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Life

The BBC crew, led by David Attenborough, embarks on a journey to explore and explain the wonders of wildlife across the globe.

David Attenborough's BBC crew explores the wonders of wildlife across the globe in 10 episodes, covering topics such as the challenges facing life, hunting, the deep sea, and major evolutionary groups of creatures, including plants, primates, and vertebrates and invertebrates.

Episodes:

Episode 1 Challenges of Life

1. Challenges of Life

Aired: Oct 11, 2009

How living long enough to breed is a monumental struggle, and how many animal...

Episode 3 Mammals

3. Mammals

Aired: Oct 25, 2009

How mammals' warm blood and parental care contributed to their dominance of t...

Episode 4 Fish

4. Fish

Aired: Nov 1, 2009

A look at the fish that dominate the planet's waters with their diverse shape...

Episode 5 Birds

5. Birds

Aired: Nov 7, 2009

A look at birds through slow-motion cameras and aerial photography reveals so...

Episode 6 Insects

6. Insects

Aired: Nov 14, 2009

Insects and - species outnumber all higher animals by far. Their immense vari...

Episode 7 Hunters and Hunted

7. Hunters and Hunted

Aired: Nov 20, 2009

The struggle of life is often based on 'eat (and/)or be eaten'. Therefore evo...

Episode 8 Creatures of the Deep

8. Creatures of the Deep

Aired: Nov 28, 2009

Marine invertebrates, the descendants of one billion years of evolutionary hi...

Episode 9 Plants

9. Plants

Aired: Dec 5, 2009

Flora has evolved to live in extreme conditions and a wide variety of locatio...

Episode 10 Primates

10. Primates

Aired: Dec 12, 2009

Primates include apes, monkeys and even more primitive simians, such as lemur...

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Info about Life

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Genres:Documentary