
Life(2009)
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.


Over 80 per cent of Madagascar's animals and plants are found nowhere else on Earth. Discover what made Madagascar so different from the rest of the world, and how evolution ran wild here.

David Attenborough
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John Brown
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Pam Fogg
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Tim Fogg
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Ian Gray
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Madagascar is a documentary series that first aired in 2011 exploring themes of madagascar, wildlife, chameleon, animals, nature, lemur. Created by Mike Gunton, it stars David Attenborough, John Brown, Pam Fogg. Over 80 per cent of Madagascar's animals and plants are found nowhere else on Earth. Discover what made Madagascar so different from the rest of the world, and how evolution ran wild here.
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