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Life: Episode 1: Challenges of Life

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Challenges of Life

Episode 1

Episode 1: Challenges of Life

BBC One - Life, Challenges of Life

A look at how some animals and plants go to extremes to give themselves a chance to breed.

David Attenborough examines how living long enough to breed is a monumental struggle, and how many animals and plants go to extremes to give themselves a chance.

In nature, living long enough to breed is a monumental struggle. Many animals and plants go to extremes to give themselves a chance. 

Uniquely, three brother cheetahs band together to bring down a huge ostrich. Aerial photography reveals how bottle-nosed dolphins trap fish in a ring of mud, and time-lapse cameras show how the Venus flytrap ensnares insect victims. 

The strawberry frog carries a tadpole high into a tree and drops it in a water-filled bromeliad. The frog must climb back from the ground every day to feed it. 

Fledgling chinstrap penguins undertake a heroic and tragic journey through the broken ice to get out to sea. Many can barely swim and the formidable leopard seal lies in wait.

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Factual: Science & Nature: Nature & Environment

A look at the extraordinary ends to which animals and plants go in order to survive.

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.

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