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The Hunt
Living With Predators -Ep7
- Broadcast
- 2015 (58 mins)
It’s hard to imagine a world without lions, tigers and polar bears. But the earth’s wildest places are shrinking, and people are coming into deadly conflict with these ancient carnivores. Predators are...
Life Story
Episode One - First Steps
- Broadcast
- 2014 (58 mins)
Each and every animal is born with a chance: to survive, thrive and produce their very own next generation. The first hurdle in life is infancy. Vulnerable, naive but determined, some young animals face...
Life Story
Episode Two - Growing Up
- Broadcast
- 2014 (58 mins)
In Life Story this week animals grow up in the adult world. They will develop new skills and learn how to survive on their own. A tiger cub grows up in a very dangerous society. She needs the support of both...
Life Story
Episode Three- Home
- Broadcast
- 2014 (58 mins)
In Life Story this week animals must find somewhere to live - a place that provides the necessities of life, shelter from the elements and a refuge from enemies. Good homes are rare and competition can be...
Life Story
Episode Four - Four
- Broadcast
- 2014 (58 mins)
In Life Story this week animals try to gain a position of power in their worlds. The most powerful have best access to food and water, and they are also the most attractive to the opposite sex. An orphaned,...
Life Story
Episode Five
- Broadcast
- 2014 (58 mins)
Competition to win a partner has created both the most extraordinary beauty and life-threatening violence in nature. The stakes could not be higher: without a mate, the journey of life ends here... sometimes...
Life Story
Episode Six - Parenthood
- Broadcast
- 2014 (58 mins)
Raising offspring, continuing the line, is the next best thing to immortality. But it’s far from easy... Some parents risk their own lives for their offspring. After laying her eggs in the best possible...
Pain, Pus and Poison
Episode 1 - Pain
- Broadcast
- 2013 (59 mins)
Pain has a profound effect on our bodies - when we are experiencing it, millions of nerve cells deep within our brains are firing - telling us ‘it hurts’ - and for centuries the challenge has been to...
Pain, Pus and Poison
Episode 2 - Pus
- Broadcast
- 2013 (59 mins)
Infection can take over the entire human body and if our immune systems aren’t strong enough we will die - in fact infectious disease has regularly wiped out millions of people across the planet. In this...
Pain, Pus and Poison
Episode 3 - Poison
- Broadcast
- 2013 (59 mins)
Michael ends the series with a look at poisons, exploring the incredible turning points when we went from finding antidotes to poisons, to applying them as a cure - celebrating the eccentrics and mavericks...