7.558 minSeason 1 • Episode 7
LatestThe final episode of the series visits the frontline of the conflict with the world's top predators, meeting the scientists fighting to save them. Crossing five continents and combining landmark natural history footage with real-life human drama, it checks the pulse of the earth's iconic animals, including lions, tigers, polar bears and blue whales. With three-quarters of the planet's carnivores now in decline, can people find ways to live with predators before they disappear forever?
This major landmark series looks in detail at the fascinating relationship between predators and their prey. Rather than concentrating on ‘the blood and guts’ of predation, the series looks in unprecedented detail at the strategies predators use to catch their food and prey use to escape death. Sir David Attenborough narrates.
Cinematography
Slow-mo hunts that belong in a museum.
Direction
Turns nature docs into genuine thrillers.
Sound
Attenborough's voice = instant gravitas.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Each hunt sequence took months to capture — some crews waited 8 weeks for a single successful chase.
The series deliberately avoids 'kill shots' to focus on strategy, making it a rare nature doc that respects viewer squeamishness without sanitizing reality.
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