Attenborough's Kingdom of Plants

Name: Attenborough's Kingdom of Plants
Released: 2012-05-28T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: David Attenborough

TV Show · Documentary

In this sensational new series, shot over the course of a year, David Attenborough uses the latest time-lapse and macro photography filming to reveal a wholly unseen dimension in the lives of plants, from the most bizarre to the most beautiful.

2012 · 50m

Starring David Attenborough

Director Martins Williams

EPISODE 1

Life in the Wet Zone

David begins his journey inside the magnificent Palm House, a unique global rainforest in London. David discovers clues to answer a question that even had Charles Darwin stumped: how did flowering plants evolve so fast to go on to colonise the entire planet so successfully?

43m
EPISODE 2

Solving the Secrets

David Attenborough begins this episode with the secret world of plant movement and uses sinister carnivorous plants to show just how active plants can be.

44m
EPISODE 3

Survival

Sir David Attenborough journeys around London's Kew Gardens. There he discovers how some plants have evolved to shed their dependency on water, enabling them to survive in the driest environments.

44m