down the rhetoric that permeated Planet Earth III".^[3] Jasper Rees of The Telegraph similarly noted there are "no climate change sermons", and approved of the series' focus on visuals.^[4] Nick Duerden, writing in i, complained that Asia's format is unoriginal, but still appreciated the "familiar spell" of an Attenborough nature documentary.^[5]