Life
Life Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.5 |
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About
"Evolution's wildest survival tricks, filmed patiently"
Life is a BBC nature documentary that spends each episode on a different branch of the animal or plant kingdom, showing the bizarre, brutal, and ingenious ways creatures survive and reproduce. Expect jaw-dropping wildlife footage years in the making, patient long takes of hunts and courtship rituals, and calm, authoritative narration tying it all together. The pace is unhurried but never boring, built for savoring rather than bingeing. It's less about drama and more about awe: the sheer variety of solutions evolution has found to the same basic problems of eating, mating, and not dying.
the astonishing, patiently filmed footage of behaviors rarely captured on camera before.
you want fast-paced storytelling rather than slow, observational nature footage.
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All Seasons

| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Challenges of Life | 8.7 | 802 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Reptiles and Amphibians | 8.7 | 686 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Mammals | 8.4 | 634 | 62 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Fish | 8.5 | 598 | 61 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Birds | 8.3 | 576 | 62 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Insects | 8.5 | 572 | 62 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Hunters and Hunted | 8.3 | 554 | 61 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Creatures of the Deep | 8.5 | 558 | 62 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Plants | 8.7 | 576 | 61 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | Primates | 8.5 | 532 | 62 min |