'Ladybird, Ladybird....’ Narrated by David Attenborough
Star of nursery rhyme and toyshop, greenfly's terror and gardener's friend, few insects hold such a special place in our affections as the ladybird. Red or yellow, chequered, spotted or plain, this beetle captures the imagination.
This celebration of ladybirds follows their fortunes from the egg through all the trials of life, until they do 'fly away home'.
Photography CHARLES PATEY Film editor CHARLES ALDRIDGE
Produced by PELHAM ALDRICH -BLAKE Series producer DILYS BREESE BBC Bristol
Book: Life on Earth, available from booksellers price 97.95
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