The Trials of Life

Episode 2: Growing Up

BBC Two

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 10^th Oct 1990, 20:00 on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: Sat 13^th Sep 2014, 10:20 on BBC Two HD

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David Attenborough looks at the problems of bringing up youngsters and finds that nature's answers are as varied as those in human societies. Show more

Natural World

1992-1993

Echo of the Elephants

BBC Two

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 30^th Aug 2007, 19:30 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Sat 7^th Aug 2010, 20:00 on BBC Four

David Attenborough and Cynthia Moss narrate a film about the life of elephant matriarch Echo and her family, residents of Kenya's Amboseli National Park. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: David Attenborough
Narrator:: Cynthia Moss
Writer:: David Attenborough
Writer:: Cynthia Moss
Producer:: Marion Zunz
Director:: Martyn Colbeck

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FactualPets & Animals

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Natural World

Series

Natural World: 1992-1993

Source: BBC Online

The Trials of Life

Episode 12: Continuing the Line

BBC Two

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 19^th Dec 1990, 20:00 on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: Sat 25^th Oct 2014, 09:05 on BBC Two HD

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David Attenborough examines the lengths creatures will go to in order to make babies - to continue the line by passing on genes is the ultimate triumph. Show more