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Four years, 3000 filming days, ten part blockbuster.
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.
Martha Holmes
BBC One
10
50 min
A look at how some animals and plants go to extremes to give themselves a chance to breed.
Oct 11, 2009
A look at the strategies used by reptiles and amphibians to conquer their shortcomings.
Oct 18, 2009
How mammals dominate the planet through having warm blood and by caring for their young.
Oct 25, 2009
A look at various fish species including sea dragon, fringehead and Hawaiian goby.
Nov 1, 2009
A slow-motion camera captures the unique flight of the Marvellous Spatuletail Hummingbird.
Nov 8, 2009
Super-slow motion shows a bombardier beetle firing boiling liquid at its enemies.
Nov 15, 2009
Unique footage of a killer whale engaging in sneaky behaviour to hunt elephant seal pups.
Nov 21, 2009
A look at marine invertebrates, including Humboldt squid, starfish and giant octopuses.
Nov 29, 2009
A look at plants and the ingenious and manipulative ways they counter life's challenges.
Dec 6, 2009
Primates are just like humans - intelligent, quarrelsome, family-centred.
Dec 13, 2009
Self - Narrator (voice)
Self - Narrator, U.S. Broadcast (voice)
