About
The story of life, from the first primitive cells to the plants and animals that now live around us.
Cast
David Attenborough
as Self - Presenter
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1
The Infinite Variety
This episode explores the variety of nature as a whole, from the South American rainforest's to the shores of Australia.
Building Bodies
This episode explores the various sea-living invertebrates, form the shores of Morocco to Delaware Bay.
The First Forests
Over 400 million years ago, tiny plants began to invade the land, followed by the first animals - the ancestors of scorpions, millipedes and insects
The Swarming Hordes
The role of a few of the millions of insect species, some of which have developed extremely close relationships with plants. Insects pollinate flowers and in some cases neither flower nor insect can survive without the other.
Conquest of the Waters
A look at some of the 30,000 species of fish which exist in populations of billions. They can fly, produce electricity, survive in hot soda lakes or under the Antarctic ice. Some, like the salmon, even migrate across oceans and up waterfalls
Invasion of the Land
Some 350 million years ago, evolution reached one of its most crucial stages when fish crawled from water onto the land and became amphibians. Today, newts, salamanders, toads and frogs still survive in great quantities, and there is even one species of frog where the male gives birth from its mouth!
Victors of the Dry Land
A look at the history of reptiles, the first back-boned creatures to solve the problems of living high and dry on the land. Their waterproofed skin and sealed eggs enabled the mighty reptiles to rule the world
Lords of the Air
We examine the uses and advantages of birds' unique possession - the feather. Feathers are insulators; they provide the surface of the most perfect aerofoils known - bird's wings; and they play a central role in courtship
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