Name: Life Story
Released: 2014-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: David Attenborough

TV Show · Documentary

Life Story takes us on the greatest of all adventures – the journey through life. It is a story that unites us with every animal on the planet - following that journey through its six crucial stages: infancy, growing-up, finding a home, gaining power, winning a mate and succeeding as a parent.

2014 · 58m

Starring David Attenborough

EPISODE 1

First Steps

Flightless barnacle geese chicks face their greatest challenge at the very start of their lives.
EPISODE 2

Growing Up

The growing animals are developing new skills and learning how to survive alone.
EPISODE 3

Home

In order to survive, animals need a place to live that provides the necessities of life, shelter from the elements, and a refuge from enemies.
EPISODE 4

Power

How animals try to gain a position of power in their worlds, where the most powerful have the best access to food and water and are the most attractive to the opposite sex.
EPISODE 5

Courtship

Competition to win a partner creates both the most extraordinary beauty and life-threatening violence anywhere in nature.
EPISODE 6

Parenthood

David Attenborough examines how animals raise their offspring.