EP 1AvailableNow playingChallenges of Life
58m·10/11/2009·8.8
A look at how some animals and plants go to extremes to give themselves a chance to breed.
Life
Season 1 · Episode 1IMDb8.4
- Released
- 10/11/2009
- Duration
- 0h 58m
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Cast
- David Attenborough
Overview
David Attenborough looks at the extraordinary ends to which animals and plants go in order to survive. Featuring epic spectacles, amazing TV firsts and examples of new wildlife behaviour.
Episodes
EP 1AvailableNow playing
EP 2AvailableReptiles and Amphibians
58m·10/18/2009·8.7
A look at the strategies used by reptiles and amphibians to conquer their shortcomings.
EP 3AvailableMammals
59m·10/25/2009·8.5
How mammals dominate the planet through having warm blood and by caring for their young.
EP 4AvailableFish
58m·11/1/2009·8.8
A look at various fish species including sea dragon, fringehead and Hawaiian goby.
EP 5AvailableBirds
58m·11/8/2009·8.6
A slow-motion camera captures the unique flight of the Marvellous Spatuletail Hummingbird.
EP 6AvailableInsects
58m·11/15/2009·8.7
Super-slow motion shows a bombardier beetle firing boiling liquid at its enemies.
EP 7AvailableHunters and Hunted
58m·11/21/2009·8.5
Unique footage of a killer whale engaging in sneaky behaviour to hunt elephant seal pups.
EP 8AvailableCreatures of the Deep
58m·11/29/2009·8.8
A look at marine invertebrates, including Humboldt squid, starfish and giant octopuses.
EP 9AvailablePlants
58m·12/6/2009·9.2
A look at plants and the ingenious and manipulative ways they counter life's challenges.
EP 10AvailablePrimates
58m·12/13/2009·8.8
Primates are just like humans - intelligent, quarrelsome, family-centred.
Cast
Self - Narrator (voice)
