The first episode examines the various methods by which creatures come into the world. Attenborough’s opening stateme...

This programme describes the ways that various species care for their young. Attenborough defines childhood as achiev...

The next installment is devoted to the ways in which animals gather their sustenance. Attenborough begins in the Sout...

This episode looks at those that hunt other creatures and ways of avoiding capture. Attenborough is attacked by a pai...

This programme explores forms of navigation. Attenborough starts in Africa at dusk, by describing some of the species...

This installment deals with how animals construct their shelters from the elements and predators. Burrows and holes c...

This episode focuses on those species that co-operate and depend on (or exploit) others. Spotted deer follow langur m...

This programme details how fighting - both physical and psychological - is used for food, land or to gain a mate. Ter...

This installment investigates the ways in which those animals that live in social groups interact with each other. Th...

This episode concentrates on communication. In Kenya, Attenborough accompanies a tribesman who calls to a honeyguide,...

This programme surveys the methods employed in attracting a mate, mainly those of birds. The Indian florican inhabits...

The final installment illustrates how species fulfill their ultimate raison d'être and ensure that their genes are pa...