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Life Story Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2014 - 2014
Sir David Attenborough presents this landmark series exploring the remarkable story of the journey through life, with all its perils, pitfalls and challenges. Each episode takes you through the six crucial stages of life seen everyday, across the planet.
Episode 1
First Steps
Sat, Jun 6, 2015 60 mins
Young animals take on the challenges of the wild world that surrounds them in this series. Included in the opener: Meerkat pups leave their burrows for the first time; barnacle geese learn to fly; humpback whales protect their young from sharks.
Episode 2
Growing Up
Sat, Jun 6, 2015 60 mins
Juvenile animals learn the skills they need to survive on their own. Included: an Arctic fox goes hunting for lemmings; tiger cubs are separated from their mother unexpectedly; and a veined octopus is pursued by a flounder.
Episode 3
Home
Thu, Nov 6, 2014 60 mins
A look at how animals build and maintain their homes. Included: African hunting dogs; hermit crabs; mountain goats; grizzly bears; pikas; weaver ants; and chimpanzees.
Episode 4
Power
Thu, Nov 13, 2014 60 mins
Animal hierarchies are examined. Included: an orphaned chimpanzee gains power in his group; archerfish lose their prey to larger adults; a bald eagle fights for its dinner; Meerkats work together against a cobra; and honey ants participate in regicide.
Episode 5
Courtship
Thu, Nov 20, 2014 60 mins
A look at different mating rituals among animals. Included: albatross; jumping spider; flame bowerbird; puffer fish.
Episode 6
Parenthood
Thu, Nov 27, 2014 60 mins
Examining the methods animals use to raise their young. Included: a mother turtle lays eggs; a chimpanzee bonds with her son; a zebra leads her foal to safety.
Episode 7
The Full Circle
Thu, Jan 1, 2015 50 mins
Highlights of the series are presented.
Episode 8
Behind the Scenes of First Steps
Thu, Oct 23, 2014 8 mins
In their quest to film days-old barnacle goslings leaping from their cliff-side nests, the crew must deal with challenging camera angles and sometimes extreme boredom.
Episode 9
Behind the Scenes of Growing Up
Thu, Oct 23, 2014 9 mins
The crew must spend hours in brutally cold and windy conditions to capture the behavior of the elusive Arctic Fox.
Episode 10
Behind the Scenes of Home
Thu, Oct 23, 2014 9 mins
In a remote part of Zambia, a small crew tries to capture a wild dog hunt, but the animals don't want to be found.
Episode 11
Behind the Scenes of Power
Thu, Oct 23, 2014 8 mins
The crew needs to be careful not to introduce disease as they track a troop of wild chimpanzees in Senegal.
Episode 12
Behind the Scenes of Courtship
Thu, Oct 23, 2014 8 mins
The camera crew constructs elaborate rigs as they try to get their camera on the complex geometric nests of the pufferfish.
Episode 13
Behind the Scenes of Parenthood
Thu, Oct 23, 2014 10 mins
During their quest to film bonobo chimpanzees in the wild, the crew finds themselves in the Congo for weeks dealing with suffocating humidity, swarms of biting insects and dense vegetation.