BBC America discovers Eden

Seven Worlds, One Planet will be previewed during the launch of Wonderstruck

BBC America has ordered its first original series from BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit and is readying a follow-up to the award-winning Blue Planet II for its forthcoming “micro-net” Wonderstruck.

Six-part series Eden (working title) comes from executive producer Mark Brownlow (Blue Planet II, Planet Earth) and will examine six different and spectacular areas of untouched wilderness around the world.

The BBC Studios Natural History Unit production will explore the wildlife, untamed beauty and fragility of these last, untouched and irreplaceable places on Earth.

Meanwhile, Blue Planet Now, a follow-up to 2017 hit Blue Planet II, will air as part of Wonderstruck, BBC America’s new home for the Planet Earth collection and other iconic series from BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit.

Set to launch in the final quarter of this year, the programming block will air every Saturday for 24 hours, offering viewers natural history content and storytelling that inspires curiosity, awe and wonder, BBC America said.

The first episode of Sir David Attenborough-fronted Seven Worlds, One Planet, premiering in the US in early 2020, will also be previewed during the launch of Wonderstruck this fall. Other series set to air on BBC America include Frozen Planet II and Planet Earth III.

“The BBC’s Natural History Unit invented the genre of natural history filmmaking. We at BBC America are delighted to expand our ongoing coproduction partnership to greenlight our new original series, Eden,” said Sarah Barnett, president of the entertainment networks group at AMC Networks, which jointly owns BBC America with UK pubcaster the BBC.

“The world may seem smaller than ever before, but there is still so much to be seen and this show will take us to some of the most magnificent, still uncorrupted, corners of our planet.”

Brownlow added: “Eden offers the audience ultimate escapism into the most pristine and stunning habitats left on planet earth. Packed with wildlife spectacle, drama and new behaviours, we will reveal the surprising secrets to our Eden’s remarkable riches”