• 1979
  • 54m
Life on Earth

Summary David Attenborough's groundbreaking study of the evolution of life on our planet. View more details

  • 1979
  • 54m

Life on Earth

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : David Attenborough

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 15, 1979

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Filming locations : Bermuda

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Reiner Moritz Productions

Summary David Attenborough's groundbreaking study of the evolution of life on our planet. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 15, 1979

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Filming locations : Bermuda

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Reiner Moritz Productions

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jan 15, 1979
The Infinite Variety
Background to the origins of life on Earth and with the evidence of fossils, how some of today's living creatures can trace their ancestry back through the eons to those earliest of times.
Episode 2 • Jan 22, 1979
Building Bodies
The continuing story of the evolution of life on earth explores the earliest sea living invertebrates.
Episode 3 • Jan 29, 1979
The First Forests
Explores the first land living plants and insects, the problems they faced and how they overcame them.
Episode 4 • Feb 05, 1979
The Swarming Hordes
Examines the symbiosis between plants and insects together with how some insects have become super-organisms.
Episode 5 • Feb 12, 1979
The Conquest of the Waters
Tracing the evolution of fish leading to today's immense variety and ability to occupy remarkable environments.
Episode 6 • Feb 19, 1979
Invasion of the Land
The evolution of life continues with some fish moving on to the land and becoming amphibians.
Episode 7 • Feb 26, 1979
Victors of the Dry Land
The rise and evolution of reptiles including the history of dinosaurs.
Episode 8 • Mar 05, 1979
Lords of the Air
The evolution of birds from their first reptilian ancestors to the immense variety of species we know today.
Episode 9 • Mar 12, 1979
The Rise of the Mammals
Tracing the early evolution of mammals that rose to prominence following the extinction of the dinosaurs and concentrating on today's egg laying mammals (monotremes) and marsupials.
Episode 10 • Mar 19, 1979
Theme and Variations
The evolution of mammals continues with the focus on some placental species including emphasis on bats, whales and dolphins.
Episode 11 • Mar 26, 1979
The Hunters and Hunted
A study into those mammals that became herbivores and their colonisation over many parts of the world. Also examines their main predators and defense strategies.
Episode 12 • Apr 02, 1979
Life in the Trees
Continues the mammal theme, by focusing on primates. Beginning with the lemurs of Madagascar, then describing the differences between old world and new world monkeys and concluding with a study of gorillas and chimpanzees.
Episode 13 • Apr 09, 1979
The Compulsive Communicators
Tracing the evolution of the human species from African ape to the prodigious colonization of the entire earth and the impact upon the planet both now and in the future.
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