David Attenborough's First Life

Name: David Attenborough's First Life
Released: 2010-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: David Attenborough

TV Show · Documentary

Sir David Attenborough goes in search of the first animals to exist on Earth. Beginning in a forest near his childhood home in Leicester, he visits the coastline of Newfoundland and the Australian outback to unearth the earliest animal life.

2010 · 59m

Starring David Attenborough

Director Martin Williams

EPISODE 1

Arrival

Sir David Attenborough goes in search of the very first animals - a journey that begins in a forest near his childhood home in Leicester.
EPISODE 2

Conquest

Sir David Attenborough's journey continues in Canada's Rocky Mountains, where fossils document an explosion in animal diversity never seen before or since. Travelling on to North Africa, the rainforests of Australia and the east coast of Scotland, Attenborough discovers how animals evolved to conquer not only the oceans but also the land and air.