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Skyworks, the UK company behind Wainwright's Walks and Railway Walks, has been commissioned to film the whole of China from the air.

In an exclusive deal with China Central Television, Skyworks - which has also worked with historian Simon Schama and on Robbie Coltrane's ITV show B Road Britain - has been given access to fly across the country and capture it on camera.

The footage will be used in a 52-part series that Skyworks has been commissioned to make for CCTV - China's state broadcaster - called Flying Views of the World.

Footage of Europe from the air will feature in the first half of the CCTV series, while the other 26 30-minute episodes will include aerial views covering the whole of China.

Flying Views of the World will be shown next year on three CCTV channels and a further 80 syndicated TV services across China.

The Skyworks managing director, Damian Keogh, said: "To be the first company ever to film the whole of China is a real achievement for Skyworks.

"With filming due to start in 2009, we have already established interest from a number of sponsors, many of whom have business interests in China.

"This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to film the previously unfilmable, for the people of China and the rest of the world."

The series will be filmed entirely from the air in high definition, using the latest technology and giving viewers a bird's-eye view of different landscapes.

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