Each of the twelve 50-minute episodes features a different aspect of the journey through life, from birth to adulthood and continuation of the species through reproduction.
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Air Date: 1990-10-04
The first episode examines the various methods by which creatures come into the world. Attenborough’s opening stateme...
Air Date: 1990-10-11
This programme describes the ways that various species care for their young. Attenborough defines childhood as achiev...
Air Date: 1990-10-18
The next installment is devoted to the ways in which animals gather their sustenance. Attenborough begins in the Sout...
Air Date: 1990-10-25
This episode looks at those that hunt other creatures and ways of avoiding capture. Attenborough is attacked by a pai...
Air Date: 1990-11-01
This programme explores forms of navigation. Attenborough starts in Africa at dusk, by describing some of the species...
Air Date: 1990-11-08
This installment deals with how animals construct their shelters from the elements and predators. Burrows and holes c...
Air Date: 1990-11-15
This episode focuses on those species that co-operate and depend on (or exploit) others. Spotted deer follow langur m...
Air Date: 1990-11-22
This programme details how fighting - both physical and psychological - is used for food, land or to gain a mate. Ter...
Air Date: 1990-11-29
This installment investigates the ways in which those animals that live in social groups interact with each other. Th...
Air Date: 1990-12-06
This episode concentrates on communication. In Kenya, Attenborough accompanies a tribesman who calls to a honeyguide,...
Air Date: 1990-12-13
This programme surveys the methods employed in attracting a mate, mainly those of birds. The Indian florican inhabits...
Air Date: 1990-12-20
The final installment illustrates how species fulfill their ultimate raison d'être and ensure that their genes are pa...