BBC America Reveals Wonderstruck “Micro-Net,” Greenlights Eden

BBC America has reconfirmed its commitment to landmark natural-history series, revealing the Wonderstruck micro-net and commissioning a new project from BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit.

BBC America has greenlit its first original series from BBC Studios’ NHU with the six-part Eden (working title). The series will travel to six different areas around the world, exploring the wildlife, beauty and fragility of the remaining untouched wilderness. From executive producer Mark Brownlow (Blue Planet II, Planet Earth), Eden (w/t) joins BBC America’s upcoming slate of landmark event series, including the Sir David Attenborough-fronted Seven Worlds, One Planet; Frozen Planet II and Planet Earth III.

The first episode of Seven Worlds, One Planet, scheduled to premiere in the U.S. in early 2020, will be featured as a special sneak preview during the launch of Wonderstruck this fall. Blue Planet Now, a follow-up to the award-winning Blue Planet II, will also anchor the new Wonderstruck micro-net.

Set to launch in Q4, Wonderstruck will be the exclusive U.S. TV home of the Planet Earth collection and other iconic series from BBC Studios’ NHU. Wonderstruck will take over BBC America for 24 hours every Saturday.

“The BBC’s Natural History Unit invented the genre of natural history filmmaking—we at BBC America are delighted to expand our ongoing co-production partnership to greenlight our new original series, Eden,” said Sarah Barnett, president of the entertainment networks group at AMC Networks. “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.”

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