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Storyline

David Attenborough 's legendary BBC crew explains and shows wildlife all over planet earth in 10 episodes. The first is an overview of the challenges facing life, the others are dedicated to hunting, the deep sea and various major evolutionary groups of creatures: plants, primates and other large sections of other vertebrates and invertebrates.

Country: United Kingdom

Type: unscripted

Status: Ended

Language: English

Release Date: October 11, 2009

Also Known As: Life - Das Wunder Leben, Hayot生命脈動, Життя, Life - Vida Selvagem, Faszinierende Wildnis, Život, Planet Earth: Life, Det fantastiske livet, Zivot, BBC: Жизнь, Life, l'aventure de la vie, 同名のテレビドキュメンタリー, Yaşam, Życie, Terre: la grande aventure de la vie, Hayat, Life, Vida, Triumph des Lebens, Живот, Livets planet, Az Élet |  See more »

Genres

Plot Keywords

plant
animal species
biology
wildlife
miniseries
ecology
animal
nature
evolution
natural selection
elephant
vulture
bear
monkey
dead-animal
cow
seal-the-animal
freefall
hippopotamus
hunt
frond
frog
grouse
cactus
gorilla
australia
swimming
travel
marine-life
zoology
antarctica
beetle
bat
defense
butterfly
nut
lemur
starfish
tree
snake
crab
fish
aerial-camera-shot
animal-horn
documentary-series
life
bbc
sea
wolf
stone
termite
chimpanzee
guinea
costa-rica
clam
mussel
tarsier
communication
hot-spring
society
japanese-macaque
skirmish
ethiopia
blue-screen
kelp
wheat
rice
grass
mountain
baboon
socotra
desert
seed
wind
pollination
flower
latex
caterpillar
milkweed
shelter
mosquito
leaf
root
orangutan
branch
madagascar
hook
gibbon
creeper
ivy
light
tide
thailand
reef
polyp
cuttlefish
tentacle
jellyfish
worm
sea-urchin
raid
squid
tiger
mole
plateau
rat
den
rabbit
stoat
play-fight
alaska
belize
dead-sea
fox
ibex
structure
fungus
ant
argentina
burrow
fight-to-the-death
bee
the-outback-australia
nest
nymph
honey
bee's-nest
cooperation
mongoose
formic-acid
chemical-weapon
alarm
damselfly
treetop
deer
chile
patagonia
mating
mimicry
strategy
bowerbird
west-papua
bird-of-paradise
ritual
grebe
clark's-grebe
pelican
gannet
antarctic-peninsula
volcanic-island
flamingo
threat
flight
feather
underwater-camera
south-africa
shallow-water
sea-lion
anemone
life-cycle
shark
coral-reef
wrasse
barbel
waterfall
goby
mud-flat
mudskipper
japan
rival
octopus
shell
sarcastic-fringehead
competition
pacific
sea-dragon
ocean
lake
dominance
chase
suitor
nursery
mating-ground
tonga
matriarch
meerkat
coati
whale
polar-bear
lion
hyena
savannah
swamp
zambia
migration
arctic
tundra
reindeer
grub
intelligence
bite
buffalo
dry-season
underwater-tunnel
chamber
breeding
chameleon
basilisk
tarantula
venezuela
survival
predator
royal-navy
yachtsman
ice
beach
penguin
starving-to-death
sacrifice
giant-octopus
egg
canopy
rainforest
tadpole
river
victim
venus-flytrap
brazil
tail
corral
jumping-fish
gecko
narration
toad
flying-fish
hummingbird
courtship
running-on-water
lizard
footage
exeter-england
wood
devon-england
time-lapse-photography
woodland
oak
prey
venom
dragon
water-buffalo
komodo-dragon
island
pool
film-crew
falkland-islands
oryx
eland
zebra
ostrich
cheetah
kenya
mexico
water
trap
seabed
mud
mullet
feeding
bottlenose-dolphin
forest
wilderness
making-of
high-definition
nature-documentary
tv-mini-series
slow-motion-scene

Company Credits

Production Co: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Discovery Channel, SKAI, Reti Televisive Italiane (RTI), ARTEThe Open University |  See more »

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

2009 | 11 Episodes

Awards

Awards & NominationsSee full list »

IFMCA Award 2009

Nominee

IFMCA Award

Best Original Score for a Television Series

BAFTA Television Craft Award 2010

Nominee

BAFTA Television Craft Award

Editing: Factual

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