Life Story
Overview
The remarkable and often perilous story of the journey through life. It is a story that unites each of us with every animal on the planet, because we all set out on this journey from the moment we are born. For animals there is just one goal in life – to continue their bloodline in the form of offspring. This series follows that journey through its six crucial stages: first steps, growing up, finding a home, gaining power, winning a mate and succeeding as a parent.
Key Crew
Producer: Michael Gunton
Top Cast
Seasons
Season 0 (2015)
No overview available.
4 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: New Behaviours
2015-01-01This short special shows some of incredible techniques the BBC team use to capture their amazing footage.
Runtime: 10 minEpisode 2: Bonobos
2015-01-01This short special explores one our closest relatives in the animal kingdom, the bonobo.
Runtime: 10 minEpisode 3: Wildlife Film Making
2015-01-01This short special shows some of incredible techniques the BBC team use to capture their amazing footage.
Runtime: 10 minEpisode 4: Life Story Diaries (The Making Of)
2017-01-24Life Story Diaries includes the Greenland shoot and the difficult scenes witnessed by the film crew (First Steps), the team's two-and-a-half-year quest to capture footage of young Arctic foxes snow diving for lemmings (Growing Up), how the Zambia crew obtained rare footage of a complete wild dog hunt (Home) and the Senegal chimpanzee shoot, where the crew spent 700 hours with the troop to film the spear-hunting behaviour (Power).
Runtime: 60 min
Season 1 (2014)
No overview available.
7 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: First Steps
2014-10-23Fur seals and flightless barnacle goose chicks fight to survive the challenges of infancy.
Runtime: 59 minEpisode 2: Growing Up
2014-10-30The moment when all animals must strike out on their own in search of independence.
Runtime: 59 minEpisode 3: Home
2014-11-06Animals must find homes that provide shelter from the elements and a refuge from enemies.
Runtime: 59 minEpisode 4: Power
2014-11-13To gain power an animal must find a way to rise through the ranks of its society.
Runtime: 59 minEpisode 5: Courtship
2014-11-20David Attenborough explores the courtship displays of flame bowerbirds and pufferfish.
Runtime: 59 minEpisode 6: Parenthood
2014-11-27In this episode, animals attempt to rear their offspring.
Runtime: 59 minEpisode 7: The Full Circle
2015-01-01Videos
Life Story with David Attenborough: Trailer - BBC One
