"Four years, 3000 filming days, ten part blockbuster."
★8.4(389)20091 Season50m
Documentary
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.
Trailers
Episodes
58m
E1
Challenges of Life
10/11/2009★8.7
58m
E2
Reptiles and Amphibians
10/18/2009★8.6
59m
E3
Mammals
10/25/2009★8.5
58m
E4
Fish
11/1/2009★8.6
58m
E5
Birds
11/8/2009★8.6
58m
E6
Insects
11/15/2009★8.5
58m
E7
Hunters and Hunted
11/21/2009★8.5
58m
E8
Creatures of the Deep
11/29/2009★8.7
58m
E9
Plants
12/6/2009★9.1
58m
E10
Primates
12/13/2009★8.9
Top Billed Cast
Crew
P
Paul Spillenger
Writer
P
Paul Spillenger
Producer
M
Martha Holmes
Producer
Mike Gunton
Executive Producer
C
Catherine McCarthy
Executive Producer
S
Susan Winslow
Executive Producer
S
Simon Blakeney
Director
S
Stephen Lyle
Director
M
Martha Holmes
Director
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