The 'Asia' Trailer Is So Soothing

It's been a rough year. Perhaps not as rough as some I've lived through (2004 and 2014 would like a word), but still deeply difficult. Those previous times when I would wake up at 1 am with no hope of more, I'd put on the TV, turn to Discovery or PBS (and later the Science Channel and BBC America), and find which one had a David Attenborough marathon. The Blue Planet was still recent in 2004, but by 2014, Planet Earth and Frozen Planet had joined the lineup. This year? I'm watching Asia.

In 2014, as Netflix launched the streaming wars, I joked that if one mixed the older Attenborough fare it had with BBC America's shows, it was like someone could make a David Attenborough channel for me to sleep to. Nowadays, that ability exists on multiple streamers, including PBS Passport, Disney+ under the NatGeo tile, Max in the Discovery section, and AMC+'s BBC America page. But Asia will drop one episode a week (the BBC America contract for it is very strict about this), giving me six minutes of new Attenborough to soothe me through the coming horror of the mid-2020s.

Now, dear readers, I share the soothing tones of David Attenborough with you. Check out the Asia trailer and see the wonders of the world never found in the suburbs of the nation's capital. I hope it makes your day slightly better.