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11: The Hunters and the Hunted | Life On Earth

11: The Hunters and the Hunted | Life On Earth

BBC Two | 1979 | 54'15''

David Attenborough explores the eternal duel between the hunters and the hunted - one of the driving forces of evolution.

2: The Lion in Your Lap | Cat Watch 2014: The New Horizon Experiment

2: The Lion in Your Lap | Cat Watch 2014: The New Horizon Experiment

BBC Two | 2014 | 59'05''

Liz Bonnin and a team of experts conduct a groundbreaking scientific study of cats. Discover how pet cat...

Lizard Heaters | Life in Cold Blood

Lizard Heaters | Life in Cold Blood

BBC Two | 2014 | 3'53''

Wall lizards take advantage of foul-smelling dead-horse arums.

Piling on pounds | Life

Piling on pounds | Life

BBC One | 2009 | 2'13''

Brown bears take advantage of a salmon run to fatten up for the winter.

Fantastic fishing | Life

Fantastic fishing | Life

BBC One | 2009 | 2'23''

The greater bull dog bat is a fine mammal, and a fisherman.

Safety in numbers | Life

Safety in numbers | Life

BBC Two | 2021 | 4'06''

A clan of hyenas work together to protect themselves from lions.
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5: Armoured Giants | Life in Cold Blood

5: Armoured Giants | Life in Cold Blood

BBC One | 2008 | 57'49''

David Attenborough meets the reptile heavyweights, showing what it's like to live in a suit of armour, and revealing a warm and carin...

3: Dragons of the Dry | Life in Cold Blood

3: Dragons of the Dry | Life in Cold Blood

BBC One | 2008 | 57'52''

David Attenborough reveals the surprising truth about the cold-blooded lives of reptiles and amphibians, including wrestling beade...

4: Sophisticated Serpents | Life in Cold Blood

4: Sophisticated Serpents | Life in Cold Blood

BBC One | 2008 | 58'02''

David Attenborough reveals the fascinating lives of snakes. A CCTV stakeout of wild rattlesnakes hunting shows what sophistica...

2: Land Invaders | Life in Cold Blood

2: Land Invaders | Life in Cold Blood

BBC One | 2008 | 57'35''

David Attenborough reveals the bizarre adaptations which have helped amphibians break their ties with water as he meets marsupial frogs...

1: The Cold Blooded Truth | Life in Cold Blood

1: The Cold Blooded Truth | Life in Cold Blood

BBC One | 2008 | 57'40''

David Attenborough reveals the surprising truth about the cold-blooded lives of reptiles and amphibians.

04: Saving the Forest | Landmarks

04: Saving the Forest | Landmarks

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 1990 | 19'16''

Despite the destruction, there are ways to save the forest, by careful harvesting, protecting, learning, replanting, policing - and campaig...

03: Destroying the Forest | Landmarks

03: Destroying the Forest | Landmarks

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 1990 | 19'12''

By the next century, the rainforests of the world could have disappeared for ever, destroyed by outside influences and economic pressur...

02: People of the Forest | Landmarks

02: People of the Forest | Landmarks

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 1990 | 18'54''

People of the Forest looks at the Baka of the Cameroon & the Kayapo of South America & how their lives work in balance with the rainforest.

01: The Living Forest | Landmarks

01: The Living Forest | Landmarks

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 1990 | 19'14''

The Living Forest looks at all the animals & plants that live in the forest on the ground to the forest canopy, & shows how they live in ba...

Secrets | Wales: Land of the Wild

Secrets | Wales: Land of the Wild

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One Wales | 2021 | 58'56''

An epic journey following Wales's rivers from their birth in the mountains to the sea, discovering the hidden secrets of wildlife along the...

After Dark | Wales: Land of the Wild

After Dark | Wales: Land of the Wild

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One Wales | 2020 | 59'09''

For the first time, cutting-edge camera technology reveals the secrets of Wales's nocturnal wildlife, from swimming hedgehogs to fishing...

Episode 4 | Wales: Land of the Wild

Episode 4 | Wales: Land of the Wild

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One Wales | 2019 | 59'03''

It is autumn, the season of change. Wildlife is on the move, and there are battles to be fought to win mates and secure the right to bree...

Episode 3 | Wales: Land of the Wild

Episode 3 | Wales: Land of the Wild

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One Wales | 2019 | 58'58''

It is summer and the country is basking in a heatwave. In this season of extremes, it is time for some of Wales's smaller - and more exot...

Episode 2 | Wales: Land of the Wild

Episode 2 | Wales: Land of the Wild

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One Wales | 2019 | 58'59''

It is the middle of spring and the brightest time of year in Wales. The race is on to breed, but predators are on the hunt.

Episode 1 | Wales: Land of the Wild

Episode 1 | Wales: Land of the Wild

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One Wales | 2019 | 58'44''

It is the first day of spring but winter has a sting in its tail as the country is blanketed with snow. As the sun returns, the breeding ...

Episode 4 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Episode 4 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One Wales | 2021 | 58'01''

Presented by Dame Sian Phillips, this episode looks at some of the biggest challenges and issues facing the marine environment in Wale...

Episode 3 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Episode 3 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One Wales | 2021 | 57'33''

As the water starts to warm in the summer, marine giants arrive at the Celtic deep. Some have travelled for thousands of miles to feas...

Episode 2 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Episode 2 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One Wales | 2021 | 58'14''

The strange environment of the shallow seas is one that sits remarkably close to shore. In the giant kelp forest, we join a female cat...

Episode 1 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Episode 1 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One Wales | 2021 | 59'01''

We follow Atlantic grey seals through the year, from courtship to pregnancy and birth. Will a curious snowy-white seal pup make it saf...

S2E4: The Poles | Spy in the Wild

S2E4: The Poles | Spy in the Wild

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One | 2020 | 58'04''

The Spy Creatures travel to the lands of ice and snow beyond the Arctic and Antarctic circles, observing the hardiest and most charismatic ...

S2E3: The Islands | Spy in the Wild

S2E3: The Islands | Spy in the Wild

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One | 2020 | 58'03''

The spy creatures explore the islands of the southern seas. Some of the most unique animals on earth have evolved in these isolated place...

S2E2: The North | Spy in the Wild

S2E2: The North | Spy in the Wild

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One | 2020 | 58'05''

The Spy Creatures travel to the temperate lands north of the tropics, where life is governed by the rhythm of the seasons. Their destinatio...

S2E1: The Tropics | Spy in the Wild

S2E1: The Tropics | Spy in the Wild

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One | 2020 | 58'03''

The spy creatures infiltrate a hippo pod, a nursery of red flying foxes and the secret world of pygmy forest elephants.

S1E5: Meet the Spies | Spy in the Wild

S1E5: Meet the Spies | Spy in the Wild

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One | 2017 | 57'59''

A behind-the-scenes view of the story behind deploying the Spy Creatures, showing how the concept evolved and became the inspiration f...

S1E4: Mischief | Spy in the Wild

S1E4: Mischief | Spy in the Wild

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One | 2017 | 58'01''

Animatronic spy creatures discover that mischief is rife in nature, but there are still rules that govern the animals' lives.

S1E3: Friendship | Spy in the Wild

S1E3: Friendship | Spy in the Wild

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One | 2017 | 58'01''

Animatronic spy creatures go undercover to discover how friendships are a vital part of animal societies, helping them survive in a danger...

S1E2: Intelligence | Spy in the Wild

S1E2: Intelligence | Spy in the Wild

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One | 2017 | 58'08''

Animatronic spy creatures go undercover to explore the world of animal intelligence and reveal their use of tools, self-medication, cult...

S1E1: Love | Spy in the Wild

S1E1: Love | Spy in the Wild

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One | 2017 | 57'59''

Documentary in which animatronic spy creatures infiltrate the animal world to explore their complex emotions.

Life In The Snow

Life In The Snow

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One | 2016 | 57'46''

Gordon Buchanan meets the animals who live in nature's winter wonderlands, from the polar bear mother helping her cubs to the owl searching for food.

Episode 2 | The Great American Buffalo

Episode 2 | The Great American Buffalo

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC Four | 2024 | 1'54'22''

By the late 1880s, the buffalo teeter on the brink of extinction, but an unlikely collection of Americans have started a few private h...

Episode 1 | The Great American Buffalo

Episode 1 | The Great American Buffalo

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC Four | 2024 | 1'52'14''

Ken Burns recounts how the collision between two opposing views of the natural world saw the buffalo, which had numbered in the tens o...

David Attenborough | The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

David Attenborough | The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One | 2022 | 1'32''

David Attenborough speaks about the environment. Also, includes footage of the drones that turn into animals.

5: Human Worlds | The Green Planet

5: Human Worlds | The Green Planet

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One | 2022 | 57'30''

Two out of five wild plants are threatened with extinction. Today people are finding remarkable ways to help them, and so make our world a...

4: Desert Worlds | The Green Planet

4: Desert Worlds | The Green Planet

Biology | BBC One | 2022 | 58'33''

Desert plants spend decades in suspended animation waiting for rain, or they travel to find it. They survive using weapons, camouflage an...

3: Seasonal Worlds | The Green Planet

3: Seasonal Worlds | The Green Planet

Biology | BBC One | 2022 | 58'22''

Plants of the seasonal world face constant change. They use use strategy, deception and feats of engineering to survive. Most important...

2: Water Worlds | The Green Planet

2: Water Worlds | The Green Planet

Biology | BBC One | 2022 | 58'13''

A look at the beautiful, bizarre worlds created by water plants. Flowers smother rivers and lakes. Plants fight and hunt. A river bubbles ...

S2E1 | Orangutan Diary

S2E1 | Orangutan Diary

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2009 | 28'30''

Steve Leonard and Michaela Strachan with stories from the world's biggest ape rescue centre. Mama Abut and her baby, found starving, get another chanc...

Can Scientists Save the World? | Panorama

Can Scientists Save the World? | Panorama

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One | 2024 | 58'39''

Richard Bilton meets the scientists trying to save the world from the consequences of climate change and investigates whether they...

6: Surviving | The Private Life of Plants

6: Surviving | The Private Life of Plants

Biology | BBC One | 1995 | 48'30''

David Attenborough concludes his incredible journey into the world of plants with a look at the techniques plants use to survive ex...

5: Living Together | The Private Life of Plants

5: Living Together | The Private Life of Plants

Biology | BBC One | 1995 | 48'54''

David Attenborough looks at how plants often rely on animals, fungi and each other for food, protection or a home, but they d...

4: The Social Struggle | The Private Life of Plants

4: The Social Struggle | The Private Life of Plants

Biology | BBC One | 1995 | 49'02''

David Attenborough looks at the extraordinary battles for survival which are fought in the plant world.

3: Flowering | The Private Life of Plants

3: Flowering | The Private Life of Plants

Biology | BBC One | 1995 | 48'50''

David Attenborough continues his incredible journey into the world of plants. He reveals how flowers use colours and perfumes for p...

2: Growing | The Private Life of Plants

2: Growing | The Private Life of Plants

Biology | BBC One | 1995 | 49'07''

David Attenborough continues his incredible journey into the world of plants. Remarkable time-lapse photography reveals how new leave...

1: Travelling | The Private Life of Plants

1: Travelling | The Private Life of Plants

Biology | BBC One | 1995 | 49'02''

David Attenborough begins his incredible journey into the world of plants with a look at how plants move from place to place.

13: The Compulsive Communicators | Life On Earth

13: The Compulsive Communicators | Life On Earth

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC Two | 1979 | 54'00''

David Attenborough seeks to explain how we came to dominate life on earth, tracing the African origins of humans to nearly t...

12: Life in the Trees | Life On Earth

12: Life in the Trees | Life On Earth

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC Two | 1979 | 54'01''

David Attenborough's now-legendary encounter with young gorillas is featured in this episode as he looks at the history of primates.

10: Themes and Variations | Life On Earth

10: Themes and Variations | Life On Earth

Animals Including Humans | BBC Two | 1979 | 52'46''

David Attenborough looks at some of the huge variety of mammals. The tree shrew has attracted great interest as it shows how mammal...

8: Lords of the Air | Life On Earth

8: Lords of the Air | Life On Earth

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC Two | 1979 | 53'45''

The story of life, from the first primitive cells to the plants and animals that live around us. David Attenborough looks at the advantag...

7: Victors of the Dry Land | Life On Earth

7: Victors of the Dry Land | Life On Earth

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC Two | 1979 | 54'44''

David Attenborough looks at the history of reptiles, the first back-boned creatures to solve the problems of living high and dry o...

5: Conquest of the Waters | Life On Earth

5: Conquest of the Waters | Life On Earth

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC Two | 1979 | 54'32''

Fish occur in populations of billions and there are over 30,000 species, more than in any other group of backboned animals. The dev...

4: The Swarming Hordes | Life On Earth

4: The Swarming Hordes | Life On Earth

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC Two | 1979 | 54'22''

David Attenborough looks at the role of a few of the millions of insect species, some of which have developed extremely close relation...

3: The First Forests | Life On Earth

3: The First Forests | Life On Earth

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC Two | 1979 | 53'22''

For most of Earth's history there was no life on land. But over 400 million years ago some tiny plants began an invasion from the water,...

1: The Infinite Variety | Life On Earth

1: The Infinite Variety | Life On Earth

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC Two | 1979 | 54'12''

The first ever episode of the landmark natural history series Life on Earth. David Attenborough explores the wildlife and landscape t...