One day in the wild

The Sino-UK documentary Earth: One Amazing Day features 38 wild species from 22 countries, including giant pandas in China. [Photo provided to China Daily]

The film has stunning scenes, such as giraffes fighting for territory, millions of mayflies over a river and baby iguanas' thrilling escape from snakes.

As the sequel to BBC Earth Films' 2007 hit documentary Earth, the new film tracks the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands and exotic jungles over the course of a single day.

Narrated by American actor Robert Redford, the film features 38 wild species from 22 countries, including hummingbirds from the tropical forests of Ecuador to narwhals in the Arctic waters. China's giant pandas, white-headed langurs and red-crown cranes are in it, too.

Neil Nightingale, one of the producers, explains the animal selection.

"I think they each fulfill a very specific role in the film. The story is about 24 hours. We have the red-crown cranes at the very beginning, because it (the scene) is a wonderful evocation of dawn," says Nightingale, who is also the creative director of BBC Earth.

"Of course, we could not feature China without the giant panda. We were very lucky to film a mother and a cub. It's a beautiful, very charming sequence in the middle of the morning that relates back to bamboo growth and the sun," he adds.