Trials of Life

Trials of Life is a BBC (in conjunction with The Australian Broadcasting Service and Turner Broadcasting System Inc.) natural history television series of twelve episodes, about animal behaviour, presented by David Attenborough, originally transmitted in October 1990.

Related Topics:
BBC - Australian Broadcasting Service - Turner Broadcasting System - Natural history - Television series - Animal behaviour - David Attenborough - 1990

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The series took over three and a half years to make, during which time Attenborough travelled almost a quarter of a million miles.

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The individual episodes are:

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• Arriving
• Growing Up
• Finding Food
• Hunting and Escaping
• Finding the Way
• Homemaking
• Living Together
• Fighting
• Friends and Rivals
• Talking to Strangers
• Courting
• Continuing the Line

Each episode was just under 50 minutes long, recorded in with stereo sound.

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There was an accompanying book, and the series is available as a three- disc DVD set, with an extra, 50-minute feature The Making of Trials of Life.

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The series followed The Living Planet (1984) and was followed by The Private Life of Plants (1995).

Related Topics:
The Living Planet - 1984 - The Private Life of Plants - 1995

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