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S01E06 - "War of the Worlds"
Aired on Mar 21, 1996, 8:00 PM
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Hardware
A journey to the heart of the insect empire, using the latest computer animation and technology to offer a unique perspective on one of the most prolific and diverse life forms on the planet. This edition focuses on beetles and butterflies, from the tropical rainforests to our own households.
Feb 15, 1996
30 min
Replicators
Insects exist to make more insects. This second programme in the series explores the lengths to which an insect will go to attract a mate and reproduce.
Feb 22, 1996
30 min
Battle Zone
A journey to the empire of the insect, one of the most successful life forms on the planet. The programme goes fishing in the rainforests of Panama and Costa Rica, searching for fishing bugs and abseiling wasps, whose unusual behaviour has never before been documented on film.
Feb 29, 1996
30 min
Voyagers
The vivid documentary series about the insect world reveals crickets that live on the slopes of an active volcano and ocean striders at home on the water of the ocean.
Mar 7, 1996
30 min
Metropolis
The complex and ingenious structures devised, built and maintained by social insects.
Mar 14, 1996
30 min
War of the Worlds
In this final programme of the series the battle lines are drawn, insects - friends or foe?
Mar 21, 1996
30 min
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