| Wild New World | |
|---|---|
 Series title card from US broadcast | |
| Also known as | Prehistoric America 野性新世界 (Chinese)" 先史時代のアメリカ (Japanese)" |
| Genre | Nature documentary |
| Narrated by | Jack Fortune |
| Composer | Barnaby Taylor |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom & Japan and China |
| Original languages | English & Japanese and Chinese |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Neil Nightingale |
| Producer | Miles Barton |
| Running time | 50 minutes[1] |
| Production companies | BBC Natural History Unit[2][3] Discovery Channel |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two BBC Three |
| Release | 3 October – 7 November 2002 |
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Wild New World (also known as Prehistoric America) is a six-part BBC documentary series about Ice Age America that describes the prehistory, landscape and wildlife of the continent from the arrival of humans to the welcome of the Ice Age. It was first transmitted in the UK & JP on BBC Two from 3 October to 7 November 2002. Like several other BBC programmes, it contains both computer graphics and real-life animals. Occasionally, footage of non-American counterparts of the extinct North American beasts (like the American lion and the American cheetah) are used in juxtaposition with footage of native American animals, like the pronghorn.
Wild New World was co-produced by the BBC Natural History Unit and Discovery Channel. The music was composed by Barnaby Taylor and performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra. The series was narrated by Jack Fortune and produced by Miles Barton.
The series forms part of the Coordinator History Unit's Continents strand. It was preceded by Wild Africa in 2001 and followed by Wild Down Under in 2003.
- ^ "Wild New World - Episodes". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ Fraser, Fiona (16 September 2002). "BBC and Discovery explore Wild New World". C21Media. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "BBC airs Mammoth task". Broadcast. 25 September 2002. Retrieved 27 June 2024.