
Life on Earth(1979)
The story of life, from the first primitive cells to the plants and animals that now live around us.


“Four years, 3000 filming days, ten part blockbuster.”
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.

David Attenborough
Self - Narrator (voice)

Oprah Winfrey
Self - Narrator, U.S. Broadcast (voice)
Life is a documentary series that first aired in 2009 exploring themes of plant, animal species, biology, wildlife, miniseries, ecology. Created by Catherine McCarthy, it stars David Attenborough, Oprah Winfrey. 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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