David Attenborough narrates nature's most unhinged survival strategies — no script needed.
8.858 minSeason 1 • Episode 10
LatestPrimates are just like humans - intelligent, quarrelsome, family-centred.
David Attenborough looks at the extraordinary ends to which animals and plants go in order to survive. Featuring epic spectacles, amazing TV firsts and examples of new wildlife behaviour.
Cinematography
4 years of footage for shots you'll screenshot.
Direction
Martha Holmes turns nature into prestige TV.
Score
Orchestral swells that make frogs feel Shakespearean.
Creator
Martha Holmes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The famous 'bamboo flowering' sequence required filming one location for 80 days straight. FREE
This was Attenborough's first major series in HD — he was 83 and still doing his own location shoots. FREE
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