The Dance for Love
Documentary series exploring the ways animals move. Steve Backshall looks at the moves animals make in pursuit of romance.
Steve Backshall, wildlife expert and recent star of Strictly, explores the moves animals make in pursuit of romance. From soliciting that first amorous glance to seeing off the competition, and of course the final act of seduction.
The colourful cast of would-be lovers include beautiful birds of paradise strutting their stuff to Tom Jones, Ed Sheeran and Michael Jackson, ring-tailed lemurs flirting outrageously to Rizzle Kicks by waving their striking striped tails at the girls, and the tiny brown banana frog using martial arts to see off the competition, all in time to the 1970s hit Kung Fu Fighting.
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Banana frog karate kicks
Duration: 02:25
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The picky six-plumed bird of paradise
Duration: 02:05
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Body-popping sage grouse
Duration: 02:36
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Mudskipper high jump
Duration: 02:32
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Coldplay
Paradise
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Florence + The Machine
What Kind of Man
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Barry White
I鈥檓 gonna love you just a little but more babe
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Rizzle Kicks
Down With The Trumpets
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B. Bumble & the Stingers
Nut Rocker
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Kinobe
Slip Into Something More Comfortable
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Daft Punk
Around the World
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Bonobo
The Shark
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Ed Sheeran
Sing
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Michael Jackson
Billie Jean
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Tom Jones
It's Not Unusual
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Royal Blood
Out of the Black
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Blur
Song 2
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James Brown
Get Up (I feel like a sex machine)
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Carl Douglas
Kung Fu Fighting
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Nightmares on Wax
Mission Venice
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Radiohead
No Surprises
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Spandau Ballet
True
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House of Pain
Jump Around
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Nino Rota
Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
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Rizzle Kicks
Mamma do the Hump
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Queen
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
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Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
Je t'aime...moi non plus
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The Wannadies
You And Me Song
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Bonobo
1009
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Foxy Lady
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Whitney Houston
I Wanna Dance with Somebody
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Florence + The Machine
T-Shirt Weather
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Rizzle Kicks
Down With The Trumpets
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Daft Punk
Around The World
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Royal Blood
Out Of The Black
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Blur
Song 2
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Nightmares on Wax
Mission Venice
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Radiohead
No Surprises
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Rizzle Kicks
Mama Do The Hump
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House of Pain
Jump Around
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Rudimental
Not Giving In (feat. John Newman & Alex Clare)
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Queen
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
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Wild Beasts
End Come Too Soon
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Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin
Je T'aime Moi Non Plus
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Coldplay
Paradise
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | Steve Backshall |
| Producer | Clare Kingston |
| Series Producer | Christina Nutter |
| Executive Producer | Jo Shinner |
Broadcasts
Meet the dancers
Fact files on the animals featured in Nature's Greatest Dancers
Meet the narrator
Adventurer, natural history TV Presenter, public speaker and聽author Steve Backshall.