The Private Life of Plants - Season 1 - Eps 4: The Social Struggle

1995-01-2650 min⭐ 8.9/10

David Attenborough looks at the extraordinary battles for survival that are fought in the plant world. Cameras reveal how plants use every trick in the book in a bid to come out on top, from growing at different rates to courting and even capitalising on disaster, whether it be hurricanes, fires or being eaten by animals.

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About The Private Life of Plants

The Private Life of Plants

Title: The Private Life of Plants

First Air Date: 1995-01-05

Last Air Date: 1995-02-09

Status: Ended

Rating: 8.9/10 (from 8 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 2

Total Episodes: 6

Network: BBC Two

Genres: Documentary

Production Companies: BBC

Synopsis

Without plants, there would be no food, no animals of any sort, no life on earth at all. Yet for most of the time their lives remain a secret to us, hidden, private events.The reason is merely a difference of time. Plants live on a different time-scale from ours. Though not obviously to the naked eye, they are constantly on the move: developing, fighting, avoiding or exploiting predators or neighbours, struggling to find food, to increase their territories, to reproduce themselves, to find and hold a place in the sun. We only need to learn to look.

Cast

David Attenborough

David Attenborough

Self - Presenter

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