Life Story

Documentary 2014

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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.

Documentary 2014

A

Starring David Attenborough

EPISODE 1

First Steps

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

46 min · 13 Mar 2016 A
EPISODE 2

Growing Up

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

58 min · 20 Mar 2016 A
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.

58 min · 27 Mar 2016 A
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.

46 min · 3 Apr 2016 A
EPISODE 5

Courtship

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

46 min · 10 Apr 2016 A
EPISODE 6

Parenthood

David Attenborough examines how animals raise their offspring.

58 min · 24 Apr 2016 A

David Attenborough

Self
Michael Gunton

Producer
Rupert Barrington

Producer

About

Life Story

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.

Information

Studio: BBC
Released: 2014
Rated: A
Region of Origin: United Kingdom

Languages

Original Audio: English (United Kingdom), English
Audio and Subtitles