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Life: Killer No. 1: The Flea

on BBC Two England

Life ...in the animal world.

The bringer of death is a wingless insect whose struggle for life has brought to an end the lives of millions of other animals. This extraordinary creature has attracted the close scrutiny of scientists for generations, many of the important discoveries coming from such famous 'amateurs' as the Rothschild banking family.
The Hon. Miriam Rothschild describes these, using special film studies photographed by Eric Lucey, University of Edinburgh and Peter Parks, University of Oxford
Programme introduced by Dr. Desmond Morris, Zoological Society of London.
From the West

Contributors

Narrator:
The Hon. Miriam Rothschild
Photography:
Eric Lucey
Photography:
Peter Parks
Presenter:
Dr. Desmond Morris
Director:
Barry Paine
Producer:
Ronald Webster

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